Books, films, love and life
Shamim SarifAward-winning author and filmmaker, advocate for humanism, feminism, social impact and LGBTQI+ rights. Join a community that loves books, movies and a feeling of hope!
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The Happy Ending Never Stopped
At the Century Club in Soho for a sold-out evening hosted by Represent AI and Mint in aid of Switchboard.
When the invitation arrived by WhatsApp, I said yes before I’d thought about it properly, which is how quite a few things in my life...
The Podcast Sagas (A Technical Misfortune in Three Acts)
No-one loves a fountain pen like I do, and I still cling on to my DVD and Blu-ray collection, but I like to think I’m pretty decent with technology.
I use my laptop every day, a lot. I can create a look book, upload files, set up a Zoom in...
An Evening with Shamim Sarif — London, 21 July 2026
Dear lovely readers,
Stories have always been my way of making sense of the world.
They’ve allowed me to explore love, identity, belonging and the connections that bring us together, even when our lives may look very different. One of the...
The Revolution Was Served for Breakfast
Breakfast has always been one of my three favourite meals. It’s the most manageable too. Toast, eggs, coffee; perhaps a mushroom or two. It is not lunch with its potential meal-deal hell and other assorted sandwich-related disappointments....
The Lives I Read About Before I Lived
A reflection on the books that shaped a younger life
Just think about a book as an object. I did this not long ago, as Hanan and I packed (and repacked) our suitcases, moving from one film set to another film set in another country, and fi...
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Storyteller, novelist, writer/director, champion of diversity in books and films. Co-founder of Enlightenment Productions, home of authentic, female-centric stories for series and films. \ud83c\udfac\ud83d\udcda
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