Dina Shihabi has a number of projects set to premiere this year.
Tribeca Film Festival will premiere Saudi-born actress Dina Shihabi starrer Catching Dust on June 11, 2023.
This year’s event, which takes place from June 7-18, will feature 109 feature films from 127 filmmakers across 36 countries. There will be 93 world premieres, one international premiere, eight North American premieres, one US premiere and six New York premieres.
Writer-director Stuart Gatt will produce Catching Dust alongside Mark David, Jon Katz and Edward R. Pressman.
The film sees protagonist Geena, an artist and painter ready to dream big, tired of living in the desert with her controlling partner. At her wit’s end, Geena is preparing to leave when a new couple shows up at the commune in a trailer from New York, eager to make a new life for themselves away from the city. Things turn dangerous for both couples as tensions boil over and egos come to a head as attempts to connect leave everyone frayed and on the edge of disaster.
Dina Shihabi, born in Riyadh, spent part of her childhood in Dubai. She moved to the US in 2007 and was the first Middle Eastern-born woman to be accepted to the Juilliard School and New York University graduate acting programme.
