PAST YEARS' FILMMAKER BIOS
Cherien Dabis
New York City
Born to Palestinian immigrant parents, Cherien Dabis is an award-winning independent filmmaker and graduate of Columbia University’s Masters of Fine Arts Film program. Her short films have screened at some of the world’s top film festivals. Her latest, Make A Wish, premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival as well as Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival where it won the Prix de la Presse and Mention Spéciale du Jury. The film went on to win top awards in Dubai, Rotterdam, Cairo and Aspen. Dabis received several generous grants in support of the film, including the National Geographic’s All Roads Film Project Seed Grant, the Jerome Foundation’s New York City Media Arts Grant as well as NYSCA’s Electronic Media and Film Distribution Grant. For Amreeka, her debut feature film slated to go into production in early 2008 – Dabis was awarded an Artist Fellowship in Screenwriting from the New York Foundation for the Arts as well as the L’Oreal Paris Woman of Worth Vision Award presented at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Cherien Dabis's film: Make A Wish
