Her first feature film , which was entirely shot in Yemen was '' I Am Nujood , Age 10 and Divorced . '' The film recounts the true story of Nujood Ali , Yemen ’s most famous child bride , who was married off at ten and filed for divorce in court . Al-Salami did not want to tell only Nujood ’s story , but also her own and that of many other Yemeni child brides because this allows other young girls to understand the effects of these marriages . Unlike most of her films since she currently resides in Paris , this one was only shot in Yemen . This movie won her the best feature film at the Dubai International Film Festival and was also shown at other festivals . In 2016 her film , '' I Am Nojoom , Age 10 and Divorced '' , became the first Yemeni film to be submitted for consideration for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
89th Academy Awards
Khadija al-Salami