Sara Balghonaim

BIOGRAPHIE

Sara Balghonaim is a Saudi filmmaker based between Riyadh and New York. She is currently pursuing her MFA at New York University in Directing and Writing. Before her time at NYU, she worked for director Haifa Al Mansour as an Assistant Director on The Perfect Candidate. She was also an Assistant Director on several notable Saudi films like The Rat, The Last Visit, and Black Sand. In 2019, Sara starred in Dunya’s Day, winner of the Short Film Jury Award (Int'l Fiction) at the Sundance Film Festival. She recently directed and wrote her first short “Me & Aydarous”.

FILMOGRAPHIE