The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night

The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night
Directed byFawzia Mirza
Written byKausar Mohammed
Produced byAmalia Mesa-Gustin
Kausar Mohammed
StarringKausar Mohammed
CinematographyPatrick Ouziel
Edited byShelley Therrien
Production
companies
SpeakOut Films
Luchima Productions
Baby Daal Productions
Release date
  • September 11, 2021 (2021-09-11) (TIFF)
Running time
11 minutes
CountriesCanada
United States
LanguageEnglish

The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night is a 2021 short comedy film, directed by Fawzia Mirza.[1] The film is written by and stars Kausar Mohammed as Noor, a queer Muslim woman who brings her Puerto Rican partner Luz (Vico Ortiz) home to a family gathering for the first time.[2]

The cast also includes Meera Rohit Kumbhani, Pia Shah and D'Lo.

The film was written by Mohammed, partially based on her own life.[3] It premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2021.[5]

  1. ^ Emma Specter, "This 11-Minute-Long Queer, Muslim Rom-Com Is the Best Thing I’ve Seen All Day". Vogue, September 9, 2021.
  2. ^ Tracy E. Gilchrist, "Queer Muslims Centered in Holiday Flick The Syed Family Xmas Game Night". The Advocate, September 22, 2021.
  3. ^ Fawzia Mirza, "How making a feel-good queer and Muslim comedy reminded Fawzia Mirza of what's really important". CBC Arts, September 14, 2021.
  4. ^ Joshua Freeman, "Toronto talent on display at TIFF 2021". CP24, September 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Norman Wilner, "TIFF announces Canada’s Top Ten films of 2021" Archived 2021-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 6, 2021.