Shamim Sarif is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, film and TV director.
Shamim’s feature films as a writer/director have won 47 awards between them. Her latest is Polarized, which shot in Manitoba. Titles include The World Unseen and I Can’t Think Straight (starring Lisa Ray) and Despite the Falling Snow (Rebecca Ferguson & Charles Dance). The World Unseen premiered at TIFF and London.
Her new books are feminist thrillers from HarperCollins, being developed for the screen.
TV directing credits include Diggstown, SkyMed, and Netflix's You.
Shamim’s own work focuses on themes including social justice, feminism, and humanism; and worlds where characters find a way to freedom from rules imposed by tradition, religion or political systems.