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Signature Move

Feature Film |

A new romance with Alma forces Zaynab to confront her relationship with her recently widowed mother who escapes to TV dramas and finding her daughter a husband. In this coming-of-age Muslim melodrama, Zaynab copes by taking Lucha-style wrestling.

 

One of “The 50 Most Anticipated American Films of 2017”

-Filmmaker Magazine

 

Awards:

Grand Jury Prize – Best U.S. Narrative Feature – Outfest Los Angeles

Best Feature – American Spectrum – Indy Film Fest

Best Feature – Columbus International Film + Video Festival

Audience Award – Best Feature – Connecticut LGBT Film Festival

Best Direction – Jennifer Reeder – Film Out San Diego LGBT Film Festival

Audience Award – Best Actress in a Feature – Fawzia Mirza – Film Out San Diego LGBT Film Festival

Jury Award Best Women’s Feature – North Carolina Gay + Lesbian Film Festival

Jury Award: Writer, Producer, Actor – Fawzia Mirza – Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

 

Accolades for SIGNATURE MOVE

Roger Ebert

Chicago Tribune

Vice

Screen Daily

Broadly.

New City Film

Chicago Mag

Time Out Chicago

Cast & Crew

Fawzia Mirza – Zaynib

Shabana Azim – Parveen

Sari Sanches – Alma

Audrey Francis – Jayde

Charin Alvarez – Rosa

Molly Brennan – Killian

~PRODUCED BY~

Andy Derrow – Associate Producer

Jason Fura – Associate Producer

Angie Gaffney – Co-Producer / Line Producer

Brian Hieggelke – Producer

Jan Hieggelke – Executive Producer

Joe Kleist – Associate Producer

Fawzia Mirza – Producer

Pranav Pandit – Contributing Producer

Eugene Park – Producer

Nabeela Rasheed – Executive Producer

Hugh Schulze – Executive Producer

&

Michael Shannon – Executive Producer

~DIRECTED BY~

Jennifer Reeder

~CINEMATOGRAPHY BY~

Christopher Rejano

~EDITED BY~

Felix Piñeiro