Workshops
Filmeduction & documentaries
Film can be so much more than just entertainment.
It is a way to look, to feel, to discover, and to understand.
Based on the vision of DonaDíés, we create documentaries that move people, invite them to slow down, and encourage them to discover The Art of Seeing with Understanding. Stories that do not stop when the credits roll begins, but continue to resonate in how we view ourselves and each other.
From these documentaries, we develop film education, educational resources, and interactive workshops in The Art of Seeing with Understanding. Participants are invited to pause, reflect, broaden their perspective, and discover what lies beneath behaviour, words, and expressions.
Using documentary clips, stories, and creative exercises, we invite participants to look with attention and curiosity beyond first impressions. Not to tell them what to think, but to explore together what they see, feel, and understand.
Who is it for? For schools, teacher education programmes, healthcare organisations, cultural institutions, and organisations worldwide that want to build greater understanding, stronger collaboration, meaningfull connection, and space for neurodiversity.
What participants often gain:
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Greater empathy and mutual understanding
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More space for neurodiversity, authenticity, and individual strengths
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Stronger collaboration and more meaningful conversations.
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Greater awareness of different perspectives and personal biases
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Educators, professionals, and teams who reconnect with the reason they chose their work in the first place.
Because deep down, every person wants to feel: I am seen. I belong.
Helping people rediscover that inner spark may be one of the most meaningful things we can do. That is why we support educators, facilitators, healthcare professionals, and teams—so they can continue passing this way of seeing on to others.
Student Participant Reflection: "What I truly learned during the documentary-making workshop was to think more deeply about a story instead of judging it straight away."
Curious to discover what the art of seeing with understanding could mean for your classroom, school, or organization?
Our goal is for schools, organisations, and professionals to eventually apply and pass on The Art of Seeing with Understanding themselves.
Through our films, educational programs, and workshops, we contribute to:
• The art of seeing with understanding — slowing down judgment and deepening observation
• Empathy and awareness — using stories and visual experiences as a gateway
• Space for difference — embracing neurodiversity, talent, and imagination
• Reflection and what it means to be human — exploring emotions, perspective,
and connection
• Strength and vulnerability — supporting self-worth, confidence, and
psychological safety
Our approach naturally aligns with social-emotional learning, media literacy, global citizenship education, and organisations that invest in human-centred collaboration.
Collaborations
Documentaries, Visual storytelling
& TV-projects
Stories do more than help us see. They help us understand.
DonaDíés develops and directs documentaries, television projects, and impact films in collaboration with producers, broadcasters, organizations, and institutions.
We bring complex or sensitive themes to life in a way that feels human, relatable, and deeply authentic – with curiosity, care, and professional craftsmanship. Not driven by sensation or spectacle, but by a genuine attention to people and their stories.
Who is it for?
For producers, broadcasters, organizations, and commissioners that want to tell stories with depth and understand that meaningful impact begins when people feel seen and heard, rather than explained, labelled, or judged.
Not everything needs to move faster.
But sometimes it simply needs to be more real.
From this foundation, I work as a director, storyteller, and creative catalyst. Where needed, I collaborate with producers and creative partners to bring together meaningful content and exceptional craftsmanship, without losing the emotional depth that gives a story its meaning.
Because a film should be more than inform. It should move people, broaden perspectives, deepen understanding and create connections that continue long after the credits roll.
What we create:
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Documentaries & television projects
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Film portraits & personal stories
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Impact films
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Educational documentaries & series
Always with:
✔ professional quality and extensive experience in across television and documentary production.
✔ attention to humanity, context, and perspective
✔ a recognizable DonaDíés signature:thoughtful, relatable, and emotionally resonant.
Collaborations
Community-Impact
Projects
Photo: Made with AI
Every person, every community, and every place holds stories waiting to be discovered.
We do not come to tell you what your story is.
We come to discover it.
We begin by looking, listening, and asking questions.
In the places where stories already live: within educational and cultural institutions, First Nations communities, natural landscapes, museums, innovative initiatives, and international organizations — we explore together what wishes to be seen.
We do not make assumptions.
We create space for a community or organization to reveal who they are and why they exist.
This approach allows stories to emerge that are not created from the outside, but carried from within.
Documentaries, impact films, educational programs, and visual artworks that:
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Reveal humanity and nuance
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Look beyond clichés and quick judgments
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Are honest, layered, and inspiring
The result is not a one-time production, but a story that continues to create meaning:
In exhibitions.
In education.
In public presentations.
And in the conversations that follow.
For organizations, this means:
not standard content, but authentic stories that genuinely reflect who you are and what you stand for.
Because real stories are not invented.
They are discovered.
Art , murals &
Inspirational Gifts
Artworks, Murals & Meaningful Gifts. For those who wish to be moved. Or who wish to pass something meaningful on.
A piece of art or an inspirational gift from DonaDíés is never just an object.
It is an invitation.
To pause.
To feel.
To let someone know: I see you. I believe in you.
Or perhaps a reminder to yourself of your strength, your dreams, and the beauty of being authentically human.
With every purchase, you help support the creation of new documentaries, film education programs, and art projects that invite people to discover more curiosity, understanding and humanity.
So that more and more people may feel seen, understood, and connected.
“Peace cannot be kept by force.It can only be achieved by understanding.”— Albert Einstein
So, what will you pass on today?
Even the smallest spark of inspiration can change everything.
Small, tangible reminders that say what is sometimes difficult to put into words:
I see you.
I believe in you.
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DonaDíés
Artworks & prints
Under the name DonaDíés, artist Désirée Salman creates modern, vibrant, and uniquely original paintings.
Abstract artworks with a distinctive signature style.
Sometimes touched by hints of realism, yet always emerging from her own imagination, curiosity, and creative vision.
Each piece is created with the hope of sharing a simple yet powerful philosophy: You can only be normal by being different.
No two people are the same.
And that is precisely where our strength lies
Every person carries qualities that deserve to be seen.
Just like the paintings themselves, discovering them begins with taking the time to truly look. We will not all see the same things. Nor will we experience the world in the same way. But we can choose to remain open to what we don't yet understand— and discover the beauty within ourselves and one another.
Art can do something that words sometimes cannot. It can move us.
Comfort us.
Challenge us.
Inpire.
Or simply bring colour to a space, a moment, or a day.
Each artwork emerges from a personal creative journey and carries its own story: of strength, growth, imagination and embracing difference.
Not to explain.
But to create space for wonder, imagination, and reflection.
Available as:
• Original paintings
• Art prints and reproductions
• Selected works available on loan
Perfect for homes, public spaces, organisations, or as a meaningful gift.for someone you care about.
From time to time, Désirée accepts commissioned artwork.
Only when the project aligns with the DonaDíés philosophy
and allows full creative freedom.
Mural / Street art
& inspiration walls
Beyond canvas, DonaDíés brings stories into public spaces:
Onto walls waiting to be discovered.
DonaDíés murals and inspiration walls bring colour, meaning, and imagination to schools, neighbourhoods, workplaces, and community spaces.
More than decoration.
An invitation to pause, reflect, and discover.
Each mural is a unique creation designed by Désirée Salman, where feeling, imagination, and human connection take the lead.
Graphic, abstract, layered Art that leaves room for everyone to discover something of their own.
Not to tell people what to see, but to create space for personal meaning and for what is ready to be seen.
Commissioned Projects & Co-Creation
Alongside independent work, murals are also created in collaboration with schools, communities, organizations, and teams.
Often together with students, residents, educators, or employees.
The process always begins with curiosity:
What lives here?
What matters here?
What wishes to become visible?
From those conversations, a design emerges. One that does more than fill a wall. It gives meaning to a place. Because a wall truly comes alive when it does not tell people what to see, but invites them to discover something for themselves.
Inspirational - Gifts
For those who want to give something small with a deep meaning.
Sometimes the greatest inspiration is not found in a grand gesture, It's found in a genuine one.
A gift that says:
I see you.
I believe in you.
You are worthy.
Like a gentle reminder.
For someone you want to support in discovering or following their talent and own path.
Or perhaps a reminder for yourself — to keep believing in who you are and and in the unique gifts you bring to the world.