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Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and film director of South Asian and South African heritage. Sarif is best known for her work in writing and directing films with themes that often explore issues of identity and cultural diversity.
Writer and director Shamim Sarif is a multi-award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV with a focus on stories aligned with feminism, social impact and humanism. She has long been an advocate for the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community.
Polarized is a British-Canadian drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif and released in 2023. [1] The film stars Holly Deveaux as Lisa, a young farm girl from rural Manitoba who is fired by manager Dalia (Maxine Denis) from her job after an angry, racially insensitive outburst, only for the two women to subsequently develop a romantic ...
Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, feature film director, and director for premium series, including the latest season of YOU for Netflix/Warner.
Shamim Sarif. Director: Despite the Falling Snow. Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and director for film and TV. She is also a long-time advocate for the rights of women and the LGBTQ+ community.
Despite the Falling Snow is a 2016 British Cold War espionage film directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her novel of the same name. [1] Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Thure Lindhardt and Anthony Head, [2] the film was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2016.
Born in the UK, Shamim is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and director. Her next book, The Athena Protocol, is an all-female YA contemporary action thriller that is published by Harper Teen in September 2019. Her debut novel, The World Unseen, won a Betty Trask award and the Pendleton May First Novel award.
Oct 6, 2020 · The World Unseen transports us to a vibrant, colourful world, a world that divides white from black and women from men, but one that might just allow an unexpected love to survive. Now a major motion picture from award-winning director Shamim Sarif.
Mar 16, 2023 · Shamim Sarif is the pioneering director whose films focusing on love stories between women of colour – such as The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight – have become cult classics.
Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, feature film director, and director for premium series, including the latest season of YOU for...
