2025 Winner

Marushka Almeida, Nisha Khan, Rabiya Mansoor

Get Up, Aisha
iThentic Inc, Window Dreams Productions

CANADA

- Short Form Fiction Series

The pressure to be perfect is a universal sentiment everyone can relate to. As three South Asian creators, we know this pressure firsthand.” said the creators, Rabiya Mansoor, Nisha Khan, and Marushka Jessica Almeida. “We created Get Up, Aisha to start a conversation and showcase the highs and the lows of a high-functioning Pakistani-Canadian girl as she deals with depression. While the show deals with issues like mental health in South Asian communities, familial and societal pressures – it also showcases the joys of coming of age, friendships, and family bonds. We hope audiences take from this show that you don’t have to have it all figured out and that we’re all a work in progress."