Amplified
Directed by Dina Naser
BLOCK B | The Director’s a Dame
FRIDAY, APRIL 25 | 3 - 5 PM
LOCATION | Tom S. Gettys Center Courtroom
Amplified
SYNOPSIS
Hind is a young karate athlete who is hard of hearing. One day, after she is subjected to abusive behaviour at the training centre, her world becomes distorted. Hind must find a way to reclaim her power.
DETAILS
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Narrative | 2024 | 18 min. 45 sec.
Suggested Rating | PG13
Country | Jordan
Language | Arabic
Eligible | Woman to Watch
CREDITS
Director, Writer | Dina Naser
Producer | Batoul Ibrahim
Key Cast | Malak Nassar, Nadeem Al Rimawi, Suhad Khatib
Cinematographer | Eric Devin
Editor | Islam Kamal, Dina Naser
Sound Design | Ensieh Maleki
Production Design | Nada Wadi
Colorist | Serene Issa
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SCREENINGS & AWARDS
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Berlin International Film Festival | 2024 | Special Mention: Crystal Bear for the Best Short Film (Generation Kplus)
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Fribourg International Film Festival | 2025 | Official Selection
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Sarajevo Film Festival | 2024 | Official Selection
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Cleveland International Film Festival | 2024 | Official Selection
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Adana Golden Boll Film Festival | 2024 | Official Selection
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Dina is a Jordanian/Palestinian director and producer. In 2013, Dina received the Docnomads scholarship for a Master’s Degree in Documentary Filmmaking.
She began shooting her debut feature documentary Tiny Souls in 2012, and over the course of five years Dina filmed the lives of children as they unfolded inside Zaatari Refugee Camp - Jordan. Tiny Souls premiered in 2019 in CPH Dox, and was well-received internationally, such as Sheffield Doc Fest, IDFA, DOK Leipzig and Busan. The film was awarded the Human Rights Film Award at Dokufest and the Sunbird Award for Best Documentary Feature at the Palestine Film Festival, amongst other awards. Dina also directed the award-winning short film One Minute (2015), a sound-motivated piece about a woman living in Gaza while under attack in 2014.
In 2017, Dina founded a multi- media production company, Madd Moshawash, with the vision of blurring the line between documentary and fiction through creating artistic and experimental work.
In 2019, Dina co-founded Rawiyat: a new collective of female filmmakers from the Middle East, North Africa and the diaspora joining forces to imagine a new landscape in the region and beyond.
Dina earned a BA in Art and Graphic Design in 2003.