Salma is a young and critically acclaimed Syrian filmmaker, who grew up in Washington DC and attended New York Film Academy. One of her first students' works won at Cannes Short Film Festival and her career hasn’t looked back since. From a young age, Salma was glued to the TV. Always watching and studying movies with close attention. Her young passion for following the footsteps of her idols has led her to an early start to a fruitful career in filmmaking. Studying at the New York Film Academy, Abu Dhabi, Salma’s short film, Life Notes which was written, directed, and edited by her - soared to unprecedented success. At the early age of only 18, her film earned a place at the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival. Only a year later, her short film How We Lost What We Found, earned Salma yet another spot at the Cannes Film Festival. A feat very few has been able to proudly achieve so young.Her young spirit and tenacious drive saw her continue to develop her skills as she completed her studies in Fine Arts at SAE, Dubai, as well as completing a course in an International Film and Wellness in Education at Academy Plus, Cardiff. Yearning for, even more, Salma has continued to direct and develop works of art for film festivals globally. Striving to further herself and learn from the industry’s best, she is currently completing yet another study in English literature at Damascus University, Damascus. Recently, Salma has worked as a creative producer on documentaries which saw her at the inauguration of ONDXB. It featured her as a rising talent, celebrating the film industry in the region. Currently, she is in the festival-running process of a short film called “Where is Lucy?” collecting awards and recognition for her work and in pre-production of a feature film while creating several passion projects at the same time.Early 2022, Salma opened a limited production company based in Dubai, assembled by youth, created by passion, collecting talents, creating content, and delivering products under the name of Golden Screen Art Productions.