Aya Hamdan is a Palestinian-American producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a Film Independent Producing Lab and The Gotham/Rotterdam Lab fellow.

She founded 10 Mils Productions, through which she leverages her business background, the power of story, and her commitment to representation in the media to support storytellers from her communities.

Aya co-produced DUNYA'S DAY, which won the Short Film Jury Award for International Fiction at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. She produced Karina Dandashi’s DRESS UP (2022) and COUSINS (2023) which screened at the Oscar®-qualifying film festivals. COUSINS was acquired by The New Yorker’s Screening Room. Her film SWEET REFUGE (2023) by writer/director Maryam Mir, starring Laith Nakli (Hulu’s Ramy) is in the middle of its festival run.

Aya’s debut feature film OUT OF WATER written and directed by Karina Dandashi was selected to take part in the 2022 Film Independent Producing Lab and 2023 Film Independent Screenwriters Lab.