On the hip streets of Brooklyn, Hakim, an old world Syrian baker, desperate to sell his authentic walnut baklava, gets into an awkward rivalry with savvy yet self-satisfied Sakina aka “Laddoo Lady”, who is already a viral hit with the local keto crowd.
NYU grad Maryam Mir directs an endearing Laith Nakli (Ramy) and a chirpy Mahira Kakkar (A Suitable Boy) with a light, sweet-toothed touch, in this utterly charming comedy about the unexpected bonding between immigrants: during turf wars over beloved sweets from old countries.
Maryam Mir
Maryam Mir is a writer, director, and Ang Lee Scholar pursuing her MFA in Film Production at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. As a Kashmiri-Canadian with Kenyan ancestry born in Germany and raised in Bahrain, Maryam has always found inspiration in stories that center the immigrant experience in all its joy, delight, and magic. Her latest short film, Sweet Refuge, starring Laith Nakli and Mahira Kakkar, recently received the Jury Award at the Directors Guild of America’s Student Film Awards, the Canadian Woman Artists Award from the New York Foundation of the Arts, and a distribution grant from the Islamic Scholarship Fund.
