Sina Ataeian Dena

Sina Ataeian Dena is an interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, screenwriter, dramaturg and producer. His debut film Paradise (2015) was nominated for the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Ecumenical Jury Prize and Art Peace Award, among many others worldwide. He produced Critical Zone (2023), which won the Golden Leopard in Locarno. Sina was dramaturg and associate producer of Seven Winters in Tehran (2023), which won the Berlinale Peace Film Prize and multiple other international awards. He teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts and the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).