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

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

Production

Dina was directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles.[2] It was edited by Sofia Subercaseaux and is 101 minutes long.[3][4]

Release

Dina premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.[5]

Awards

Dina won the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize in 2017.[6] It also received the 2017 Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing from the Independent Film Festival Boston,[7] the IDA Award for best feature documentary of the year in 2017,[8] and a special jury prize for honesty and humanity from the 2017 Sarasota Film Festival.[9] Also in 2017 Dan Sickles received the Producer’s Vision Award from the Sun Valley Film Festival for producing the film.[10] Dina Buno and Scott Levin were listed among the 2017 Cinema Eye Honors Unforgettables.[11] The film also received the Utah Film Center’s Peek Award in 2018.[5]

Nominations

Dina was nominated for the Grand Jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest.[12] 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.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Dina".
  2. 1 2 Wheeler, Brad (3 November 2017). "Review: Dina is a touching, graceful doc about autism and intimacy". The Globe and Mail.
  3. ↑ Staff, Filmmaker (26 January 2017). ""Accessing Their Intimacy with Respect": Editor Sofia Subercaseaux on Dina".
  4. ↑ "'Dina': Film Review | Sundance 2017 | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 22 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 Roka, Les. "Utah Film Center's 7th Peek Award honors Dina, Sundance award-winning documentary | The Utah Review".
  6. ↑ "A Conversation with Antonio Santini & Dan Sickles | Anthem Magazine". anthemmagazine.com.
  7. ↑ "IFFBoston - Award Winners". iffboston.org.
  8. ↑ "IDA Awards upset: Dina wins best documentary". NON FICTION FILM.
  9. ↑ Geurts, Jimmy. "Sarasota Film Festival announces award winners". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  10. ↑ Kerstetter, Andy. "Sun Valley Film Festival handed out bevy of awards". Idaho Mountain Express Newspaper.
  11. ↑ "Cinema Eye Honors Announces the 2017 UNFORGETTABLES". The 2021 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking. October 18, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Film - Dina". Regather.
  13. ↑ "Documentary Awards - Critics' Choice AwardsCritics' Choice Awards". Criticschoice.com. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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