BlueDar is an independent production brand founded by artist and award-winning animation director Sulafa Hijazi. BlueDar works across animation, edutainment, and creative media projects for children, young adults, and families, combining storytelling with artistic practice and socially engaged content.

 

Sulafa Hijazi began her professional career in 1997 as a writer and director of animated television series and film and media productions, with a strong focus on children’s education and social development. She was a member of the founding team of Spacetoon, the first free Arabic satellite channel for children, and from 2012 to 2017 she was a board member of CIFEJ, the International Centre of Films for Children and Young People.

 

Throughout her career, Sulafa Hijazi has directed and developed a range of animated and edutainment works that gained wide popularity among children across the Arab world. Among her most recognized projects are the animated television series  Domtom Salemeen دمتم سالمين, the edutainment series Data City مدينة المعلومات produced by the Joint Program Production Institution of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the educational series My Arabic House بيتي العربي, which was one of the largest Arabic children’s television productions at the time.

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Her practice spans multiple forms and techniques, ranging from 2D, 3D, and cut-out animation to live-action filming and visual effects, as well as creative technologies such as virtual and augmented reality.

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Hijazi has received numerous awards for her work, including major prizes in Hollywood, Kazan, Bengaluru, Cairo, and Teheran for her feature-length animated film The Jasmine Birds.

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In 2010, she established BlueDar as a digital art production initiative, originally operating between Damascus and Beirut, and now based in Berlin, Germany.

 

BlueDar collaborates with an international network of artists, writers, researchers, educators, and animators, developing projects that connect animation, media, and creative technologies with education and cultural dialogue for young audiences.