Same Time Next Year?
Roles: Producer, Director, Co-Writer
Expecting another uneventful Jummah, Safa finds herself trapped between her overbearing family and an angry ex.
Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2025, Official Selection (Toronto, Canada)
Reel Asian International Film Festival, 2025, DGC Ontario & WIFT+ Toronto Award
International Film Festival of Ottawa, 2026, Official Selection (Ottawa, Canada)
TIFF Next Wave, 2026, Official Selection (Toronto, Canada)
Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Official Selection (Toronto, Canada)
Diaspora Film Festival (Incheon, Korea)
KASHISH Pride Film Festival (Mumbai, India)
Screenings
Crew
Director: Anushay Sheikh
Executive Producers: Reel Asian, Stephanie Sonny Hooker
Producers: Anushay Sheikh, Lee Nisar, Marium Vahed
Partners: Toronto Transit Commission, Metropolitan Community Church, Queer Muslim Network Toronto
Sponsors: Honey Soul Food, IFC, LIFT
Rentals: Ontario Camera, Sunbelt, 2D House, United Prop Company
Reel Asian Mentor: Ammar Keshodia
Reel Asian Coordinators: Amreen Kullar, Carthy Ngo, Joseph Chung
Written By: Anushay Sheikh, Jada Parada-Hemmings
Story Editor: Marium Vahed
1st Assistant Director: Goldbloom Micomonaco
2nd Assistant Director: Beata Arcool
Script Supervisor: Nusayba Mustafa
Script Editor: Jasmine Gui
Director of Photography: David Willem Boot
1st Assistant Camera: Mehek Cazi
2nd Assistant Camera: Johana Abed Rosaly
Steadicam Operator: Kato Ferrer
BTS Photographer: Suchaina Mehan
Digital Image Technician: Emily Belnavis
Key Grip: Mac Fiumana
Best Boy Grip: Evan Park
Gaffer: Gerald “EZ” Ezenwenyi
Best Electric: Joy Xing
Electric: Tania Habib
G&E PAs: Grace Ndomatezo, Stef Pizzimenti
Sound Recordist: Adolfo Duran
Production Designer: Emi Maruyama
Set Dresser: Vanessa Benitz
Props Master: Julia Hogg
Art PAs: Yi Shi, Elaf Khan
Costume Designer: Bahar Pasalar
Costume Assistant: Faezah Faruqui
Hair and Makeup Artist: Maze McDougall
Hair and Makeup Assistant: Francine Padilla
Hijab Consultant/ Stylist: Elaf Al Maktari
Hijab Assistant: Hanin Ramadah
Crew Cont…
Driver / Swing: Wiliam Priems
Driver PA: David Cryan
Production Assistants: Laila Vahed, Miru Yogarajah, Eileen Cahill, Ash Yee, Vincent Huang, Sebastian Churchill
Editor: Liam Brownrigg Bartra
Colourist: Andrew Lea
Sound Mixers: Bernice Chu, Zacky Makeen
Graphics and Titles: Carolina Gama Di Grado
Original Score By: Anand Enkh-Amar
Assistant Music Composer: Alecks Espinosa
Music by Spitty (Blue Lays, Back to Brampton)
Cast:
Safa: Mekha Jayakumar
Maha: Simran Malani
Ammi: Smita Jacob
Manal: Sarah Iranca
Baba: Gurmeet Bajwa
Mama: Rabea Murtaza
Imam: Jon Clarke
Hamza: Tone Bailey
Hamza’s Sibling: Shaimaa Babiker
Aunty 1: Dhaarna Anand
Aunty 2: Zehra Nawab
Child 1: Carium Fraser
Background:
Casey Lun, Azka Ahmed, Isa Ali, Skyler Xiang, Marium Vahed, Laila Vahed, Priyanka Yogesh, Emmanuel Akanbi, Zuhayr, Namitha Rathinapillai, Bushra Ahmed, Saad Khan, Ammarah Abid, Sarzana Hasin Zafar, Natasha George, Tarek Ghanem, Neda Ahmad, Nofil Nadeem, Enef Nanjani, Renea Bautista, Sun Ravichandran, Becir Terzic, Emaan Sheikh, Yahlnaaw K’uuna, Nichole Hemmings, Michele Williams, Sophie Abbott, Malakeh Darabi, Hamid Azarbani, Arman “A GOAT” Azarbani, Cindy Karamy