The Amina Profile
Directed by	Sophie Deraspe
Written by	Sophie Deraspe
Produced by	Isabelle Couture Nathalie Cloutier
Starring	Sandra Bagaria
Cinematography	Sophie Deraspe
Edited by	Geoffrey Boulangé Sophie Deraspe
Music by	Sam Shalabi
Production companies	National Film Board Esperamos
Distributed by	National Film Board F3M
Release dates	January 24, 2015 (2015-01-24) (Sundance) July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Canada
Languages	English French Arabic

The Amina Profile (French: Le profil Amina) is a 2015 Canadian documentary film directed by Sophie Deraspe and coproduced by Esperamos and the National Film Board of Canada, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival in the World Cinema category. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2014. The film was retitled A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile by its U.S. distributor IFC for the theatrical release and for subsequent film festival screenings.

Synopsis

The film centres on Sandra Bagaria, a Montreal woman who was in an online relationship with star blogger Amina Abdallah Arraf al Omari. Bagaria became involved in the international attempt to rescue Arraf after her purported abduction by the Syrian regime.^[1][2]

Reception

Under its French title, Le profil Amina, the film was named Best Documentary:Society at the 2016 Prix Gémeaux, honouring the best in francophone Canadian television.^[3]

The film received Canadian Screen Award nominations for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards.

It was shortlisted for the Prix collégial du cinéma québécois in 2016.^[4]