Jordanian writer/director Darin J. Sallam holds an MFA from the Red Sea Institute for Cinematic Arts (RSICA), affiliated with the University of Southern California.
To her credit are 5 award- winning shorts, including THE DARK OUTSIDE (2012) and THE PARROT (2016). A Berlinale Talent 2021, a Robert Bosch 2015 Film Prize recipient and recently inducted into the prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Academy, Sallam was selected to the 2017 La Cité Internationale des Arts residency and to the 2018 Global Media Makers fellowship by Film Independent. She was a jury member at international film festivals and is co-founder & managing partner at the Amman-based production company Tale Box.

Her debut feature film FARHA (2021) had its world premiere at the 46th Toronto International Film Festival and continues to be selected to renowned film festivals worldwide where it received the Jury Award at the 12th Malmö Arab Film Festival 2022, the Best Feature Narrative Film Award at the 9th Tripoli Film Festival 2022, was awarded Best Euro-Mediterranean Film, Best Director and Best Actress by the 6th Aswan International Women Film Festival 2022 in addition to receiving a special mention award by the 1st Red Sea International Film Festival 2021’s Feature Competition Jury.

FARHA is also selected as Jordan’s official entry in the International Feature Film category at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars) in 2023.