[ DINA AMIN ]
[دينا أمين]
FILMOGRAPHY
DIRECTING & EDITING
'BEHIND THE VEIL' - Short Fashion Film
(Writer & Director)
2020
How does our dual existence give space to explore and define our identity?
Living under occupation permanently threatens the Palestinian existence and identity. Leading to a double identity in various forms; including dispersal between freedom and restrictions. And these dispersions create people of two worlds.
'BODY TONES' - Short Fashion Film
(Director)
'VINE LEAVES' - Short Doc Film
(Director)
Clothes function as a cover that form a second layer of skin; the other nature that each of us carries inside. The story behind the project demonstrates these colors as a source of happiness and satisfaction that ends with a knitted piece acting as a new skin for personality and internal thoughts.
2020
2019
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Vine Leaves is the personal story of the filmmaker’s Syrian grandmother who moved to Jerusalem after getting married to her Palestinian husband in the 1960’s.
The film portrays her story of how and why she came to Jerusalem, tracing how leaving her birth city and family in Damascus to go to a city where she became a stranger impacted her life. And the question remains, will she ever go back to Syria?
'GLOOM & DARKNESS' Music Video
(Director & Editor)
2017
“Gloom and Darkness”, is a Rap Music Video that portrays the lives of the poor and less fortunate in Palestine. The powerful words are almost contradicting the image created. The words illustrate the bitter reality Palestinians live under the Israeli occupation by referring to life as ‘gloomy’ and ‘dark’. “There is nothing left but gloom and darkness”.
'RISE UP' - Short Doc Film
(Director)
2017
Rise Up is a 10 minute documentary following three young Palestinian artists based in the West Bank - a theatre director, a filmmaker and a DJ. This short film explores what it means to be an artist in Palestine, in relation to both the Arab culture and the restrictions imposed by the military occupation. Why is art such a powerful tool, and how are these different art forms used as a positive tool for change?
'POISON & HONEY' - Short Doc Film
(Director & Editor)
'¡Viva Kino!' - TRAILER Doc Film
(Editor)
2018 (AURORAVISION)
'Viva Kino' is a documentary film that has been screened in Hollywood and Arizona. The film portrays the path that Padre Kino has created for his believers. It also presents the wall of Mexico and how it affects the population.
2018
The short observational documentary is a demonstration of the street children living under the harsh poor conditions in Dhaka, Bangladesh. We follow the children into their daily routine of surviving whether it was singing, dancing, begging; all they want is to enjoy their childhood. The film reflects children around the world; such as refugee children living in Syria.
'THE MARTYRS' - Short Doc Film
(Editor)
'FOLLOW MY LEAD' - Short Film
(Director & Editor)
2016
The observational short documentary film demonstrates a rehearsal of ballroom dancing. The film portrays the beauty of such a simple dance whilst demonstrating the dancers from their feet and up to their heads.
PRODUCING
The film is a remembrance of the martyrs, the italian Priests in Ethiopia. Their story is demonstrated through the current Italian priests that live among the christian community in a small village of Ehtiopia.
2018 (AURORAVISION)
2017 (Dr. BERTA LOZANO FERRER)
A deconstruction of what it’s really like to deal with anxiety. The short exprimental film is a representation of an eating anxiety. It reflects on an important issue the society seems to ignore. 'Tragar', means 'to swallow'.
'TRAGAR' -
Experimental Short film
'ON THE ROCK' -
Short fiction film
2017 (Dr. SIG & DYLAN)
'RISE UP' - Short Doc Film
2017
Rise Up is a 10 minute documentary following three young Palestinian artists based in the West Bank - a theatre director, a filmmaker and a DJ. This short film explores what it means to be an artist in Palestine, in relation to both the Arab culture and the restrictions imposed by the military occupation. Why is art such a powerful tool, and how are these different art forms used as a positive tool for change?