Dina

Dina is an American documentary film about Dina Buno and her partner Scott Levin, both on the autism spectrum.[ 2]

Dina was directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles.[ 2] It was edited by Sofia Subercaseaux and is 101 minutes long.[ 3] [ 4]

Dina premiered in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.[ 5]

Dina won the Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize in 2017.[ 6] It also received the 2017 Karen Schmeer Award for Excellence in Documentary Editing from the Independent Film Festival Boston,[ 7] the IDA Award for best feature documentary of the year in 2017,[ 8] and a special jury prize for honesty and humanity from the 2017 Sarasota Film Festival.[ 9] Also in 2017 Dan Sickles received the Producer’s Vision Award from the Sun Valley Film Festival for producing the film.[ 10] Dina Buno and Scott Levin were listed among the 2017 Cinema Eye Honors Unforgettables.[ 11] The film also received the Utah Film Center’s Peek Award in 2018.[ 5]

Dina was nominated for the Grand Jury award at Sheffield Doc/Fest.[ 12] The song "Best I Can" from the film, written and performed by Michael Cera and featuring Sharon Van Etten, was nominated for Best Song in a Documentary at the 2017 Critics' Choice Documentary Awards.[ 13]