Check out the new poster and trailer for MAYA & SAMAR, starring Nicolette Pearse and Amanda Babaei Vieira. In Canadian theatres March 20!

Movie Scene Canada
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Following its World Premiere at the 66th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November 2025, Anita Doron’s MAYA & SAMAR is set for a Canadian theatrical release on March 20, 2026. The film is produced by Serendipity Point Films and January Films, and will be distributed in Canada by VVS Films, with Distant Horizon handling international sales.

SYNOPSIS:

Maya, a rising journalist at a hip indie website, covers sex and music with free-flowing thought and liberal practice. Samar, a queer Afghan who landed in Greece following a harrowing escape from the Taliban, lives without papers in Athens, dancing in a club for cash. After a fateful meeting on the outskirts of Athens, their worlds collide in a brief yet torrid affair that exposes their conflicting cultures. With Samar, Maya crafts her latest headline; with Maya, Samar crafts an unexpected twist, exposing the raw truth behind privilege.

CAST: Nicolette Pearse, Amanda Babaei Vieira, Brenna Coates, Antonis Giannakos, Agni Scott,

Aris Athanasopoulos

DIRECTOR(S): Anita Doron

MAYA & SAMAR will release in Canadian Theatres on March 20, 2026