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Thank you Miami Herald for this beautiful review of @TheGymnastsOfFishermanColony! See the award–winning documentary now playing in NYC at @dctvny, in Sedona at @SedonaFilmFestival and in Coral Gables at @gablescinema, expanding to more theaters including in Los Angeles (@laemmleglendale @laemmlemonicafilmcenter) and the Bay Area (@roxie_theater New People Cinema and @cafilm) - and many more!

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We had a phenomenal opening Q&A night at @DCTVny with enthusiastic and thoughtful audiences that stuck around for Q&A and the best thing is... we get to do it all again today and tomorrow, and this / next week on the west coast!

‼️Very limited tickets remain for tonight, and tomorrow is already sold out, so grab yours now.

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And we’re off and running! Today THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY opens in NYC at @dctvny, springboarding into a couple months of screenings in venues and at festivals across North America.

What city do you want to see us screening in? Tag your favorite independent cinema in the comments.

SYNOPSIS: A visceral, cinematic portrait of stateless teenage girls in Pakistan defying the boundaries of gender, identity, and circumstance as they dare to imagine a different future, one gravity-defying leap at a time.

Directed by @habibanosheen, produced by @amarl and executive produced by @MalalaYousafzai, @TheRealMariskaHargitay and @TrishAdlesic.

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San Rafael! We’re so excited to bring award-winning documentary THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY to Marin County for director Q&A moderated by the one and only Donald Young, executive director of @CAAMedia!

Directed by @habibanosheen, produced by @amarl and executive produced by @MalalaYousafzai, @TheRealMariskaHargitay and @TrishAdlesic.

@thegymnastsoffishermancolony is an intimate coming-of-age story of three teenage girls in Pakistan whose discovery of gymnastics opens an unexpected new world while bringing their struggles with being undocumented to light.

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Just one more sleep until @Thegymnastsoffishermancolony hits theaters! Telling the story of these brave young women has been a labor of love for so long and we could not be more excited to have reached the point of theatical distribution.

We have three Q&As this weekend alone in NYC and we can’t wait to see all of your faces.

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THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY “is something that needs to be seen worldwide” says Executive Producer @therealmariskahargitay.

“Universal”
”Intimate”
”Persistence”
”Tenacity”
”So many beautiful moments”

As filmmakers, we are so moved by the audience’s response to our film and can’t wait to bring it to theaters starting tomorrow!

Here is the list of where you can find us – check our website (link in bio) regularly for updates!

✨Opens October 23:
NYC at @dctvny
Sedona, AZ at Mary D. Fisher (@sedonafilmfestival)
Coral Cables, FL at @gablescinema

✨Opens Oct 24
Tallahassee, FL at @tallahasseefilmsociety

✨October 25
@parkcityfilm Festival

✨October 27
Los Angeles, CA at @laemmlemonicafilmcenter

✨October 28
Los Angeles, CA at @laemmleglendale

✨October 29
Seattle at @tasveerfilmcenter

✨November 1
San Francisco, CA at New People Cinema
San Rafael, CA at @cafilm

✨Opens Nov 1
Akron, OH at @thenightlightcinema

... And many more cities, on our website! TheGymnastsOfFishermanColony.com.

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Amazing news out of the Tasveer Film Festival (@Tasveerorg) – THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY has won the Jury Award for Best Feature Documentary! We are deeply grateful to the jury, programmers and audiences of this wonderful festival, now in its 21st year.

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Born into an undocumented community and systemically barred from formal work and basic human rights, these spirited young athletes carve out their own spaces for joy and freedom in every awe-inspiring flip, twist, and tumble.

Embedding herself in their world, three-time Emmy Award-winning director Habiba Nosheen’s THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY captures the triumphs, setbacks, and heartwarming sisterhood of these athletes as they train for the National Women’s Gymnastics Championship. Given the rare agency to articulate their lives, the girls share dreams and aspirations that often clash with their seemingly predestined realities.

Sun, Nov 15 at 4:15PM
TIFF Lightbox Cinema 2

🎟️Get tickets now at reelasian.com/the-gymnasts-of-fisherman-colony/

*Director @habibanosheen will be in attendance.

Thank you to our community partner @ccmwnational for supporting this #ReelAsian30 screening.

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What does it mean to grow up when the world has already decided what you can and can’t be?

In THE GYMNASTS OF FISHERMAN COLONY, three teenage girls find freedom and possibility through gymnastics in Pakistan, a place where girls and sports rarely mix.

Opens this Friday, October 23 at @dctvny. Be there for Q&A Saturday, Oct 24 with director @HabibaNosheen moderated by filmmaker @GeetaGandhbir (THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR). Get your tickets now!

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Still buzzing from our #ReelAsian30 press launch at Sankofa Square!

With over 1,600 submissions, we announced the 65 films in #ReelAsian30’s official selection, representing Asian, Asian diasporic, and Asian Canadian filmmakers and artists. This year's selection features 33 Canadian titles and 35 titles directed by female and nonbinary filmmakers.

We also introduced the lineup of Reel Ideas industry panels, RA:X Expanded Dis/Closures XR activations, RARARA exhibitions exploring the Reel Asian Digital Community Archive, our Unsung Voices emerging filmmakers program, and Wee Asian programming, plus more, as we kicked off our 30th anniversary celebration.

Check out the lineup and get tickets at reelasian.com/festival

All press launch photos now available on Flickr!
📸 @royadelsol

Thank you to our venue partner @sankofasquare

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NYC! We’re so excited to be bringing @HabibaNosheen’s award-winning, inspiring feature film to @dctvny audiences starting October 23!

We have three Q&A screenings planned, including Friday night moderated by @betsywestnyc (director, RBG)!

Executive produced by @Malala Yousafzai, @TheRealMariskaHargitay and @TrishAdlesic, THE GYMNASTS OF OF FISHERMAN COLONY is a coming-of-age documentary where joy, ambition, and quiet rebellion take root in a place where girls and sports rarely mix, as three teenage girls carve out space for themselves, one somersault at a time.

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And just like that, our 30th anniversary festival is officially underway.

Thank you to our community, filmmakers, volunteers, staff, friends of Reel Asian, media, and @sankofasquare for a memorable press launch❤️‍🔥

Discover the #ReelAsian30 lineup!
👉reelasian.com/festival

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