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"There's something going on between you two." Photon Films has revealed an official trailer for Canadian-British indie film titled Polarized, which just screened this weekend at the Canadian Film Fest in Toronto. Made and set in Canada, the LGBTQ drama is about an aspiring songwriter named Lisa, as played by Holly Deveaux. There's no US release set yet, so keep an eye out for this if you're interested. Lisa's farming family has suffered foreclosure and she is forced to work at a new 'urban farm' where she meets Dalia. Her casual racism leads her to be fired but the women end up drawn into a passionate affair. This also stars Maxine Denis as Dalia, with Tara Samuel, Elie Gemael, Hesham Hammoud, Darren Martens, Abraham Asto, Sandrella Mohanna, & Adam Hurtig. Another honest & powerful film about how family's refuse to let their kids be who they want, and love who they want to love.

Exclusive: Canadian sales company Apl Film has acquired international sales rights for Canadian-British writer and director Shamim Sarif’s drama Polarized, a love story between two women separated by culture and religion.

The film will screen in the market as part of the selection of Telefilm Canada’s Perspective Canada initiative.

Holly Deveaux co-stars as a white farm worker who is fired for racism and then falls in love with her Palestinian boss, played by Maxine Denis.

“I like to push the boundaries of the way queer women of color are portrayed,” said Sarif. “With Polarized, I believe it’s one of the first times in cinema that we see Palestinian immigrants onscreen who are successful, driving scientific innovation, and in the case of co-lead character Dalia, also queer.”

The filmmaker said she had drawn on her own experiences as well as those of her wife and producer Hanan Kattan,...

Hey, "Blood & Treasure" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 6. Now that it's officially in the history books, it's time to take a brief look at what next week's brand new episode 7 will have in store for you guys. CBS was, once again, nice enough to serve up a press release for episode 7. So, that's what we'll be taking a look at for this spoiler session. To get things started, CBS' press release revealed that episode 7 is labeled/titled, "Escape From Casablanca." So, that's a classic title. It sounds like episode 7 will feature some more very intense, drama-filled, action-heavy and interesting scenes as Danny and Lexi have to think outside the box while stuck in Casablanca. Hardwick gets into a very sticky situation and more! We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Danny and Lexi thinking outside the box situation. It turns out that...