PRIDE & PRAYER

Sept 21, 2025
3:15 PM

Location
International Village

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World premiere

Director

Panta Mosleh

Country

Canada

Year

2025

Runtime

62 min

Languages

English, Persian

Discussions of homophobia, sexual content, death, and violence.

BC Consumer Protection. Advisory for coarse & sexual language; violence.

Documentary, Family, Queer

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MENA Film Festival STAND Festival

Torn between devotion and identity, filmmaker Panta Mosleh embarks on a soul-searching journey to reconcile her queerness with her Muslim faith. Through raw conversations, moments of solitude, and spiritual questioning, she invites us into a deeply personal quest for belonging—where love, belief, and selfhood collide in a moving meditation on what it means to live between worlds.

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Followed by a post-screening Q&A with the filmmakers.

DIRECTOR BIO

Panta Mosleh

Panta Mosleh is a Queer Middle Eastern-Canadian director-writer, Groundlings alum, and SNL scholarship recipient. She’s directed four movies on NBC Peacock, Hallmark, Lifetime, and Amazon. She has a series in soft prep with Bell Fund backing and won Best Short at Red Sea 2024. A DGC member and Amazon MGM Writing Program alum, she blends comedy and heart, championing joyful, personal stories.

CREDITS

Producers

Panta Mosleh,
Soran Mardookhi
Abbas Mojarad

Executive Producers

Panta Mosleh

Writer

Panta Mosleh

Cast

Panta Mosleh