Feature film · 2023
Saleemسليم
Jordan’s first 3D animated feature. A nine-year-old boy, a new town, a treasure map, and the hope he never knew he needed.
- Annecy Official Selection
- Now on Shahid
Stories that grow up with the Arab world
An animation studio from Amman, making films, series and digital stories that help families laugh, heal and grow.
Still from Saleem (2023)
The studio
Digitales is a studio of producers, writers, artists, animators and filmmakers in Amman. We make animation that entertains, educates and inspires, and we help the people we make it with grow on every platform.
Founded by Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha and Shadi Sharaiha.
About the studioFeatured work
Stories families come back to
Animated series
Our Family Lifeحياة عيلتنا
A 2D sitcom about Abu Sanad’s family: marriage, parenting, work and the neighbours, told with humour and a little satire.
- 2.6M subscribersAs of Oct 2026 · public channel data · to be confirmed by Digitales
- YouTube Gold Play Button
Impact
Amal for Children
Hope-filled stories for children living with trauma and toxic stress, written and designed with child psychologists.
- The Map, The Compass, and The Anchor
Digitales in numbers
- Jordanian 3D animated feature
- 1st
- YouTube subscribers As of Oct 2026 · public channel data · to be confirmed by Digitales
- 2.6M
- YouTube views As of Oct 2026 · public channel data · to be confirmed by Digitales
- 939M+
- artists & specialists on Saleem
- 100+
- festivals & awards
- 15+
Saleem on the festival circuit
From Annecy to Niigata
Official selections and awards, from Best Soundtrack at Cartoons on the Bay to the Edith Lando Peace Prize.
AnnecyOfficial Selection, Contrechamp
Cartoons on the Bay (RAI)Best Soundtrack
Jordan Children’s Film FestivalAudience Award, Best Feature
Girona Film FestivalHonorable Mention for Creativity
Reel 2 Real (R2R)Best Feature Film, Junior Jury
R2REdith Lando Peace Prize
FICAMAudience Award, Best Feature
Red Sea International Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Seoul Indie-AniFestOfficial Selection
Chichester International Film FestivalOfficial Selection
San Diego International Kids’ Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Asia Pacific Screen AwardsOfficial Selection
Chicago International Children’s Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Niigata International Animation Film Festival 2025Selection- Hsinchu Children’s Film FestivalOfficial Selection
For brands & NGOs
The studio behind Saleem, working on your story
The same team makes campaigns, series and channels for brands and NGOs.
- 2D AnimationHand-drawn characters with the timing that makes a whole family laugh.
- 3D AnimationFeature-quality 3D from the team that made Jordan’s first animated feature.
- Video ProductionFrom script to final grade, in the studio or on location.
- Art DirectionA visual world for your story: palette, characters, sets and style.
- Social Media ContentShort stories made for the feed, with characters people come back for.
- Social Media Management & YouTube GrowthChannel branding, metadata, SEO and monetisation, with one strategy across every platform.
Hand-drawn characters with the timing that makes a whole family laugh.
- Character design
- Series animation
- Explainers
Feature-quality 3D from the team that made Jordan’s first animated feature.
- Modelling & rigging
- Character animation
- Lighting & render
From script to final grade, in the studio or on location.
- Direction
- Filming
- Edit & sound
A visual world for your story: palette, characters, sets and style.
- Style frames
- Storyboards
- Character sheets
Short stories made for the feed, with characters people come back for.
- Shorts & reels
- Campaigns
- Series formats
Channel branding, metadata, SEO and monetisation, with one strategy across every platform.
- Channel branding
- SEO & metadata
- Monetisation
The people
A studio of storytellers
Producers, writers, artists, animators, filmmakers and social-media specialists, working side by side in Amman.
Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha worked with NGOs on human rights and peacebuilding before moving into film production in 1998. She founded Digitales with her husband, Shadi Sharaiha, who brings more than 20 years in media production.
Meet the teamPress
Featured in
Saleem and the studio have been covered by 30 outlets, from the trade press to Arab broadcasters.
Got a story worth telling?
A series, a film, a campaign or a channel: tell us where you want to go and we will draw the map together.