Sarah Saleh is a Lebanese filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin. Her practice explores memory, identity, belonging, and the emotional relationship between people and place through film and visual storytelling. At the heart of her work is a curiosity about the human condition, the emotions, experiences, and unseen struggles that connect us, with a focus on creating stories that invite empathy and deeper understanding.

Sarah’s artistic journey began while studying Fashion Design at the Lebanese American University (LAU), where she discovered filmmaking through creating short films alongside her fashion projects. This experience introduced her to storytelling through movement, atmosphere, and visual composition. After graduating, she worked as an art director before pursuing directing and screenwriting at Barrandov Film School in Prague, where she graduated in 2022.

Her directorial debut, Kharab, is an award-winning one-take psychological short film inspired by her personal experience surviving the Beirut port explosion on August 4, 2020. The film explores trauma, memory, and the invisible aftermath of catastrophic events. Her second experimental short Sum of My Parts explores self-acceptance and emotional fragmentation through movement and physical expression, receiving awards including Best Experimental Film at Cannes World Film Festival and Berlin Indie Film Festival.

Her work is deeply connected to questions of memory, belonging, resilience, and the relationship between people and the places they call home. Through both fiction and documentary, Sarah seeks to create intimate portraits that look beyond events themselves, focusing on human complexity, emotional truth, and the quiet moments that reveal our shared experiences.