Sara Balghonaim is a Saudi filmmaker with a Master's in Fine Arts in Film and Television production from New York University.

Sara’s directorial debut “Me & Aydarous” got selected to premiere at the Aspen Shortsfest and it was in Official Selection at the Palm Springs International Shortfest, The Hamptons Int’l Film Festival, NewFilmmakers LA, and the Red Sea Internationa; Film Festival in 2023. It won the Wasserman Award in 2022. Sara also recently produced "Sweet Refuge”, winner of the Director’s Guild of America Student Award.

Before her time at NYU, she shadowed director Haifa Al Mansour while working as an Assistant Director on "The Perfect Candidate." She was also an Assistant Director on several notable Saudi films. In 2019, Sara starred in "Dunya’s Day," which won the Special Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. The film toured over 40 film festivals, including Palm Springs ShortFest, San Francisco International Film Festival, Cairo, and Durban International Film Festivals.