About

A studio that started with people

Digitales is an animation studio and digital content company in Amman, Jordan: producers, writers, artists, animators, filmmakers and social-media specialists under one roof.

Before film
Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha works with NGOs on human rights and peacebuilding.
1998
She moves into film production.
Digitales
She co-founds the studio with her husband, Shadi Sharaiha, in Amman.
Today
A feature film, a family sitcom on one of the region’s biggest animated YouTube channels, a children’s impact project, and work for brands and NGOs.

What we make stories for

Entertain
Stories a whole family wants to watch together.
Educate
Every story leaves something worth keeping.
Inspire
Hope over fear. Saleem is not a war story.

Founders

Cynthia and Shadi

A director and a producer who built the studio together, and still make its stories side by side.

Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha

Founder · Creative Director

Cynthia worked with NGOs on human rights and peacebuilding before moving into film production in 1998. She co-founded Digitales with her husband, Shadi.

Shadi Sharaiha

Co-Founder · Executive Producer

Shadi brings more than 20 years in media production, content and social strategy.

The team

The people in the room

Twelve of the people who make Digitales stories, from first script to final render.

Cynthia Madanat SharaihaFounder · Creative Director
Shadi SharaihaCo-Founder · Executive Producer
Ghadeer HijazeenStrategic Partnership Manager
Majd MatalkaPost-Production Coordinator
Nadia HusseiniSenior Producer
Aseel Bustami3D Render Artist
Jonathan ReauxAnimation Director
Maan Abu Al Haija3D Animator
Leen MardiniDigital Content Creator Assistant
Fadi FakhouryEditor
Miriam WadieSEO Specialist
Phoebe WadieDigital Marketing Specialist

Studio life

Where the stories get made

The team, with the royal honour
Storyboards, panel by panel
On location
On set
The writers’ table
In the sound studio

His Majesty King Abdullah II with Shadi Sharaiha and Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha, who hold the Order for Excellence.

Recognition

Honoured at home, selected abroad

Order of King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein for Excellence

His Majesty King Abdullah II bestowed the Order of King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein for Excellence on the production team of Saleem. Shadi Sharaiha and Cynthia Madanat Sharaiha received it at Al Husseiniya Palace on 25 May 2024, Jordan’s 78th Independence Day.