Signature Screenings
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, from writer and director Bassam Tariq, stars Mahershala Ali as a religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith, and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him and the beliefs threatening to unravel within. An Orion release.
Actor John Cho will be presented with the Luminary Award. An In Conversation event with Cho and director, writer, and producer Bassam Tariq immediately follows the screening.
DIRECTOR
Bassam Tariq
PRODUCERS
Lucan Toh
Babak Anvari
Bassam Tariq
WRITER
Bassam Tariq
CAST
Mahershala Ali
John Cho
Abubakr Ali
Adia
Giancarlo Esposito
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Bassam Tariq is an acclaimed documentary and narrative filmmaker whose work explores faith, belonging, and the complexities of the human condition through deeply personal storytelling. Tariq’s debut feature documentary, These Birds Walk, premiered in 2013 and was later named one of the 50 best foreign films of the 21st century by The New Yorker. His debut narrative feature, Mogul Mowgli, premiered at the 2020 Berlinale and won the International Critics Prize.