Litopia After Dark

How To Make A Movie: Have a great idea. Write a screenplay. Offer it to Hollywood (this step may take sixteen years waiting tables) Sell your soul (i.e. tarnish your great idea with two nudes, an astronaut, graphic sex, two vampires and three fart jokes) Watch the whole thing get mothballed and die in pre-production. (Despite promises to the contrary, Johnny Depp will not be involved) But there is another way... Tonight we welcome into the studio three authors, three film buffs, two directors and a memory of jam-- all contained by three great guests! Shamim Sarif not only had a great idea, wrote a novel, had it published, adapted it for film, wrote the screenplay and directed it herself-- her partner Hanan was the producer. And they've won awards. Dozens-- plural! And this isn't some low-budget zombie high school rom com set on an exploding train (copyright LAD). Her Cold War Russian love thriller, Despite the Falling Snow, has big-name stars and is coming soon to a theater near you. How did Shamim do