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Dina Amer is an Egyptian-American film director, writer, producer and journalist.[1][2][3]
Dina Amer | |
|---|---|
| Occupation(s) | Director, writer, producer, journalist, actress |
| Years active | 2011–present |
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Amer was born and raised in the United States.[4]
Amer's work has been published by The New York Times, CNN, and VICE.[5] In 2011, she received the Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Award from the Arab American Institute Foundation (AAIF) for her reporting of the Arab Spring in Egypt.[6] In 2016, she reported on the human trafficking of refugees of the Syrian civil war and the underground economy of the illegal Egypt–Gaza barrier for Vice News program Black Market: Dispatches.[5]
Amer's debut feature film, You Resemble Me, premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[7][8] For her screenplay Cain and Abel, which she co-wrote with Omar Mullick, she was invited to the Sundance Screenwriters' Lab in January 2022.[9]
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| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Square | Actress[10] | Documentary |
| 2021 | You Resemble Me | Director, writer,[11] producer and actress | Feature film |
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| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nominated | São Paulo International Film Festival | Best Film | You Resemble Me | [12] |
| Nominated | Venice Film Festival | Giornate degli Autori | [13] | ||
| Won | Red Sea International Film Festival | Audience Award | [14] | ||
| 2022 | Won | International Federation of Film Critics | Best International Film | [15] | |
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