George Ashkar is a young filmmaker based in Damascus, Syria. He is graduating next month from the Higher Institute of Cinema, where he studied filmmaking. He worked as an assistant director on two feature films with prominent Syrian directors. George has directed a short narrative film and is completing his graduation film, Son of Salvation. He is also developing a documentary about Damascus. His work focuses on telling the stories of unheard voices, especially the youth of Damascus who have grown up in the shadow of war.