In episode 5 of season 2, our host, Alan Fear, sits down with filmmaker Karina Dandashi.
Karina Dandashi is a Syrian-American Muslim filmmaker born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her films explore nuances in identity through the intersection of family, religion, and culture in Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) and Muslim communities in America. Her work has been featured in numerous Oscar-Qualifying festivals around the U.S. and recently screened at The Museum of Modern Art. Karina is a 2020 Creative Culture Fellow at The Jacob Burns Film Center and a 2021 Sundance Ignite Fellow. She was featured in Marie Claire’s inaugural Creators Issue as one of the “Top 21 Creators to Watch'' in 2022. Her feature film debut, OUT OF WATER, was chosen for the 2023 Film Independent Screenwriting Lab.
SOCIALS:
@KarinaDandashi (Instagram), www.karinadandashi.com
@AyaHamdan (Karina's producer Aya's Instagram)
@10MilsProductions (Aya's production company that produces Karina's films), https://www.10mils.com/ (website of production company)
To learn more about COUSINS: https://www.10mils.com/film/cousins
To learn more about OUT OF WATER: https://www.10mils.com/film/out-of-water
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