Houston-raised filmmaker wins prestigious award for directorial debut: Istikhara, New York

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Houston-raised filmmaker wins prestigious award for directorial debut: Istikhara, New York
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Imagine entering a career with little support but allowing yourself to let the universe take its course.

- not to say it's impossible - because it's absolutely not right…I think it's such a strength to be from Texas or to have an immigrant background," Masood added. "It's like an absolute strength in this industry, and as a human being, but I think like the most difficult thing was to be able to try to enter this industry without any type of connection, any type of mentorship.

"You're coming out of school, you're in your mid-20s, you're trying to navigate life, you're trying to navigate your career, and especially [the entertainment] industry," Masood explained. "And then once you're told, 'everything's going to shut down for like, two years,' it's like, 'we don't even have our footing yet in our own industries,' - we're not even on the ladder yet and the ladder disappears.

All the hard work and dedication resulted in Masood winning the Emerging Filmmaker Award during the 38th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.

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