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Shot By Shot: Sasha Leigh Henry’s Dinner With Friends

Shot By Shot: Sasha Leigh Henry’s Dinner With Friends

As a storyteller, CSA award-winning Writer and Director, Sasha Leigh Henry likes to focus on the minutiae of what it means to be alive. In her latest film, Dinner with Friends, a 2025 nominee for the Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, she explores the growing pains of adulthood through a group of Millennials whose long-standing tradition of rotating dinner parties is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. 
SHOT BY SHOT: BREAKING DOWN “cruel summer” classic FIRECRACKERS WITH DIRECTOR JASMIN MOZAFFARI

SHOT BY SHOT: BREAKING DOWN “cruel summer” classic FIRECRACKERS WITH DIRECTOR JASMIN MOZAFFARI

“There's a lot of darkness in the coming-of-age experience. A lot of stories about women —and teenage girls especially— really romanticize their experience, and I didn't relate to that.” In this new series, we give you a rare glimpse into the Director's mind as they analyze a pivotal scene and share the motivation behind their creative choices.

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