Shamim Sarif

Shamim Sarif (September 24, 1969) is a novelist and filmmaker of South Asian and South African heritage. Her roots inspired her to write her award-winning debut novel, The World Unseen, which explores issues of race, gender and sexuality,^[1] which she later adapted into a film starring Lisa Ray, shown at the London Film Festival in 2007.

She is the recipient of three Best Director awards for The World Unseen film ^[2] - from the South African Film and Television Awards ^[3], The Phoenix Film Festival^[4] and the Clip (Tampa) Festival^[5]. The novel won the Pendleton May First Novel Award^[6] and a Betty Trask Award.^[7] She lives in London with her wife Hanan Kattan and her two children.^[1]

Feature films

• I Can't Think Straight (2007)
• The World Unseen (2008)

Novels

• The World Unseen. The Women's Press Limited. 2001. ISBN 978-0704347120. 

• Die verborgene Welt. Berlin: Verlag Krug & Schadenberg. 2007. ISBN 978-3930041602. 

• Despite the Falling Snow. Headline Book Publishing. 2004. ISBN 978-0755308675. 

• Das Leben, von dem sie träumten. Berlin: Verlag Krug & Schadenberg. 2010. ISBN 978-3930041695. 

• I Can't Think Straight. Enlightenment Production Limited. 2010. ISBN 978-0956031617. 

References

External links

• Review of the film The World Unseen at the British Film Institute's website
• Shamim Sharif at the Internet Movie Database
• Shamim Sarif's Official website