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ABOUT DARA
Dara is a passionate storyteller and filmmaker. With an unwavering eye for detail and an uncanny ability to build trust with her subjects, she uncovers cinematic beauty in the most unexpected places. Pickles, plane crashes, face blindness, mechanical resonance, and butterfly collecting have all been subjects of her films.
Her films have embarked on global adventures, gracing renowned festivals from the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival to SXSW, and Cannes, Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, Chicago Film Critics Film Festival, and ShortShorts Asia in Tokyo, among others. She is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Production grant, the FAP grant from the National Film Board of Canada, the Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Award, the documentary grant from the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts, and Sciences, the production grant from First Look Films for Topic TV, and most recently was the 2023 film recipient of the Claims Conference.
When not making movies, Dara can be found directing commercials, corporate and non-profit videos. Clients include AUC University, Kiehl’s, Maybelline, Burger King, The Millie Project, PepsiCo, the YMCA, and City Harvest.
Born and raised in Montreal, Dara currently lives in Brooklyn. She proudly holds her MFA in film, from Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. In her alternate avatar life, she’s an amateur sommelier living in the country with her ten rescued dogs. Or a criminal lawyer. She’s still deciding.
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