Sarah Saidan
France
Sarah Saidan is an Iranian animation filmmaker. She received her master’s degree in animation from the Art University in Tehran and completed her studies at La Poudrière, the school of animation filmmaking in Valence, France, in 2011. Her latest film Beach Flags was purchased by Arte and Netflix and has been screened at over 100 film festivals around the world, including Sundance and Clermont-Ferrand. The film received the Amnesty International award at the Giffoni Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Anima Festival in Cordoba, Argentina, among other prizes.
