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Sara Kontar سارة القنطار

Syrian artist, photographer, and filmmaker based in France since 2016. Her work explores themes of exile, identity, and immigration, drawing from her own experience as a refugee. Through documentary and experimental photography, installation, video, and cinema, she examines the personal and collective dimensions of displacement. She holds a Master’s degree in Animation Cinema from ENSAD Paris (2023).

Her work has been exhibited in international venues such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Sharjah Art Foundation, the Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum, and the C Gallery. She has received several awards, including the Inge Morath Award from Magnum. A member of several photography foundations, including VII Foundation and Magnum Foundation, in 2021, she founded Al-Ayoun, a platform connecting Syrian visual storytellers through exhibitions, screenings, and workshops.

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