Karina Dandashi
COUSINS
NICE SHOES Post production (color) Grant
About the project: Two cousins born in separate countries reunite in Brooklyn when a run-in with an ex turns the night into a mission of revenge. COUSINS explores cultural disconnect between family members and identity within oneself. What does it mean to belong somewhere, and how do we find our way back? Karina Dandashi received a financial grant from The FOFIF in 2019 for DRESS UP.
About the filmmaker: Karina Dandashi is a Syrian-American Muslim writer, director, and actor born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her films explore nuances in identity through the intersection of family, religion, and culture in Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) and Muslim communities in America. Karina is a 2020 Silver Sun Diverse Voices Creative Culture Fellow at The Jacob Burns Film Center and a 2021 Sundance Ignite Fellow. She was featured in Marie Claire’s inaugural Creators Issue as one of the “Top 21 Creators to Watch” in 2022.