"Quickening"

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Image courtesy of Caixa Forum

Sheila, a Canadian teenager of Pakistani origin living in the suburbs, is about to finish her first year of university. After falling in love with Eden, her classmate, she wants a freedom that her mother and father are not willing to offer her. After having sex for the first time with Eden, he abruptly breaks up with her, and her sense of reality begins to unravel, dramatically alienating her from her friends, her family and her community.

Haya Waseem is a Swiss-raised, Brooklyn-based Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker. She began her career as a documentary editor, which allowed her to shape stories and intimately interact with diverse narratives. Haya carried those principles of honesty and perspective into her creative work as a director. Her short films have been screened at prestigious festivals such as Toronto, Cannes and Berlin.

Film will be screened in original version with Catalan subtitles.

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