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Production

''Dina'' was directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles. It was edited by Sofia Subercaseaux and is 101 minutes long.

Release

''Dina'' premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Awards

''Dina'' won the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize in 2017. It also received the 2017

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Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing from the

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, the IDA Award for best feature documentary of the year in 2017, and a special jury prize for honesty and humanity from the 2017

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. Also in 2017 Dan Sickles received the Producer’s Vision Award from the Sun Valley Film Festival for producing the film. Dina Buno and Scott Levin were listed among the 2017

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Unforgettables. The film also received the Utah Film Center’s

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Award in 2018.

Nominations

''Dina'' was nominated for the Grand Jury award at

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. The song "Best I Can" from the film, written and performed by

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and featuring

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, was nominated for Best Song in a Documentary at the 2017

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References

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* {{IMDb title, tt6333058 2017 films 2017 documentary films American documentary films Documentary films about autism Sundance Film Festival award winners 2010s English-language films 2010s American films