Jordanian filmmaker Darin J. Sallam is presenting her second feature project “ Churching of Women ” at Busan’s Asian Project Market , marking the first Jordanian entry at the APM.

Following her debut feature “Farha,” Sallam’s new project tells the story of a pioneer female author who experiences injustice in a colonial era dominated by masculine power structures.

“It became personal to me when I felt the responsibility as a woman and as an Arab to make this film and to use cinema as my tool to do her justice,” said Sallam.

Set in the Levant region in 1938 — encompassing present-day Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan — the story follows protagonist Fadia, who is grieving the loss of her parents and turns to her cousin for solace. Against her will, Fadia becomes trapped i

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