Noor &amp; Layla are breaking up. Is it the end of the road for these two Muslim women... or is it just the beginning? About the Director:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/07040166fda89836ca25dba3d18bad07.jpg" width="158" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right;">Fawzia Mirza (she/they) is a Pakistani, Muslim, queer, writer/director. She was named a Champion of Change in Asian American Storytelling and won the 2020 Yes And Laughter Lab and the 2020 Islamic Scholarship Film Fund. Her first feature Signature Move, screened 150+ film festivals, won 15 awards, including the Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative, Outfest. She wrote for CBS' The Red Line, and directed on the award-winning TikTok series Hidden Canyons. Her feature film Me, My Mom, &amp; Sharmila which she wrote/will direct, has been supported by the TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Writers' Studio, SFFilm, Telefilm Canada and enters production Spring 2022. Content Warning: Nudity

Noor & Layla

Noor & Layla are breaking up. Is it the end of the road for these two Muslim women... or is it just the beginning?

Isolated in a house on an Italian island, a couple struggles to find the bond that once united them. As they attempt to reconnect with each other, they decide to stage their relationship dynamics in front of the camera as a way to dispel their fears and insecurities. They soon discover that traditional forms of communication fail to serve them and they must search for alternative ways of connecting on a deeper level. Programmer Notes:The way the film interprets the oddities of keeping a relationship glued together is brilliant. --A unique impressionistic portrayal of a relationship, using cinema in just the way it should be used by an indie filmmaker with an original voice.&nbsp; About the Directors:<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/a00573a5a2a219b61af4def8db80c549.jpg" width="150" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right;">Susanna della Sala is an Italian writer, director and artist. She wrote and directed the fantasy short film The Fish Doctor, which participated in several international festivals, the dance film Wasteplanet, produced by COORPI, and she’s now working on the feature documentary Last Stop Before Chocolate Mountain, produced by the award-winning company DOCLAB. In 2021 she will be directing the fantasy short film Wigs, produced by Amarena Film. <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/dd6c0da3c8f0f2b91f2aca29f51b8274.jpg" width="144" style="display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; float: right;">Mike Bruce is an American film director, writer and producer. He directed music videos for The Dandy Warhols, Noel Gallagher and Paul McCartney. In 2005 he made his first feature, The Legend of God's Gun, and his most recent film, Treasure of the Black Jaguar, was received with critical acclaim winning the Distribution Award at the Raindance Film Festival and Best Cinematography Award at First Glance Film Festival Hollywood.

NEOLOVISMO

One house, one month, one camera, a love story.

Susanna della Sala (Director, Writer, Actor) discusses "NEOLOVISMO" with Marisa Merkl.

NEOLOVISMO Q&A

NEOLOVISMO w/ Noor & Layla

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