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'''Faraz Arif Ansari''' is an Indian filmmaker known for directing ''Sisak'', India's first silent [[LGBT]] film. They also directed ''Sheer Qorma'', India's first-ever film with a nonbinary character.<ref name="Lochan">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they}}</ref> | '''Faraz Arif Ansari''' is an Indian filmmaker known for directing ''Sisak'', India's first silent [[LGBT]] film. They also directed ''Sheer Qorma'', India's first-ever [[Nonbinary characters in fiction#Movies|film with a nonbinary character]].<ref name="Lochan">{{Cite web |title=Why Pronouns Matter: Director Faraz Arif Ansari On The Importance of ‘They’ |last=Lochan |first=Vanya |work=Homegrown |date=26 October 2020 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://homegrown.co.in/article/804842/why-pronouns-matter-director-faraz-arif-ansari-on-the-importance-of-they}}</ref> | ||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
{{quote|Growing up queer in a Muslim household in India is not easy, to say the least. So as a storyteller, I decided to use silence as a tool. Silence makes one connect deeper with oneself. Silence makes you think. Silence isn’t preachy. It makes you uncomfortable to be with, since we live in a world where everyone is trying to be louder than the other to be heard so I decided to go silent. Silence is where most love stories are born and where we find a deeper connection with one another. It is in silence where the biggest decisions are made. What can be more powerful than silence?<ref name="raveeta">{{Cite web |title=Faraz Arif Ansari on Filmmaking & Queer Identity |author= |work=RaveetaWrites.com |date=13 March 2019 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://raveetawrites.com/2019/03/13/faraz-arif-ansari-on-filmmaking-queer-identity/}}</ref>}} | {{quote|Growing up queer in a Muslim household in India is not easy, to say the least. So as a storyteller, I decided to use silence as a tool. Silence makes one connect deeper with oneself. Silence makes you think. Silence isn’t preachy. It makes you uncomfortable to be with, since we live in a world where everyone is trying to be louder than the other to be heard so I decided to go silent. Silence is where most love stories are born and where we find a deeper connection with one another. It is in silence where the biggest decisions are made. What can be more powerful than silence?<ref name="raveeta">{{Cite web |title=Faraz Arif Ansari on Filmmaking & Queer Identity |author= |work=RaveetaWrites.com |date=13 March 2019 |access-date=22 November 2020 |url= https://raveetawrites.com/2019/03/13/faraz-arif-ansari-on-filmmaking-queer-identity/}}</ref>}} | ||
{{quote|There is a perception that nonbinary is also a binary. Criticism from the queer community also flows in occasionally because a lot of people don’t understand that the very point of being nonbinary is not belonging to a binary.<ref name="Lochan" />}} | |||
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