Dina (film)

Dina is an American documentary film about Dina Buno and her partner Scott Levin, both on the autism spectrum.[2]

Dina
Film poster
Directed by
  • Dan Sickles
  • Antonio Santini
Produced by
  • Dan Sickles
  • Antonio Santini
Starring
  • Dina Buno
  • Scott Levin
CinematographyAdam Uhl
Edited bySofia Subercaseaux
Production
company
El Peligro
Release date
  • January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) (Sundance)[1]
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Production

Dina was directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles.[3] It was edited by Sofia Subercaseaux and is 101 minutes long.[4][5]

Release

Dina premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.[6]

Awards

Dina won the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize in 2017.[7] It also received the 2017 Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing from the Independent Film Festival Boston,[8] the IDA Award for best feature documentary of the year in 2017,[9] and a special jury prize for honesty and humanity from the 2017 Sarasota Film Festival.[10] Also in 2017 Dan Sickles received the Producer’s Vision Award from the Sun Valley Film Festival for producing the film.[11] Dina Buno and Scott Levin were listed among the 2017 Cinema Eye Honors Unforgettables.[12] The film also received the Utah Film Center’s Peek Award in 2018.[6]

Nominations

Dina was nominated for the Grand Jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest.[13] The song "Best I Can" from the film, written and performed by Michael Cera and featuring Sharon Van Etten, was nominated for Best Song in a Documentary at the 2017 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.[14]

References
  1. https://www.sundance.org/projects/dina
  2. "Review: Dina is a touching, graceful doc about autism and intimacy" – via The Globe and Mail.
  3. "Review: Dina is a touching, graceful doc about autism and intimacy" – via The Globe and Mail.
  4. Staff, Filmmaker. ""Accessing Their Intimacy with Respect": Editor Sofia Subercaseaux on Dina".
  5. "'Dina': Film Review | Sundance 2017 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
  6. Roka, Les. "Utah Film Center's 7th Peek Award honors Dina, Sundance award-winning documentary | The Utah Review".
  7. "A Conversation with Antonio Santini & Dan Sickles | Anthem Magazine". anthemmagazine.com.
  8. "IFFBoston - Award Winners". iffboston.org.
  9. "IDA Awards upset: Dina wins best documentary". NON FICTION FILM.
  10. Geurts, Jimmy. "Sarasota Film Festival announces award winners". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  11. Kerstetter, Andy. "Sun Valley Film Festival handed out bevy of awards". Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper.
  12. "Cinema Eye Honors Announces the 2017 UNFORGETTABLES". The 2021 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. October 18, 2017.
  13. "Film - Dina". Regather.
  14. "Documentary Awards - Critics' Choice AwardsCritics' Choice Awards". Criticschoice.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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