[1] Sina Ataeian Dena then realized his first full-length feature film Paradise (original title: Ma dar behesht).
[2] Paradise, a drama about subliminal violence, centers around the life of a young woman in modern day Tehran who works as a teacher in a girls' school in the suburbs.
In 2023, Dena was the producer and dramaturgical advisor of the Iranian social drama Critical Zone directed by Ali Ahmadzadeh.
In his speech, Ataeian Dena spoke about the central role that artists play in repressive systems and called for solidarity and freedom of expression.
Ataeian Dena was the associate producer and dramaturgical advisor of Steffi Niederzoll's documentary Seven Winters in Tehran about the life of Reyhaneh Jabbari and her fight for women's rights.
[13] He teaches at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie (DFFB, German Film and Television Academy) and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK).