Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
American Eid
American Eid

American Eid

Genres

Drama

OverView

Ameena, a Muslim Pakistani immigrant, wakes up on Eid to find out that she has to go to school. Homesick and heartbroken, she goes on a mission to make Eid a public-school holiday, and in the process, reconnects with her older sister, and embraces her new home, while her new home embraces her.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

21 mins

Rating

7.1/10

Release Date

28 May 2021

Country

United States of America

Cast

Shanessa Khawaja

Shanessa Khawaja

Ameena

Jenna Qureshi

Jenna Qureshi

Zainab

Cash Herrera

Cash Herrera

Tony

Fazeelat Aslam

Fazeelat Aslam

Jamila

Maya Bednarek

Maya Bednarek

Rachel

Iris Starlett Perry

Iris Starlett Perry

Chelsea

Hilary Ward

Hilary Ward

Mrs. Stone

Ismail Bashey

Ismail Bashey

Altaf

Mikee Castillo

Mikee Castillo

Litia

Charlie Reddix

Charlie Reddix

Teni

Tyler David Alderson

Tyler David Alderson

Mike

Raheela Mahmood

Raheela Mahmood

Dadi Ami

Mark Anthony Williams

Mark Anthony Williams

Art Teacher

Barbara Lee Bragg

Barbara Lee Bragg

Cafeteria Lady

Karen Teliha

Karen Teliha

Janitor

Su Jung Lee

Su Jung Lee

Mrs. Tan

Amber Duke

Amber Duke

Litia's Friend

Similar Movies

0.0

Milo

June 2017 •English

A grieving old man attempts to recreate his past in the hope of reliving cherished memories.

5.5

Copa-Loca

March 2018 •Greek

This is the story of Copa-Loca, an abandoned Greek summer resort. Paulina is the girl at the heart of Copa-Loca. Everyone cares for her and she cares about everyone – in every possible way.

6.9

Grandpa Walrus

October 2018 •French

On the windy and cloudy beach, Granny is praying, Mum is shouting, the sisters don’t care, Lucas is alone. Grandpa was a weird guy, now he's dead.

7.0

Damiana

May 2017 •Spanish

Deep inside the jungle, a group of teenage girls are being kept under supervision. Despite abandonment and hostility, Damiana hopes she can get in touch with her father.

0.0

Push It

January 2017 •Swedish

Hedda tries to approach Adam in every way she can, but everything she does turns out wrong. And Adam gets to break all the rules. A film about never being able to win, even though you’re the best, with the gym hall as its arena.

0.0

Leyla

May 2017 •Bosnian

Lejla, a young woman from Sarajevo, takes care of her elderly father and feels stuck in her life. One day she meets Vedad and they fall in love. He offers her the chance of leaving with him, but she's unsure of what's best for her future.

7.5

Man of the House

August 2015 •English

A story about loss, desolation, sorrow and the strength found in innocence.

2.0

Just Like Arcadia

November 2015 •Spanish

A melancholy, dreamy voyage back to cruel adolescence, which condemns us to live without the possibility of return.

4.0

Homebreaker

December 2015 •English

Eelis is skipping classes, mom and dad are on the verge of divorce, sister has yet another boyfriend. The life of a little boy is in its turning point.

4.7

Jumper

August 2014 •

Story of a bourgeois European family whose lives are invaded by an enigmatic visitor. Set within a 20th century modern villa in Spain, his presence creates an unnerving effect.

0.0

The Distance Between Us

October 2016 •Korean

Seonduk Arts High school sets a “moral distance rule”, forbidding physical contact between boys and girls. The school recommends Byeonchan and Seohyun, who have been meeting for 700 days, to transfer to another school because of this rule.

7.4

Ninety-Five Senses

August 2022 •English

A heartfelt depiction of a man facing his own mortality while reflecting on the grave mistakes of his youth.

0.0

Drive

October 2021 •English

Aron makes a grave mistake when he forgets to thank the bus driver one morning, setting off a series of unfortunate events.

0.0

Private Screening

November 2019 •French

Please have a seat, the movie is about to start...

5.3

Christmas Eve

November 1915 •English

A child stops a sacked thief from shooting her father.

7.0

Soft Like Me

March 1996 •English

On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden and his farmhands, who threaten to feed them to a voracious beast if they ever disobey. The newly arrived Linus instantly catches the warden's eye, and begins to receive secret visitations from a mysterious girl. The other boys tell Linus the legend of a special boy who fled the farm and became a glorious angel that will one day return to free them all. When Linus asks the girl if she is the angel, her answer is enigmatic. After the warden's favorite boy dies, Linus is poised to become the next victim. The girl reappears and promises to help him escape, but with hope comes punishment.

0.0

Sanzhyra

April 2001 •Kyrgyz

Lyrical tragicomedy. The eyes of the young hero, who will go through the rite of circumcision, shows the life of a Kyrgyz village on a holiday day.

0.0

Deaf

October 2022 •Arabic

Beirut, Lebanon. Hassan is assembling wooden boards. His wife is dead. He is building her coffin. Tamara and Rami, the children, in their twenties, are helping him as best they can to fulfill her last wish: to be buried in her childhood village, abandoned for more than 20 years.

0.0

Waves

February 2021 •English

Like the ebbs and flows of waves in the ocean, a woman rides out different stages of an anxiety attack and through memory and space regains control and relief.