Horizons of Arab Cinema · 45th Edition
Salma
Director
Joud Said
Country
Syria
Runtime
1 h 47 min 10 sec
Language
Arabic
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
Alone, Salma tries to find a solution to her problems after her husband's disappearance, only to face two choices in the end: either to continue the struggle until the end, with all the sacrifices it entails, or to choose her personal salvation with her family.
Cast
Sulaf Fawakherji
Screenplay
Tarek Allaf, joud Said, Sumar Ibrahim
Producers
Joud Said
About the Director
Joud Said Joud Said is a Syrian director and writer born in 1980 in Damascus, Syria. He holds a master's degree in directing from the Louis Lumière School in France (2007). He has a collection of short and feature films that have toured international festivals and won awards, including the Best Arab Film award at the San Francisco Film Festival, the Golden Prize in the Horizons of Arab Cinema Competition at the Cairo International Film Festival, and the Best Script award at the Oran International Arabic Film Festival.
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