Dina (film)

American documentary film

Dina

Film poster

Directed by|

* Dan Sickles
* Antonio Santini

Produced by|

* Dan Sickles
* Antonio Santini

Starring|

* Dina Buno
* Scott Levin

Cinematography| Adam Uhl
Edited by| Sofia Subercaseaux

Production
companies

* Killer Films
* El Peligro
* Cinereach
* Moxie Pictures
* Impact Partners

Distributed by| The Orchard

Release date

* January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) (Sundance)[1]

Running time

| 101 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

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

## Production

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

## Release

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

## Awards

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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

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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

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1. ^ "Dina".
2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 2017-11-12. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

## External links

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* Dina at IMDb

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