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Enlightenment Productions develops and produces stories by women (writers and directors), from women (developers, producers and crew), primarily for female audiences. Our mission: to tell stories aligned with our ideals of feminism, social impact and humanism by creating quality content for high end cable/ streaming platforms and festival-quality feature films while empowering diverse talent.
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The Sarif-Kattan Foundation. The foundation set up by Hanan...
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Weeks before Dalia’s wedding, a heated encounter between the...
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- Shamim Sarif
Writer and director Shamim Sarif is an award-winning...
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Hanan is a multi-award-winning producer. She is in...
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Multi-award-winning feature films about women, from Enlightenment Productions founders Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan.Our films include cult LGBT classic, I C...
Weeks before Dalia’s wedding, a heated encounter between the two young women exposes deep prejudices and results in Lisa losing her job. But it’s only the start of an unexpected connection between two women from the same town, but very different worlds. As the pair enjoy a growing friendship and attraction, they will have to break the ...
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Official UK Trailer | Enlightenment Productions. A film by Shamim Sarif, starring Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth & Nina Wadia. Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more ...
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’s latest feature film as a writer/director and co-producer, Polarized, won its first festival award in April 2023 and releases in the U.S. in early 2024.
A turn of events causes her to have an affair and subsequently fall in love with another woman, Leyla, a British Indian. The movie is distributed by Enlightenment Productions. It was released in theatres in 2008 and 2009. The DVD was released on 4 May 2009. The movie is directed by Shamim Sarif and stars Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth.
