Deena A. Alsaweer

Deena is an award-winning director and editor with a Masters in Film and Television from the Savannah College of Art and Design as a Fulbright Scholar.

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Stitches

A joyful dressmaker and his feisty niece defy a wedding dress ban by smuggling them as shisha (hookah) packaging paper, but the devastating reality of being powerless disrupts their plans.

Drama | 12:26 min | 2024

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Cats Don't Bark

Drowning in routine until one night shows her how to take back control of her life.

Action, Dark Comedy | 7:49 min | 2025

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Dead & Alive

Two wealthy Lebanese-Canadian sisters attempt to resurrect their dead mother but they accidentally bring back their evil uncle.

Fantasy, Drama | 6:51 min | 2022

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Don't Go Too Far

A music teacher won't let his star pupil abandon her dream the way he abandoned his but her father refuses to let her go. She must choose between loyalty and her ambition.

Drama | 6:00 min | 2025

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Stitches

Cats Don't Bark

Drowning in routine until one night shows her how to take back control of her life.

Action, Dark Comedy | 7:49 min | 2025

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Dead & Alive

Two wealthy Lebanese-Canadian sisters attempt to resurrect their dead mother but they accidentally bring back their evil uncle.

Fantasy, Drama | 6:51 min | 2022

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Stay Magical

A despairing father stranded on the way to his daughter's funeral discovers that grief has a silver lining when a Swift Lift stranger carries his daughter's magic back to life.

Family | 6:31 min | 2023

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Coach VS Coach (Student Film)

A soccer coach trapped in his own mind kills every version of himself that fails until he learns to forgive himself.

Sci-Fi | 3:54 min | 2019

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"Ghost" - Xenai

A poker game where the chips aren't money, they're power. Xenai sees through the facade of these power hungry players but must decide to play the game or leave the table.

3:54 min | 2024

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"Across the River" - The Rambles

A man discovers his friends' rockstar doppelgangers in a magical, parallel world but when he brings his friends, the band mysteriously vanishes, and no one believes he ever saw them.

3:24 min | 2024

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Good Nose - CBC

Exploring Persian beauty standards, freedom of expression, the importance of lineage and her own relationship with her 'Persian nose' in this piece for CBC Ottawa’s Creator Network.

6:36 min | 2024

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Spilling the Chai - CBC

When Asif Ali learned of his HIV diagnosis, stark images from 1990s films flashed through his mind. Now, he's sharing his story to change the narrative and shine a light on South Asian storytelling.

8:15 min | 2025

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AWARDS

Best Director · Bahrain Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Best Short Film · Bahrain Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Best Actor · Bahrain Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Best Screenplay · Bahrain Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Best Screenplay · Digi60 Filmmakers Film Festival · 'Dead & Alive'
Best Director Nominee · Los Angeles Music Video Awards · 'Ghost'
Best Music Video Nominee · FACES Ottawa · 'Across the River'

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

Toronto Arab Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Toronto Palestine Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Digi60 Filmmakers Film Festival · 'Stitches'
Bahrain Film Festival · 'Stitches'
CineAsian Film Festival · 'Ghost'
Digi60 Filmmakers Film Festival · 'Don't Go Too Far'
Ottawa DiverCity Film Festival · 'Stay Magical'
Digi60 Filmmakers Film Festival · 'Dead & Alive'
Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions · 'Dead & Alive'
Savannah Short Film Case · 'Coach VS Coach'
Yule Film Festival · 'Coach VS Coach'