DAYS IN THE WAKE tells the true story of multiple siblings who are unexpectedly abandoned by their father at a Safe Haven hospital facility.
In DAYS IN THE WAKE, a teenage girl and her seven siblings are unexpectedly abandoned by their father. Tricking them into thinking they are going to therapy after the death of their mother, the father shuttles the children from their home to a local hospital. While the teenage girl is suspicious from the start, the rest of the children sit in the waiting room, unaware that behind closed doors, their father is invoking the Safe Haven Law to sever his parental ties and relinquish them to the state foster care system.
Their adult sister, the only sibling not dropped off that evening, returns home from work to find her entire family gone, and seeks help from her best friend and boyfriend in finding them. After leaving the hospital, the father grapples with the consequences of his decision and ultimately tracks his adult daughter down to explain himself. Meanwhile, the children languish in the hospital overnight, poked, prodded, and eventually separated from one another and dispersed to various care facilities.
Dina Fiasconaro is a Baltimore screenwriter/director whose work explores psychology, gender roles and marginalization within families. Dina is a 2021 recipient of the Baker Artist Award, and her films have screened at a variety of venues and festivals, including the Baltimore Museum of Art. Dina has honed her films at MacDowell, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Stowe Story Labs, Saul Zaentz Innovation Lab, GrrlHaus Cinema Seminar and Constellation Incubator. She has an M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia University, and a B.S. in T.V., Radio and Film from Syracuse University. She is a Professor of Film and Moving Image at Stevenson University, a member of Film Fatales, and founder of the Baltimore Women’s Media Alliance. City: Baltimore
MacDowell Artist Residency 2021
Tony Cox Screenplay Contest 2021 - Top 10 Finalist
Sundance Development Lab2020 - Semi-Finalist
Actor (LOI) - James Landry Hebert
