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Deena A. Alsaweer is a film director who started in content creation a decade ago, she holds an M.A. in Film/TV from SCAD and is recognized as a Fulbright Scholar. Deena is an award-winning Writer & Director, and Co-Chair on MAC-CAM’s Board of Directors where they do impactful work to cultivate an environment of growth for immigrant and refugee artists in Canada. Throughout her career, Deena has successfully conceptualized, directed, and coordinated projects, collaborating with notable companies including Yamaha, Bahrain International Karting Circuit, TVOkids' Polkaroo! Reads, Bell Fibe TV1's ‘Teenage Fever’, and ‘Being Black in Canada’ (presented by Netflix). Her portfolio extends to crafting EPKs for various films, such as Netflix's ‘Geek Girl’ and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries' ‘True Justice: Family Ties’, amongst others.
Deena has a journal entry from the 6th grade where she professes, "I like writing but I want to be a movie director because then I can bring my writing to life". Decades years later, that affirmation is rising to fruition. Recently, her latest screenplay, 'Dead & Alive', won the Best Screenplay award at the Digi60 Filmmakers Festival. In 2021, Deena’s short screenplay, 'Agent Hala', won a nation-wide competition held by the French Embassy in Bahrain, which also earned her a screenwriting mentorship.
With a giant stack of scripts scattered in every corner of her life, Deena works tirelessly to create fresh, exciting, and hilariously thought-provoking films/tv and digital media content.