2023 Official Selections
A collection of some of the Official Selections to the 2023 Mosquers Film Festival
An Iranian boy befriends an old Japanese woman at a graveyard in Tokyo. Years later, he recalls her mysterious disappearance through the help of his childhood sketchbook.
Past Featured Selections
A collection of previous Official Selections to the Mosquers Film Festival
A homesick Muslim immigrant afraid of deportation develops an unlikely friendship with a grieving Jewish widow.
The ‘othering’ of refugees continues in our media. Their struggles are real but fall out of trend and vanish from our feeds until a tragedy occurs. They have a right to flee to other countries for safety and deserve the same security and chance at prosperity as anyone.
A female Lyft driver navigates the night shift in NYC while waiting to hear life or death news from Syria.
This film is based on the poem, "Foreign" written by Aaima Azhar; it depicts the struggles faced by an immigrant Muslim girl throughout her life. It focuses on the beauty in being a person of colour in a society permeated by discrimination. The film portrays a journey of self rediscovery, and the ever present privilege-centered and marginalizing social systems.
Two best friends (RUM and YUSRA), both devout Muslims, put aside their religious convictions to enjoy a night on the town where secrets are surfaced and their friendship is put to the test.
Preet tries to hide her diabetes from her busy daughter and family. Until one morning, things take a turn for the worse...
An emotional story about mothers and daughters, and how sometimes the best way to deal with our issues is to talk about them.
Kachrachi is a film inviting people towards introspection and self-improvement, The protagonist in the film is a homeless madman living under a city bridge, who sarcastically highlights social issues that have been overlooked by its people.
A girl takes solitude in the forest to cleanse herself of all of her worldly troubles. She speaks to god through prayer to release herself from the struggles of being Black, Muslim and a woman in society.
In June 2018, Masjid in the Park opened its doors to the community as Sherwood Park's first non-Christian place of worship. This is the story of how a small community dedicated years of planning, work, and effort to build a mosque with a grand vision.
Take a journey through the mind of a young Dreamer.
A short film made for my ego (nafs), which is arrogant, lazy, impatient, passive, pessimistic, hypocritical, addicted to praise, and worships this world. The film is inspired by the Qur'an and the two following tafsirs (commentary of the Quran): the Risale-i Nur Collection (Treatises of Light) by Said Nursi and Iḥiyāʾ ʿulūm ad-dīn (The Revival of the Religious Sciences).
A young man is being questioned for an incident amongst his inner circle, not knowing that the situation is much worse than it really is. His actions had created a ripple effect that changed his life forever.
A lonely Pakistani boy finds the camera device from a crashed U.S. military drone and is able to finally get the attention he craves when he discovers it's still able to transmit to the American drone operator on the other side.
Since when did we start believing we were not enough? Enter the inner thoughts of four women, as they weave a private and intimate narrative of their fears, doubts, and worries, in this short poetic documentary.
A filmmaker goes to a Syrian refugee camp and spends the night with a family of 16. Together, they highlight a day in the life of a Syrian refugee.
From the two time Mosquers-award-winning team, comes the incredible yet ridiculous true story of a man who isn't what he seems. A film by Sikandar Atiq, Faraz Shaikh, Hammad Syed.
A privileged six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha, only to learn the meaning of sacrifice.