A second award for Despite The Falling Snow
As we countdown to the UK release of Despite The Falling Snow next month, we have been awarded another wonderful laurel from the Canadian Film Festival, this time for Best Feature Film. If you're in the UK and want to find out when it comes to a cinema near you,...
Obstacles? What Obstacles?
Henry Ford might have been talking about independent movie making when he said that obstacles are those frightful things that you see when you take your eye off the goal. Amongst the PR work for our new release, Despite the Falling Snow, we've had a long week of...
Despite the Falling Snow wins at Manchester Film Festival
Delighted to say that Despite the Falling Snow has won the award for Best Production at Manchester Independent Film Festival this weekend. If you managed to catch one of the showings over the weekend, we'd love to hear what you thought! Please comment to let us...
Red Carpet Screening of Despite the Falling Snow at MANIFF
Join Shamim and Hanan this weekend at Manchester International Film Festival for the UK festival premiere of their Cold War love story Despite the Falling Snow. Screenings at at 7.15pm on Friday 4th March and 5pm on Sunday 6th March with Q&As after each...
City of Lights
We arrived in Paris yesterday for Fashion Week. I wanted to write that line because, really, it’s up there in the list of least likely lines I would ever write. Along with ‘I don’t like french fries’ and ‘do you have a spare lipstick?’ Our good friends Tamara...
Despite the Falling Snow in Manchester
Delighted to announce that Despite the Falling Snow will have it's UK premiere at the Manchester Int Film Festival in early March ahead of the UK release in April. The Cold War love story stars Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid and Charles Dance. Stay tuned for final...
Women in Film Producer Panel
Enlightenment's Hanan Kattan was a guest speaker at the Hospital Club on 1st December. On the panel of a Creative England and Women in Hollywood event, Hanan discussed the financial implications of women in front of and behind the camera...
Shamim and Hanan at the INK Conference
Shamim Sarif was invited to the INK conference in Mumbai last week where she spoke about the power of stories to influence our lives daily. Her talk was voted one of the most inspirational by Verve Magazine. Stay tuned, or sign up to our newsletter, for the link to...
Despite the Falling Snow at Film by the Sea Festival
Director Shamim Sarif and producer Hanan Kattan will be in Vlissingen this week for the prestigious film and literature festival with Despite the Falling Snow. Screenings are on Wednesday 16th at 9.30pm and Friday afternoon. Keep track of the Enlightenment team's...
Hanan Kattan Selected for TIFF Producers’ Lab
Hanan Kattan represents the UK at the prestigious Producers' Lab at Toronto International Film Festival Click here for Screen International...
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