IQMF: Finally, No Hard Feelings is about receiving a theatrical release in the Netherlands – as well as part of IQMF on Tour. Describe your connection to the festival<\/strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s actually an intimate relationship that I have with the IQMF, because I attended the first edition in 2015\/2016 (ED Check which date). I was super young and I only had two pages written of No Hard Feelings, and I pitched it for the first time publicly. It was a very empowering experience, because there were people from the industry, programmers and other Queer BPOC artists. I had never really been to queer BPOC spaces, and I was very shy and intimidated by it but it paved the ground for me. Showing the film now as part of IQMF On Tour<\/em> is a full-circle experience. I think IQMF is super important, so few spaces exist for young BPOC crative, the curation is great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jad: Why is there a need for queer and migrant film festivals to exist?<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s extremely important today. A lot of people ask why I define myself with terms like queer or BPOC.  But we live in a time when these categories help to lift up and make structures visible. A lot of people deny that sexism, racism or discrimination against LGBTQ+ people exists. Spaces like IQMF help to lift up minorities. For my film, I needed feedback from the right people, who understood my experience and IQMF connected me to other people and helped with funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jad: What do you have lined up for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m currently shooting Druck, which is a German remake of Scam (English: Shame), a Norwegian teen drama web series. I\u2019m in talks with people in the US and UK, and I have an interest to work in Anglo world. There is also a queer fantasy series about the life of three Pari sisters \u2013 Pari are magical, fantastical, angel creatures. It\u2019s derived from pre-Islamic Persian mythology. They then crash into life in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No Hard Feelings is screening as part of IQMF on Tour in Holland, tour dates can be found here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interview by Jad Salfiti The title of writer-director Faraz Shariat\u2019s electrifying debut feature, No Hard Feelings (German title: Futur Drei), is an ode to a millennial generation shrugging off hurtful moments or hardships. \u201cIt\u2019s a coping mechanism for many BPOCS (Black\/ Person of Colour) to survive racism,\u201d asserts the 26 year old. Born in Cologne, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whats-hot"],"yoast_head":"\n