BBC News: Film director bids to raise intersex awareness

BBC News: Film director bids to raise intersex awareness

Only Love Matters, an award-winning feature film by Dr Kamran Qureshi is making waves in the media, with a recent feature by the BBC.

Read here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-67636781

BBC TV Report on Only Love Matters

BBC TV Report on Only Love Matters

BBC TV Journalist Mike Apps made a report on Only Love Matters and interviewed director and producer Dr Kamran and Dr Iram Qureshi. BBC Report (08:26 min): https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001tdlx/south-today-evening-news-11122023

“What I was really fascinated by is that it’s approaching a topic which I had never heard of before […] this has not been a topic that’s been dealt with by British cinema before this film.” Mike Apps (BBC Broadcast Journalist)



Interview by Keira Sutcliffe for That’s TV UK

Interview by Keira Sutcliffe for That’s TV UK

An interview of the director of Only Love Matters, Dr Kamran Qureshi by Keira Sutcliffe for That’s TV UK.

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BBC Radio Solent: the UK’s first feature film to have intersex lead characters

BBC Radio Solent: the UK’s first feature film to have intersex lead characters

“Reporter Mike Apps speaks to Dr Kamran Qureshi of Solent University about his film, “Only Love Matters”, the UK’s first feature film to have intersex lead characters.” BBC SOUNDS

Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gyv0sf

Only Love Matters – Awards received

Dr Kamran Qureshi’s directed new British feature film Only Love Matters (2023) is having its World premiere on the 6th October in Marbella Spain and the UK premiere on the 27th October at BFI Southbank, London, UK. The film is also screening at Brunel University London on the 26th October on the World Intersex Awareness Day.

Only Love Matters has done phenomenally well on the film festival circuit and has won over 30 awards including Best Director, Best Producer, Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best Romantic film, Best Women film, Best Message and Best Original Idea.

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Reviewer for Cogitatio: Media and Communication Journal

Reviewer for Cogitatio: Media and Communication Journal

Dr KAMRAN QURESHI “has acted as a reviewer for the open access journal Media and Communication (ISSN: 2183-2439) in 2023 and contributed to the quality and success of the journal.”

Certificate: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UgdKjTInwCs5EOfsnQFtvi0IzM2oRTHL/view?usp=sharing

Interview in live radio show: Drive time with Mark Carter

Interview in live radio show: Drive time with Mark Carter

Interview on a live show ‘Drive time with Mark Carter’, on Awaaz FM, Southampton about Only Love Matters‘ Southampton Premiere at the Southampton Film Week (SFW) on 16th Nov. 2023.

Interview on The Joe Abery Show

Interview on The Joe Abery Show

Catch the interview of the director Dr Kamran and producer Dr Iram on the next episode of the The Joe Abery Show early next week!

Interview for Dale’s Diaries by Dale Forwood

Interview for Dale’s Diaries by Dale Forwood

Interview of Dr Kamran & Iram Qureshi for Dale’s Diaries by Dale Forwood on a Film Premiere at BFI Southbank London “Only Love Matters”.

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Celebrating Love and Diversity: Brunel University of London Screens Groundbreaking Film ‘Only Love Matters

Celebrating Love and Diversity: Brunel University of London Screens Groundbreaking Film ‘Only Love Matters

What an unforgettable evening! On October 26, 2023, Brunel University London hosted a special screening of the groundbreaking romantic film Only Love Matters. The event was made even more memorable with a fascinating Q&A session featuring the brilliant minds behind the film—director Dr. Kamran Qureshi and producer Dr. Iram Qureshi. They shared incredible insights into the making of the film and its powerful portrayal of intersex individuals.

Link: https://www.brunel.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/2023/Screening-Only-Love-Matters

Dr. Mike Thomas, Associate Dean for Equality and Diversity at Brunel’s Department of Health Sciences, praised the film, stating, “And I was absolutely blown away by the film […] great movie, go see it.”

Best English movies for children | 92 TV News’ morning show

Best English movies for children | 92 TV News’ morning show

Films spark and nurture the imaginative capabilities of children. Today’s discussion was about best English movies for children on 92 TV News’ morning show.

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Mentor and Assessor for Advance Fellowship

Mentor and Assessor for Advance Fellowship

Dr Kamran Qureshi is mentoring and assessing Solent University (Southampton, UK) staff’s Advance HE Fellowship applications.

Link: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk

Interview by an American host, composer & actress Nicole Russin-McFarland

Interview by an American host, composer & actress Nicole Russin-McFarland

“Only Love Matters @onlylovematter is a rare feature film about intersex people’s lives. Dr. Kamran Qureshi and Dr. Iram Qureshi from the film were great guests on my CinematNIC podcast”. Nicole Russin-McFarland : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-only-love-matters-producer-dr-iram-qureshi/id1403036218?i=1000606676989

International Conference Centring intersex at the University of Huddersfield

Dr Kamran Qureshi chaired ‘The Final Reflections and Future Projects Panel’ of The Centring Intersex international conference supported by University of Huddersfield, the COST Action Network, the journal Social Sciences & others. He also presented his research on ‘American Intersex Television Characters’.

A big thanks to Professor Surya Monro and all the organisers, from eleven countries, who come from a range of backgrounds, including academics, activists, advocates and experts. Thank you everyone who has been involved with this conference.

Please see: https://research.hud.ac.uk/media/assets/document/hhs/CentringIntersexIssuesConferenceProgrammeDelegateVersion.pdf

An interview by Eastern Eye, UK

An interview by Eastern Eye, UK

An interview of Dr Kamran Qureshi, the director of Only Love Matters, by EASTERN EYE’S editor-at-large and former BBC correspondent, Barnie Choudhury.

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Guest in Hum TV Show

Guest in Hum TV Show

Dr Kamran Qureshi, the director of her movie Only Love Matters and Dr Iram Qureshi (Producer) was a guest in HUM TV morning show “Subah Say Agay”. Thank you Shiffa Yousafzai and Ovais Mangalwala (hosts) and Team HUM TV.

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BOL TV: Success Story, “From Direction to Production Everything is Outstanding”

BOL TV: Success Story, “From Direction to Production Everything is Outstanding”

Thank you Team BOL TV for inviting Dr Kamran Qureshi (Director) and Dr Iram Qureshi (Producer) to your segment ‘Success Story’ in the Morning Show ‘DUNYA BOL HAI’.

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Saama TV: “Film’s Director, Producer and Actors appears as guests in Morning Show”

Saama TV: “Film’s Director, Producer and Actors appears as guests in Morning Show”

Award-winning team (Only Love Matters) Director Dr Kamran Qureshi, Producer Dr Iram Qureshi and actress Sara Faraj were guest in Samaa TV’s Morning live transmission, NAYA DIN (New Day).

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NEO TV: “A story of love, relationships, existence and acceptance”

NEO TV: “A story of love, relationships, existence and acceptance”

Only Love Matters: “A story of love, relationships, existence and acceptance” NEO TV

Team Only Love Matters, producer Dr Iram Qureshi and director Dr Kamran Qureshi, were live at NEO TV morning show. Hosted by Nabeeha Ejaz & Anwaar Khawar.

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