Fawzia Mirza

Fawzia Mirza is a White House Champion of Change, an alum of the Tribeca Film Institute and Ryan Murphy's Half Initiative directing program, an Islamic Scholarship Fund Winner, and her feature script Heirloom was named to the 2022 Muslim List, published by The Black List. She co-wrote & starred in the feature film Signature Move, which world premiered at SXSW, won 15 awards (US Grand Jury Prize Outfest) and starred Indian film legend Shabana Azmi as her mother. She wrote on CBS' The Red Line executive produced by Greg Berlanti & Ava DuVernay; her episode marked the first queer, Muslim romance on network TV. Her award-winning shorts (The Queen of My Dreams, Saya, Spunkle, The First Session, Reclaiming Pakistan, The Streets Are Ours) have screened all over the world.

Miami Film Festival