Tishna Films is a State of Texas HUB and City of Austin MBE certified production company based in Austin TX started by filmmaker and educator Shuja Uddin. Tishna Films focuses on telling human stories with clients ranging from government institutions, nonprofits and educational institutions. We prioritize a bespoke and artisanal approach towards our storytelling with our clients and ensure we work with their unique self in mind. Our social consciousness is embedded in our name Tishna (تشنہ) which in Urdu means “insatiable” and was founder Shuja Uddin’s grandfather’s poetry moniker, Tishna Barelvi. Tishna’s poetry embodied the ethos of the global citizen and Tishna Films is committed to storytelling that discovers the humanity of each and every story. With our first original narrative project “Howzzat Houston” we aim to tell a story that centers the story of an Afghan female immigrant trying to play the sport of cricket in Texas. The following is our logline: After the star player of a men’s cricket team gets injured, an Afghan female girl steps forward at the finale of the tournament, against the demands of her traditional mother.

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