Amplified is an intimate portrayal of Hind, 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.
Berlinale Generation Plus - Germany, 2024 - Special Mention Award Cleveland International Film Festival - USA 2024 Athens International Film + Video Fest - USA 2024 - Black Bear Award for Best Sound Design San Luis Obispo International Film Festival - USA 2024 Sarajevo Film Festival - Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival - USA 2024 - Best Short Film Grand Prize (Oscar-Qualifying) LA Shorts International Film Festival - USA 2024 Minikino Film Week 10 - Indonesia, 2024 - Best International Short Film Award Amman International Film Festival - Jordan, 2024 - Audience Award for Best Short Film DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival - Kosovo, 2024 Women Make Waves International Film Festival - Taiwan, 2024 ReelAbilities Pittsburgh Film Festival - USA 2024 Olhares do Mediterrâneo – Women’s Film Festival - Portugal, 2024 26th Seoul International Women's Film Festival - South Korea, 2024 - Best International Short Film Award Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival - Spain, 2024 - Best International Short Film Berlin Film Festival - Germany, 2024 Best Director Award Spicy Film Festival - Greece, 2024 - Best Script & Best Sound Design Afrodite Shorts - Italy, 2024 - Best International Short Film KUKI Film Festival - Germany, 2024 - Special Mention Festival International du Film de Fribourg - Switzerland, 2025 Festival International du Cinéma Indépendant de Casablanca - Morocco, 2025 - Grand Prix (2025) Bulbul Children’s International Film Festival - India, 2025 - Honorary Mention Brussels Short Film Festival - Belgium, 2025 Underexposed Film Festival - USA 2025 Short to the Point Film Festival - Romania, 2025 - Best Leading Actress New York International Childrens Film Festival - USA, 2025 McMinnville Short Film Festival - USA 2025 Arab Film Festival Zurich - Switzerland, 2025 International de Cine de Husca - Spain, 2025 Le Cri du Court, La Ciotat - France, 2025
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Cast & Crew:
Writer and Director Dina Naser Producer Batoul Ibrahim, Dina Naser Director of Photography Eric Devin Production Designer Nada Wadi Hair & Make Up Laura Madar Editors Islam Kamal and Dina Naser Sound Designer Ensieh Maleki Colorist Serene Issa
Co-Producers Baho Bakhsh Safie Eldin Mahmoud Khaled Haddad Ammar Galal Mark Lotfy
Creative Consultant Ali Dalloul Sign Language Translator Seifalddin Saleh Karate Coach Samih Al-Dirawi Production Supervisor Saba Bitar Production Manager Rand Toghoj First Assistant Director Natalie Demerijian Gaffer Ezz Isleem Production Sound Mixer Daniel Al-Masa’deh
Actors Malak Nassar (role: Hind)
Suhad Khatib (role: Nada)
Nadeem Al Rimawi (role: Karate trainer)
Bio Regie
Dina Naser
Dina Naser is a Palestinian-Jordanian filmmaker known for her powerful, socially driven storytelling. She earned her Master’s in Documentary Filmmaking through the Docnomads scholarship program, studying in Lisbon, Budapest, and Brussels.
Her debut feature, Tiny Souls, followed children in Jordan’s Zaatari Refugee Camp and premiered at CPH:DOX before screening at IDFA, Sheffield, [...]
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