Sony Future Filmmaker Awards Announces Jury for 2025 Edition

The Sony Future Filmmaker Awards announced Jason Reitman, Elizabeth Gabler, Minhal Baig, and Justin Chadwick will be the jury for the 2025 edition.

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‘We Grown Now’ Review: Minhal Baig Lovingly Tells a Lyrical Friendship Tale Set in 1990s Chicago
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‘We Grown Now’ Review: A Lyrical Friendship Tale Set in 1990s Chicago

In 'We Grown Now,’ 'Hala' helmer Minhal Baig returns with another gentle coming-of-age story, this one set in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Housing Project.

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Sony Pictures Classics, Stage 6 Set Release Date & Trailer For Minhal Baig Drama ‘We Grown Now’

Sony Pictures Classics and Stage 6 Films have unveiled the release date and trailer for We Grown Now, a coming-of-age drama from writer-director Minhal Baig (Hala) that’s currently up for thr…

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'We Grown Now' Trailer: Minhal Baig Captures the Chicago Projects

Jurnee Smollett and Lil Rel Howery star alongside first-time actors Blake Cameron James and Gian Knight Ramirez in “Hala” director Minhal Baig’s coming-of-ager.

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Sony Pictures Classics Acquires TIFF Premiere 'We Grown Now'

Sony Pictures Classics has acquired North American rights to Stage 6 Films, Participant and Symbolic Exchange’s We Grown Now, which had its world premiere in the Centerpiece and Next Wave Selects s…

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1497 Mentor Lab Announces Finalists; Directors Mira Nair, Geeta Malik, And Minhal Baig To Contribute Mentorship
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1497 Mentor Lab Announces Finalists; Directors Mira Nair, Geeta Malik, And Minhal Baig To Set Contribute As Mentors

1497 has selected three Mentees for their Features Lab.  The Lab’s first year was held virtually, and the second year was hybrid, held virtually and in-person. For its third year, 1497 is cond…

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'We Grown Now' Review: 'Hala' Director's Delicate Coming-of-Ager

In 'Hala' director Minhal Baig's latest feature, two best friends face growing pains in a misunderstood neighborhood.

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'We Grown Now' Review: 'Hala' Filmmaker Minhal Baig Struggles

TIFF: The Chicago native takes on a coming-of-age tale set in the city’s Cabrini-Green public housing complex, but her revelations feel rote.

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Filmmaker Minhal Baig Digs Into Childhood Hopes and Trauma in Toronto Premiere ‘We Grown Now’
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https://variety.com/2023/film/news/minhal-baig-toronto-we-grown-now-1235717794/

Minhal Baig on Toronto drama 'We Grown Now'

Minhal Baig’s “We Grown Now,” which bowed Sept. 8 at TIFF, follows Malik (Blake Cameron James) and Eric (Gian Knight Ramirez), two 12-year-old boys living in Chicago’s Cabrini Green housing project…

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