Sina Ataeian Dena

Sina ATAEIAN DENA (1983, Iran) started making short films, animations and video art after he quit his studies in Physics and moved on to Film at the Sooreh University in Tehran. He worked as a visual effects supervisor and story developer for computer games. For his animation Especially Music (2010), he won the prize for Best Film at the Tehran International Short Film Festival in 2008. Paradise (2015), his first feature film, was shot without official permission of the Iranian government and is the first part of a Tehran trilogy about violence.