Poreless, from Sundance and Berlin Award-winning director Harris Doran, TIFF & SXSW honored co-writer Fawzia Mirza, and first-time producer and actor Akbar Hamid, is a sharp, camp-infused comedy that follows Akram, a fabulous, queer Muslim beauty entrepreneur who must figure out how to compete in a Shark Tank-like product pitch contest after suffering an untimely allergic reaction.

At its heart, Poreless is about the tension between how the world demands we appear and the liberation of being authentically ourselves. Through comedy, the film reframes the queer Muslim experience as both deeply personal and profoundly universal.

Switchboard Magazine Presents
A Finding SafeTea Production

Director: Harris Doran
Writers: Harris Doran, Fawzia Mirza

Starring: Akbar Hamid, Allyce Beasley, Parvesh Cheena, Gia Crovatin, Diane Guerrero, Lucy Owen, Sophie von Haselberg, Sureni Weerasekera with Jillian Gottlieb, Joel Perez, Joey Zauzig
Producers: Akbar Hamid, Harris Doran, Fawzia Mirza, Rabia Sultana
DP: Bill Kirstein
Editor: Harris Doran
Musical Score: Arthur Lafrentz Bacon
Production Design: Rashi Jain
Costume Design: Allison Calhoun
Makeup Dept Head: Andrew Sotomayor
Hair Dept Head: Walton Nunez
Executive Producers: Celia Aniskovich, Harlin Lawal, Arthur Madrid & Sebastien Borget, Ross Mathews, Dr. Will Rahal