Distribution of the short film "Amplified"

Short films distribution: "Amplified" by Dina Naser

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Hind is a charming young Karate athlete with a hearing disability. After she’s subjected to a violating incident at the Karate center, Hind’s world gets distorted. The sensual narrative, accompanied by an authentic sonic experience, dives into what happens when safe spaces are shattered in the ugliest of ways. Through the eyes and ears of Hind, we sway between the tenderness and harshness of pain, the silence and the noise, and the hidden and the manifest.

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Poster of the short film "Amplified" by Dina Naser

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Hind is a charming young Karate athlete with a hearing disability. After she’s subjected to a violating incident at the Karate center, Hind’s world gets distorted. The sensual narrative, accompanied by an authentic sonic experience, dives into what happens when safe spaces are shattered in the ugliest of ways. Through the eyes and ears of Hind, we sway between the tenderness and harshness of pain, the silence and the noise, and the hidden and the manifest.

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AMPLIFIED

( SUKOUN )

Jordan, Egypt ,Palestine 2024 / 19′

a film by
Dina Naser

with
Malak Nasser
Suhad Khatib
Nadeem Al-Rimawi

Screenplay	Dina Naser
Director of Photography	Eric Devin
Production Design	Nada Wadi
Editor	Islam Kamal Dina Naser
Sound	Ensieh Maleki
Producer	Batoul Ibrahim Dina Naser
Production Company	Madd Moshawash
Distribution	Esen Studios

Production company and co-productions of the short film "Amplified"

AWARDS

BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival – Generation Germany, 2024
SPECIAL MENTION
HollyShorts Film Festival USA, 2024
BEST SHORT FILM GRAND PRIZE | Qualifies for Oscars
ATHENS International Film and Video Festival USA, 2024
BLACK BEAR AWARD for Sound Design
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival South Korea, 2024
ASIAN SHORTS BEST SHORT
Minikino Film Week Indonesia, 2024
BEST SHORT FILM of the YEAR

Official Selections

BERLINALE – Berlin International Film Festival Germany, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
HollyShorts Film Festival USA, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
Sarajevo Film Festival Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
AIFVF – Athens International Film and Video Festival USA, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
CIFF – Cleveland International Film Festival USA, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
LA Shorts International Film Festival USA, 2024
Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival
DOKUFEST – International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kosovo, 2024
BAFTA Qualifying Film Festival
SLO FILM FEST – San Luis Obispo Int. Film Festival USA, 2024
International Adana Golden Boll Film Festival Turkey, 2024
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival South Korea, 2024
AMMAN International Film Festival Jordan, 2024
FICC – Festival de Cine de Cuenca Ecuador, 2024
Minikino Film Week Indonesia, 2024
Tetova International Film Festival North Macedonia, 2024

Dina Naser

Dina Naser 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.

Director statement

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The world of the film is inspired by a true story. As a documentary filmmaker, I always find reality more inclusive and inspiring than our imagination, if we observe it closely and mindfully. This is why I constantly borrow from it. “Amplified” gives an insider’s look to the world of an Arab teenage girl with a disability – a world that for the most part is distant to most audiences. I find it important to try to create space for diverse representation of characters that we don’t usually see on screen, to express themselves, as truthfully as possible, especially about controversial topics like sexual harassment. By creating bold narratives, we plant seeds for conversation and action that can challenge our shame-and-blame culture. The film will take us on a journey into Hind’s silent world – a seemingly sonic stillness that, in fact, is always pregnant with vibrations that often speak louder than words or sounds. I am curious to artistically explore Hind’s inner world as we see her being forced into maturity in one single day.

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