Dina Amer

Dina Amer is an award-winning filmmaker and journalist. She helped produce the Oscar nominated and Emmy award-winning documentary The Square, where the Egyptian Revolution was chronicled from the frontlines. Growing up between the US and Egypt, her work has focused on sharing nuanced, human stories with a global audience. Previous to her film work, Dina was a celebrated journalist. She was an on-air correspondent for VICE, including The Black Market Series, where she uncovered the human trafficking of Syrian refugees and explored the underground economy of illegal Egypt-Gaza tunnels. Her written work has been published in The New York Times, CNN and the Huffington Post.

What are Dina Amer's films like?

Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Power.

Themes

share of theme weight

Society

38%

Power

25%

Survival

20%

Self

17%

Community2

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense

3

Melancholic

1

Contemplative

2

Hopeful

1

Cold

1

Other

1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking2 Unsettling2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Dina Amer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Cineverse1 title, show their title on Cineverse

Subscription and free streaming for Dina Amer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

4 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.

Handle with Extreme Care (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Associate Producer
You Resemble Me(2021)
Director · Producer · Screenplay · as Adult Hasna
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Black Market: Dispatches(2016)
Show Actor
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Square(2013)
Associate Producer · as Herself
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films