Polarized (film)
| Polarized | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shamim Sarif |
| Written by | Shamim Sarif |
| Produced by | Juliette Hagopian Hanan Kattan |
| Starring | Holly Deveaux Maxine Denis |
| Cinematography | Greg Nicod |
| Edited by | John Gurdebeke Sarah Peddie |
| Music by | Kevon Cronin |
Production companies | Blue Denim Films Echo Lake Entertainment Enlightenment Productions Julijette |
| Distributed by | APL Film |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Countries | Canada United Kingdom |
| Languages | English Arabic |
Polarized is a British-Canadian drama film, written and directed by Shamim Sarif and released in 2023. The film stars Holly Deveaux as Lisa, a young farm girl from rural Manitoba who is fired by manager Dalia (Maxine Denis) from her job after an angry, racially insensitive outburst, only for the two women to subsequently develop a romantic relationship which tests the divisions and cleavages in the community around race, religion and sexuality.
The cast also includes Hesham Hammoud, Abraham Asto, Tara Samuel, Elie Gemael, Sandrella Mohanna, Peter Bou-Ghannam, Baraka Rahmani, Paul Essiembre, Chris Sigurdson, Darren Martens, Adam Hurtig, Gabriel Daniels, John B. Lowe, Marina Stephenson Kerr, Sarah Constible, Robert Nahum, Hazel Venzon, Kamal Chioua, Colleen Furlan and Brooke Palsson.