CHERIEN DABIS / MAY IN THE SUMMER
Cherien Dabis is an award-winning feature filmmaker who received her M.F.A. in film from Columbia University. She wrote, directed, produced, and edited several short films, including Make a Wish (2006), which premiered at Sundance in 2007 and played at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Her feature film Amreeka world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2009), opened New York’s New Director’s/New Films, and won the prestigious FIPRESCI award in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.
The same year, Dabis was also named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch.”
Cherien Dabis is an award-winning feature filmmaker who received her M.F.A. in film from Columbia University. She wrote, directed, produced, and edited several short films, including Make a Wish (2006), which premiered at Sundance in 2007 and played at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Her feature film Amreeka world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2009), opened New York’s New Director’s/New Films, and won the prestigious FIPRESCI award in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.
The same year, Dabis was also named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch.”
Cherien Dabis is an award-winning feature filmmaker who received her M.F.A. in film from Columbia University. She wrote, directed, produced, and edited several short films, including Make a Wish (2006), which premiered at Sundance in 2007 and played at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Her feature film Amreeka world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival (2009), opened New York’s New Director’s/New Films, and won the prestigious FIPRESCI award in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.
The same year, Dabis was also named one of Variety’s “Ten Directors to Watch.”