There Is No One What Will Take Care of You is a 3-channel video installation the explores the relationship between a father, daughter and friend whose lives are tragically impacted by addiction.

This project is the recipient of a Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund grant, and was completed in spring, 2023. A work-in-progress was screened at the 'Momento Mori' exhibition at The Parlor gallery in November/December, 2022. Michael Anthony Farley, in Bmore Art, described the work as "spectral and hypnotic." The exhibition premiered at Zo Gallery in Baltimore in September, 2023, and was featured in this Bmore Art article. It will screen next from Jan. 27 - April 19, 2025 at Stevenson University's School of Design Gallery.

Days in the Wake (feature film) is the story of a young woman whose father abandons her nine younger siblings at a Safe Haven facility and disappears. In his wake, she embarks on a quest to find them, and get answers to his seemingly unconscionable actions.

Days in the Wake was written at a residency at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in CA. It was then accepted into Stowe Story Labs, and the Saul Zaentz Innovation Lab. Dina was able to meet with the real family members in Omaha, NE in summer, 2019, and is using their stories in her revision of the script. The film was a finalist for the 2021 Sundance Development Lab and is currently fundraising for production. James Landry Hébert (1883, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) is on-board to play the father.

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Commercial for the Queen of Meatloaf is a short film based on the play by Emilie Feldenzer. Marge is a bored housewife. Rex, her inattentive husband. In an attempt to spice up their relationship, Marge employs the Queen of Meatloaf, an ephemeral concoction that seduces Rex and Marge into a state of slumber, while permeating the homes of consumers with her enchanting aura and addicting gustatory appeal.
 
Rex returns home from work to find Marge in the kitchen, where she has been slaving all day over dinner. But this will be no ordinary dinner. Tonight, Marge is serving the Queen of Meatloaf, “a gustatory experience altogether unlike ordinary meatloaf.” The Queen of Meatloaf emerges silently from the kitchen in bedazzled, human form. Rex is taken aback. Marge regales him with the Queen’s nutritional and nuptial benefits. They are so overcome by the Queen that they fall asleep at the table. The Queen, in direct address to the camera, explains her irresistible appeal. She begins to multiply, emerging in various other human forms and wreaking havoc on consumer TV sets, before disappearing with a slow buzz and a fading dot of white light on the black screen.

The film was awarded a Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Production grant and was completed in April, 2017. It has screened at over 25 film festivals, won Women's Voices Now! Best Experimental Film and was nominated for the New Filmmakers Los Angeles "Best Of" Awards: Best Comedy Performance (Aya Cash) and Best New Media (Dina Fiasconaro).

Other interviewees include doctors, advocates and family members who influence, and are affected by, these decisions. The film focuses on the personal stories of the women, and the many facets, both positive and negative, of making such decisions. It addresses the struggle and emotional turmoil, as well as the hope and perseverance of the featured women, and advocates for their ability to make the best individual and personal choices for themselves and their families.

Screenings: Baltimore NOW, UFVA (University Film and Video  Association) Conference, Orange, CA, Hood College Humanities Colloquium Bioethics Panel, “Mental Illness, Power, and the Public Good”, New Day Campaign, Women’s Film Festival, Creative Alliance, Stevenson University, Healthy Babies Baltimore/Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, NAMI Baltimore, Raphael Film Center, Zoetropolis Arthouse, Culture Unplugged Online Film Festival, Overlea ArtsFest (2nd place juried prize for trailer), Indigo Moon Film Festival, Nevada Women’s Film Festival, Maya Angelou International Women’s Health Summit.

Moms and Meds is currently available on Amazon and Kanopy. Connect with the film further on Facebook.

This is an ongoing series of short, fun, quickly produced films during the pandemic.

Summer Babe was inspired by the water and light in a quiet summer backyard. I Don't Feel Like Myself is a a "raw look at the loss of a tooth, the painful reality of self image, and the amazing, beautiful Sailor learning the strength within."

Pucky's Pappagallo is a short documentary/personal essay about my grandmother's hair, and the impact it had on both her and our family.

Screenings:
Baltimore Museum of Art’s “Finding Home” exhibition, Filmidio 2017, Light City 'On Demand' Showcase, Loophole Berlin

Music videos for Baltimore based band The Holy Circle

Polaris was screened at 'Everyman as Anyman - a night of cinematic performance inspired by the work of Esta Nesbitt' and was featured in Heartbreaking Bravery

Hearts Called was featured in The Big Takeover