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Despite The Falling Snow
''Despite the Falling Snow'' is a 2004 book by Shamim Sarif. It was first published on May 4, 2004 through Headline Book Publishing and is set during two different time periods. One part of the story is set in 1950s Moscow, Russia during the Cold War years, while the other follows the story of 1992 Moscow and London in the period after the collapse of USSR. Critical reception for the novel was mostly positive, with '' The Bulletin'' praising it as a "mature romance". ''The Boston Globe'' also praised the novel, citing the character of Katya as a highlight. Plot summary After an early career amongst the political elite of Cold War Russia, Alexander Ivanov has lived in America for forty years and has managed to bury the tragic memories surrounding his charismatic late wife, Katya – or so he believes. For into his life come two women – one who will start to open up the heart he has protected for so long; another who is determined to uncover the truth about what really happen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Despite The Falling Snow (film)
''Despite the Falling Snow'' is a 2016 British Cold War espionage film directed by Shamim Sarif, adapted from her novel of the same name. Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Charles Dance, Antje Traue, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Thure Lindhardt and Anthony Head, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2016. Plot The film weaves together two stories set 30 years apart: one set in the post-Stalinist Soviet Union, and one from post-Soviet Russia in the early 1990s. A young Soviet woman, Katya, lost her parents during the Great Purge. Though she pretends to be a communist, she hates the regime and spies for the Americans. Her friend Misha is also a spy, and helps her obtain important information for the Americans. As part of her next assignment, she meets the young and good-looking Sasha, who belongs to the Kremlin elite. Misha persuades Katya to marry Sasha in order to continue spying on him. Katya is reluctant to deceive Sasha, but decides to go through with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamim Sarif
Shamim Sarif (born 24 September 1969) is a British novelist, screenwriter, and film director of South Asian and South African heritage. Sarif is best known for her work in writing and directing films with themes that often explore issues of identity and cultural diversity. Early life and education Sarif was born in London to Indian parents who had emigrated from South Africa in the early 1960s to escape apartheid.Rachael Scott"Having a gay old time: Novelist turned film-maker Shamim Sarif has two films, both based on her books, coming out tomorrow. She tells Rachael Scott how this one-two punch came about."''The Guardian'', 2 April 2009. She studied English literature at Royal Holloway, University of London and later completed a Master's degree in English at Boston University. Career Sarif's debut novel, ''The World Unseen'' (2001), won a Betty Trask Award in 2002 and the Pendleton May First Novel Award. The novel explores issues of race, gender and sexuality and was heavily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Jackson-Cohen
Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen (born 24 October 1986) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in the Netflix horror television series '' The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), as well as for his role as Adrian Griffin in the horror film ''The Invisible Man''. He also had a recurring role in the television series ''Dracula'' (2013) and in the miniseries ''Wilderness'' (2023). Early life and education Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen was born on 24 October 1986 in Westminster, London. His mother, Betty Jackson, is a fashion designer, and his father, David Cohen, was also his mother's business partner. His mother is English and from a Protestant background. His father was from an Orthodox Jewish family that moved to France in the 1950s; Jackson-Cohen has stated they were of Egyptian Jewish and Tunisian Jewish descent. Jackson-Cohen attended a French-language school in London, the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, and says he has a sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman (born 11 December 1960)), a collection of original pieces for piano, violin and cello, with Portman playing the piano. In 2023 she released a second album ''Beyond the Screen – Film Works on Piano'' which features some of her most cherished film music for solo piano. Other recent works include ''Tipping Points'', a violin concerto performed by Niklas Leipe with WDR Orchestra Germany. Awards and honours Portman received the Anthony Asquith Award from the British Film Institute for her score for '' The Storyteller''. In 1996, she became the first female composer to win an Academy Award, which she received for the score of '' Emma''. She was also the first female composer to win a Primetime Emmy Award, which she received for the film, '' Bessie'' (2015). She has received two further Academy Nominations for ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999) and ''Chocolat'' (2000), which also earned her a Golden Globe Nomination. Her film scores embrace a variet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanan Kattan
Hanan Fuad Tewfic Kattan (born 22 May 1962) is a Jordanian-born, British-based film producer of Palestinian origin. She is also co-owner of multi-media entertainment company Enlightenment Productions. Kattan created Enlightenment Productions in partnership with filmmaker/author Shamim Sarif. Enlightenment Productions were Winner of the Kingston Business Excellence Awards 2014, Best Creative and Media Sector Business. Early life Kattan was born in Jordan to a Palestinian Christian family, her mother from Jerusalem and her father from Bethlehem. Career Hanan is a multi-award-winning producer. She recently completed her fifth feature, Polarized, shot in Manitoba. Her last feature release, Despite the Falling Snow, is the recipient of 13 awards and stars Rebecca Ferguson ( Mission Impossible) and Charles Dance. She is currently developing a slate of movie and series projects focused on female protagonists and filmmakers, including The Athena Protocol series alongside Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ella Henderson
Gabriella Michelle Henderson (born 12 January 1996) is a British singer and songwriter. She competed in the ninth series of '' The X Factor UK'' in 2012, being the eighth contestant eliminated despite being a strong favourite to win. She signed with Syco Music shortly after, and released her debut studio album, '' Chapter One'' (2014), which reached number one in the UK. The album spawned the chart-topping single "Ghost", as well as the top 20 singles " Glow" and " Yours". She went on a four-year hiatus in 2015, and released her second studio album, ''Everything I Didn't Say'', in 2022. It became her second top 10 album in the UK. In addition to solo material, Henderson recorded a string of successful collaborations, including the UK top 10 singles: " Glitterball" with Sigma, " This Is Real" with Jax Jones, " Let's Go Home Together" with Tom Grennan, " Crazy What Love Can Do" with David Guetta and Becky Hill, " 21 Reasons" with Nathan Dawe, " React" with Switch Disco, " 0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YouTube
YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google Search. In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7billion monthly active users, who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. , videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and , there were approximately 14.8billion videos in total. On November 13, 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $1.65 billion (equivalent to $ billion in ). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thure Lindhardt
Thure Frank Lindhardt (; born 24 December 1974) is a Denmark, Danish actor, educated at the drama school at Odense Teater, Odense Theatre in 1998. Life and career Lindhardt grew up in Roskilde. At the age of 12, he got a part in Bille August's film ''Pelle the Conqueror''. His breakthrough in Denmark came with his portrayal of a boy with autism in ''A Place Nearby'', co-starring with Ghita Nørby. Since then, he has played parts in a variety of movies and series, including ''Into the Wild (film), Into the Wild'', ''Angels in Fast Motion'' aka ''Nordkraft'', ''Brotherhood (2009 film), Brotherhood'', ''Love in Thoughts'', ''Sugar Rush (UK TV series), Sugar Rush'', ''Princess (2006 film), Princess'', ''Rejseholdet'', ''Byzantium (film), Byzantium'' and ''Flame & Citron'', a movie about the World War II resistance group Holger Danske (resistance group), Holger Danske, in which Lindhardt played Bent Faurschou-Hviid, co-starring with Mads Mikkelsen. He also played a role as the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Head
Anthony Stewart Head (born 20 February 1954) is an English actor and singer. Primarily a performer in musical theatre, he rose to fame in the UK in the 1980s following his role in the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé, which led to major roles in several television series. He is best known for his roles as Rupert Giles in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003), the Prime Minister in ''Little Britain (TV series), Little Britain'' (2003–2006), Uther Pendragon in ''Merlin (2008 TV series), Merlin'' (2008–2012), and Rupert Mannion in ''Ted Lasso'' (2020–2023), as well as voicing Herc Shipwright in BBC Radio 4's ''Cabin Pressure (radio series), Cabin Pressure''. Early life and education Anthony Stewart Head was born on 20 February 1954 in Camden Town, London. His father was Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head (20 August 1919 – 22 March 2009), a documentary filmmaker and a founder of Verity Films, and his mother was actress Helen Shingler (29 Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Reid (actor)
Sam Reid (born 19 February 1987) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Lestat de Lioncourt in the AMC (TV channel), AMC drama series ''Interview with the Vampire (TV series), Interview with the Vampire'' (2022–present), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, Critics' Choice Television Award nomination. He received three AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama, AACTA Award nominations for his leading roles in ''The Newsreader'' (2021–2025) and ''Lambs of God'' (2019). Reid also played John Davinier in ''Belle (2013 film), Belle'' (2013) and Hugo Fraser-Tyrwhitt in ''The Riot Club'' (2014). Early life and education Sam Reid was born on 19 February 1987, in New South Wales, Australia. He was raised on a cattle property in the Monaro (New South Wales), Monaro region. Reid is of Irish people, Irish descent from his mother's side. He has an older brother, Rupert Reid, who is also an actor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antje Traue
Antje Traue (; born 18 January 1981) is a German actress. She started performing in plays as a sixteen-year-old in 1997, made her first screen appearance in the 2000 German film ''Verlorene Kinder'', and appeared in her first English-language role for the 2009 film ''Pandorum''. Internationally, she is known for her portrayal of the villain Faora-Ul in the DC Extended Universe films '' Man of Steel'' (2013) and ''The Flash'' (2023), as well as Agnes Nielsen in the German Netflix series ''Dark''. Early life Traue was born in Mittweida, Saxony, in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Her mother was a dancer and musician. She speaks German and English fluently. She trained as an artistic gymnast from age six to her teens in an elite training unit. Her stage- career began when she portrayed Jeanne d'Arc in a school-play. At sixteen, she won the lead-role in the International Munich Art Lab's first ever "Hip Hopera" (the musical "West End Opera"). Career Traue pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American Fantasy television, fantasy Drama (film and television), drama television series created by David Benioff and for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of high fantasy novels by , the first of which is ''A Game of Thrones''. The show premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and concluded on May 19, 2019, with 73 episodes broadcast over eight seasons. Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, ''Game of Thrones'' has a large ensemble cast and follows several story arcs throughout the course of the show. The first major arc concerns the Iron Throne (A Song of Ice and Fire), Iron Throne of the World of A Song of Ice and Fire#Seven Kingdoms, Seven Kingdoms of Westeros through a web of political conflicts among the noble families either vying to claim the throne or fighting for independence from whoever sits on it. The second major arc focuses on the last descendant of the realm's deposed r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
