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Quiver Sets September 4 VOD Release for Maya & Samar

8/18/2026

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Quiver will release the Canadian film Maya & Samar on VOD on September 4, 2026.
Robert Lantos and Laura Lanktree produced the film with Julia Rosenberg as co-producer.
Anita Doron directed the film.
Tamara Faith Berger wrote the story of a Canadian journalist and a queer Afghan refugee in Athens.
Doron called the MPAA’s NC-17 rating shocking because similar heterosexual films avoid it.

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Story summary

Quiver will release the Canadian film Maya & Samar on VOD on September 4, 2026.
Robert Lantos and Laura Lanktree produced the film with Julia Rosenberg as co-producer.
Anita Doron directed the film.
Tamara Faith Berger wrote the story of a Canadian journalist and a queer Afghan refugee in Athens.
Doron called the MPAA’s NC-17 rating shocking because similar heterosexual films avoid it.