Seyran Ates: Sex, Revolution and Islam
The South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (MSFF) is dedicated to exploring and introducing Montreal audiences to the work of filmmakers of South Asian origin. This 13th edition is an opportunity to discover many recent works, both documentary and fiction, that focus on the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora.
Renuka and Sadiya, two mature working class women who love each other, are celebrating Renuka's birthday. Unbeknownst to them, Renuka's son, Mangesh, is in the area. "My Mother's Girlfriend" is the story of these two colliding relationships.
When he reveals to his traditional parents his sexual identity, Sid uses his time machine to reset the day, trying to make sure everything goes perfectly.
Seyran Ateş - a Turkish-German lawyer, feminist and one of the first female imams in Europe - is fighting for a sexual revolution within Islam. In return, she has been shot at, received fatwas and death threats, and now must live under constant police protection.
