Desire in Motion: The Queen of My Dreams

Series description
Desire in Motion is a new bi-monthly screening series at The Paradise Theatre programmed by Jacob Crepeault in collaboration with REEL CANADA that explores love, intimacy, and relationships through a distinctly Canadian perspective.

Event description
Desire in Motion is celebrating Asian Heritage Month with The Queen of My Dreams (2023). Fawzia Mirza (director/writer) and Andria Wilson Mirza (producer) will join us for an in-person Q&A after the screening. The feature film will be preceded by Fawzia Mirza’s Toronto-set short film, Noor & Layla (2021).

There has always been an unmistakable appetite for romance in film. In recent years, we have been treated to a wonderful output of queer Asian romance films that demand everyone’s attention and subvert traditional rom-com expectations. With two breakout hits making waves in 2025, Roshan Sethi’s A Nice Indian Boy and Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet, Desire in Motion is joining the fun by presenting Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams, an instant classic Canadian film that leaps off the screen with a heartfelt energy.

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