Connections

Co-writer · Jabbara

Cast · Waiter · Stitched up Bonds

Abhishek Srivastava was named for Ardhviraam in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Cast · 1975–2019

Cast · Steve · Epilogue

Adam Jammal and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Cast · Layan · Enchantress

Director · Chicago

Aicha taught Alex three communication and theatre courses at LAU and supervised the Byblos Drama Club during his involvement.

Director · Limbo

Cast · Necrophile · Stitched up Bonds

Music · Mining the Gap

Cast · 1975–2019

Alexander Bard and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

E-loader · Where Are You Going

Author — The School of War, adapted for the production · 1975–2019

Cast · Excited Man · Stitched up Bonds

Graphic designer · Alternative Facts

Location manager · Telwin

Cast · Mother Corpse · Stitched up Bonds

Lighting · Re-edit · My All

Director · Alternative Facts

Cast · Farouk XX · Stitched up Bonds

Co-music production, mixing & mastering · Paradise

Director · Shafia wa Elias

Anila Kumari and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Gaffer · Enchantress

Choreography & dance · Alternative Facts

Antonella Karam and Alex received recognition in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Antonella for a Nutrition capstone, and Alex for his TV &…

Ara and Alex studied in different MICA graduate programmes.

Arjan Brentjes’s Sad Beauty was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Director · La Ekhir Nafas

Ashling Han and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Asma Shikoh and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Drone operator · He Lost

Aurelien Marra received Cinematographer of the Month for At Dawn in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Alex took Acting and Mask Manipulation with Aurélien at LAU.

Co-director · Casino el-Ons

Production · My All

Cast · D2D

Production team · Where Are You Going

Principal cast — Ghassan (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Spoken word · Alternative Facts

Alex worked with Ben as Graduate Teaching Intern for MICA’s Interdisciplinary Sculpture Senior Independent course in Fall 2022.

Bo Kim and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Alex took Drama for Social Change with Brandon through RNTC in 2017.

Brenton Lim and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Brett Rickaby was named for Jane Doe in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Performer · Mining the Gap

Makeup & hair · He Lost

Writer · Principal cast — Hazar · Co-producer (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Cast · Malek · Epilogue

Principal cast (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Alex worked with Carmen Labaki on proposal development through his professional experience at Fantascope Production.

Cataldo De Palma received Screenwriter of the Month for Triangle in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Theme song · Lyrics · La Ekhir Nafas

Chang-il and Alex both earned MFAs at MICA in 2023, in Rinehart Sculpture and Mount Royal respectively.

Cast — Charbel Youness · My All

Charlotte Benbeniste’s Bye Bye, Body was selected for InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Vocals · Alternative Facts

Assistant director · Enchantress

Set design · Alternative Facts

Cynthia taught Alex Latin and ballroom dance at her dance school.

Alex took Dalia’s Musical Theater Workshop at LAU on 4 February 2019, as part of the IMAGINE Workshop and Concert Series.

Alex took Dana’s butoh and physical-theatre workshop through YAZAN in Beirut in 2018.

House manager · Alternative Facts

Cast · Inez · Huis Clos

Daniel Flores Estrella and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Danny interviewed Alex for NewFilmmakers Los Angeles about āh following its festival presentation.

Theme song · Arrangement · La Ekhir Nafas

Daria Parsa and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Art director · The Getaway

Dayan D.

Cast · Jogger 2 · Art direction team · Makeup artist · Stitched up Bonds

Appears with Alex in the LBCI conversation about Broadcast Reversed.

Cast · Siren’s Tune Vocals · Enchantress

Principal cast (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Edgar reviewed 1975–2019 for L’Orient-Le Jour, the theatre production directed by Lina Abyad in which Alex performed in 2019.

Edson da Conceicao’s Porfotto was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Sound recordist & boom operator · Telwin

Author · lkelLmét

Actor — Wael · Where Are You Going

Violin · Alternative Facts

Sound · My All

Gaffer · Enchantress

Elinor Nechemya’s Follow Me was selected for InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Lighting · My All

Art · My All

Cast · Mother · Telwin

Erhan Us and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Erhan Us in the class of 2024.

Erik Verkerk’s Ink was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Eunyoung Leah Lee and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Editor · Limbo

Special effects makeup artist · Stitched up Bonds

Farah Nabulsi’s The Present was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Ferman Narin was named for The Sugar Grocer in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Alex studied Meisner and Feldenkrais techniques with Feyrouz through LOYAC Lebanon.

Director of photography · Where Are You Going

Alex took Unleashing Emotion & Imagination with Fouad through LOYAC Lebanon.

Foued Mansour’s Ahmed’s Song was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Alex studied choreography and movement direction in film with Francesca at FEST Film Lab in London on 11–12 January 2020.

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Gaspard Meier-Chaurand received Actor of the Month for At Dawn in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Actor — Layal’s Father · He Lost

Cast — Laila · My All

Cast — Nurse · Jabbara

Song “Conatus” · Enchantress

Cast · 1975–2019

Director · Chicago

Grusha Sabharwal and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Grusha Sabharwal in the class of 2024.

Creative producer, co-editor, lyrics & co-music production · Paradise

Art director · Epilogue

Cast · Montazar · Stitched up Bonds

Haibei Wang was named for The Untitled Portrait of Red in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special…

Cast · Woman · Enchantress

Location manager · Telwin

Hannah Shaw and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Cinematography · Shafia wa Elias

Assistant director · Enchantress

Cast · Guard 4 · Stitched up Bonds

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Cast · Guard 2 · Stitched up Bonds

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Actor — Broken Car · Where Are You Going

Cast · Corpse 3 · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · Jogger 3 · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · Office guy 3 · Epilogue

Piano · Alternative Facts

Inés and Alex both earned MFAs at MICA in 2023, in Curatorial Practice and Mount Royal respectively.

isa gold and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Camera · My All

Sound recordist, boom operator & set photographer · Telwin

Iyad Tchelebi and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Cast · Office guy 1 · Epilogue

Jamee Pineda and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

James and Alex are connected through the Maryland Film Festival and SNF Parkway.

Oud · Alternative Facts

Cast · Assistant producer · Good Morning Charles

Cast · 1975–2019

Cast · Daughter · Second assistant director · Stitched up Bonds

Sound · My All

Jeehee Yoo and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Jeehee Yoo in the class of 2024.

Alex worked with Jennie as Graduate Teaching Intern for Visual Culture and the Holocaust at MICA in Spring 2023.

Jeremiah Moss O’Donoghue received Editor of the Month for A Renaissance in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Jeremy Lu was named for A Peek of Love in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Jiangshengyu Nova Pan and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Cast · Father · Telwin

Cast · Guard 3 · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · George · Epilogue

Jimmy taught Alex contemporary and modern dance at Al-Sarab and Dance Repertory Performance at LAU.

Jinyoung Koh and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Art director · Styling · Makeup · Enchantress

Producer · Nasseeb

Sound mix · Where Are You Going

John taught Alex’s Using Critical Theory course at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Spring 2023.

Gaffer · Where Are You Going

Jonah Lindley was named for Sourdough in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Jonas Peterson was named for The Day I Met Joshua in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Joost van den Bosch’s Ink was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Director & writer · Nasseeb

Production team · Where Are You Going

Director · Balle de Mémoire

Juliette Bettencourt received Actress of the Month for At Dawn in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Sound design · Where Are You Going

Cast · Corpse 4 · Spark · Stitched up Bonds

Making-of · Where Are You Going

Cast · Gaia’s Girlfriend · Enchantress

Production assistant · Telwin

Karim and Alex are LAU alumni.

First assistant director · Telwin

Stage manager · Alternative Facts

Karina Dandashi’s Barzakh was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Makeup · D2D

Music composer · Telwin

Katie Peck and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Keir Siewert directed Retch, which appeared in the same Lublin short-film block as Jabbara at Splat!FilmFest 2019.

Music producer · Enchantress

Director of photography · Jabbara

Cast · Bored Man · Stitched up Bonds

Khaled and Alex connect through LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Khaled received second prize for Best Essay, while Alex’s awards were in TV…

Music producer · Enchantress

Kisook Lee-Suss and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Gaffer · Stitched up Bonds

kristofer heng and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Labib wrote the Beirut.com critique of KELME’s Lebanese keyboard initiative, whose visual identity Alex designed.

Assistant director · D2D

Lara Khoury appears in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences awards programme for a Education capstone.

Alex’s connection with Larry is through NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, which selected āh for its December 2020 InFocus programme.

Lea Ghalayini and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2023 and 2020 respectively.

Lina taught Alex Theatre in Performance at LAU in Fall 2019 and directed, adapted and wrote the Arabic text for 1975–2019, in which he performed.

Cast — Salma’s voice · Jabbara

Alex assisted Linda’s undergraduate photography class Editing and Sequencing at SFAI in Fall 2021.

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Lisa Golightly Braden and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Lorena Sopi received Best Female Director for Schauerfilm in the same Cult Movies first-season category as Teresa Kristi Abboud for My All.

Art director · Cast · Attendant · Stitched up Bonds

Luana Tabbara and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2021 and 2020 respectively.

Alex took an acting improvisation workshop with Lucien at LAU.

Cast · Younger self · Telwin

Cast · 1975–2019

Assistant art director · Epilogue

Making-of · Where Are You Going

Cast · 1975–2019

Cast · D2D

Sound engineer · Alternative Facts

Cast · Photographer · Key grip · Stitched up Bonds

Production team · Where Are You Going

Sound assistant · Where Are You Going

Malina Saval was a programme moderator at the December 2020 NFMLA edition that selected Alex’s āh.

Malu Janssen’s Stuff was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Marc Wagenaar’s Beautiful Alexander was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Margaret and Alex are MICA alumni from different programmes and years: Illustration BFA in 2017 and Mount Royal MFA in 2023.

Alex worked with Margot in SFAI’s marketing and communications team from September 2021 to June 2022.

Cast · Gaia’s Friend · Enchantress

Director · The White System

Cast · Lama · Telwin

Performer · Mining the Gap

Cast · 1975–2019

Marianne and Alex connect through LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Marianne received first prize for Best Essay, while Alex’s awards were in TV…

Director · In the Mood for Love — Remake Exercise

Marieke de Zwaan’s So I Stay was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Camera assistant · Where Are You Going

Original music composition · Jabbara

Art director; cast · Friend · Telwin

Cast · Leila · Epilogue

Voiceover · Set design · Stage manager · Alternative Facts

Maya Jaafar’s Appel Manqué was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Production assistant; cast · Friend · Telwin

Meg Clerc and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Meg Clerc in the class of 2024.

Melissa Samaha and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2021 and 2020 respectively.

Michelle Li and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Mika J.

Director of photography · D2D

Cast · Mai; production manager · Epilogue

Writer & director · Graphics · Where Are You Going

Cast · Journalist · Stitched up Bonds

Mohammad Hormozi’s Inner Self was selected for InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Cast · 1975–2019

Cast · Boy Vomiting · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · Man · Stitched up Bonds

Lighting · 1975–2019

Executive producer · Costume designer · Stitched up Bonds

Monica Youn and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Script supervisor; cast · Friend · Telwin

Cast · Guard 1 · Stitched up Bonds

Sound mixer · Stitched up Bonds

Sound team · Jabbara

Producer · Enchantress

Myriam Khammassi was named for Midnight Movie: Magnum Opus in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Visual effects · Where Are You Going

Nadia Nazar and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

First assistant camera · Epilogue

Director · The Getaway

Nadra taught Alex Dance Improvisation at LAU in Fall 2019 and performed in his short film āh (2020).

Nahid Tootoonchi and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Cast · Woman · Stitched up Bonds

Camera & art · My All

Producer · Good Morning Charles

Cast · Secretary · Stitched up Bonds

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Nathalie Ammoun studied Performing Arts at LAU, graduating in 2020.

Sound team · Jabbara

Cast · D2D

Lighting & environment creation · Mining the Gap

Nils Terton was named for Sourdough in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Nipun Manda and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

E-loader · Where Are You Going

Line producer · Stitched up Bonds

Nora Mariana Salim’s Alina was selected for InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Norah Xi was named for He/She in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Cast · 1975–2019

Assistant · D2D

Performer · Mining the Gap

Cast · D2D

Nour Takieddine studied Fashion Design at LAU, graduating in 2021.

Client · Odette El Dahdah

Omar Farhat appears in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences awards programme for a Computer Science capstone.

Sound designer · Stitched up Bonds

Academic supervisor · The Unfortunate

Or Levy was named for Bube Maise in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Orit taught Alex in a graduate critique seminar at SFAI.

Production assistant · Epilogue

Alex took a guerrilla filmmaking workshop with Pablo at the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change in 2018.

Pascale Seigneurie’s Manara was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Paul Emmanuel and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Paul Emmanuel in the class of 2024.

Vocals & guitar · Alternative Facts

Alex contributed to pre-production and proposal development with Philippe Aractingi’s team at Fantascope Production in September–October 2018.

First assistant camera · Gaffer · Good Morning Charles

Camera · My All

Editor · Where Are You Going

Cast · Sister 1 · Stitched up Bonds

Rahaf Jammal and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Rajni Mysore Chamraj was named for The Day I Met Joshua in the 2020 LIFFT India Student Film Awards.

Rami Kodeih’s Alina was selected for InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Theme song · Performance & composition · La Ekhir Nafas

Principal cast — Brigitte (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Cast · Ryam’s Mother · Enchantress

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Rayan Zrein and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2022 and 2020 respectively.

Camera · My All

House manager · Alternative Facts

Cinematographer · Enchantress

Boom operator · Epilogue

Sound department · He Lost

Alex and Rim Chehab are connected through pre-production and proposal-development collaborations involving Fantascope Production.

Principal cast — Julia (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Production & camera · My All

Actor — Reporter · Where Are You Going

Rita R.

Production designer · Telwin

Principal cast — Nadim (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Co-producer · āh

Rosanne Groenendijk’s So I Stay was selected for InFocus: Dutch Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Voiceover · Alternative Facts

Roza Talabany and Alex received recognition in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Roza for a Nutrition capstone, and Alex for his TV &…

Ryan Oksenberg directed Together, which appeared in the same Lublin short-film block as Jabbara at Splat!FilmFest 2019.

Gaffer · Where Are You Going

Co-producer, production designer, assistant director & colorist · Epilogue

Sabine taught Alex at LAU, including Scriptwriting in 2017.

Alex took Sahar’s Actioning Method workshop through LOYAC Lebanon.

Lighting assistant · Telwin

Alex attended Sam Fox’s Improvisation & Quantum Connection guest session within LAU’s Dance Improvisation course on 20 November 2019, then reflected on the movement exercises.

Samantha Sethi and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Lighting · 1975–2019

Assistant director of photography · Where Are You Going

First assistant camera · Enchantress

Art director · Nasseeb

Samir Kawas and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Sanah Brown-Bowers and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Sanah Brown-Bowers in the class of 2024.

Sany taught Alex Introduction to Acting at LAU Byblos in Fall 2016 and vocal training through LOYAC Lebanon.

Writer, director, producer, editor & sound designer · Epilogue

Cast · Girl · Production assistant · Stitched up Bonds

Alex worked with Sarah as Graduate Teaching Intern for MICA’s Interdisciplinary Sculpture Senior Independent course in Fall 2022.

Sarah Jung and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Sarah was Alex’s academic supervisor for āh at LAU in 2020.

Cast · D2D

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Alex collaborated with Seba Ali on projected visuals for the Dvořák quintet presented in Salaam.

Cast · 1975–2019

Serge Bakalian was a programme moderator at the December 2020 NFMLA edition that selected Alex’s āh.

Principal cast (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Songhyun Moon and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Soni and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Sookkyung Park and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Actor — Drunk Girl (Samar) · Where Are You Going

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Vocals & guitar · Assistant director · Alternative Facts

Suha Araj’s Rosa was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Sunjin Leaa Lee and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

sāgar kāmath and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Taima Bountoktzi and Alex received recognition in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Taima for a Nutrition capstone, and Alex for his TV &…

Contestant · Do You Really Think You Know Me?

House manager · Alternative Facts

Collaborated with Alex on Broadcast Reversed, Iridescence and āh.

Tamina is the artist featured in Alex’s film portrait Tamina Saade.

Cast · Camera Man · Stitched up Bonds

Set photography · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · Man in Black 2 · First assistant camera · Colorist · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · Man Jogging · First assistant director · Stitched up Bonds

Actor — Layal · He Lost

Art direction team · Stitched up Bonds

Teddi Kabler and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Teddi Kabler in the class of 2024.

Teresa Kristi Abboud and Alex both completed LAU’s BA in Television & Film in 2020.

Thomas James curated the 2023 Mount Royal thesis show, which included Alex’s Perceiving Nationhood Passports.

Principal cast (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Ting Hang Yip received Director of the Month for Theory of Evolution in TMFF’s August 2019 round, which also recognised Jabbara, with production design by Alex.

Academic supervisor (editing) · Limbo

Actor — Grocery Store · Where Are You Going

Cast · 1975–2019

Cast · Corpse 1 · Stitched up Bonds

Cast · D2D

Trisha Gupta and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Trisha Gupta in the class of 2024.

Wisdrum & drums · Alternative Facts

Alex took Acting from Your Imagination with Ulrich in Beirut, through Michael Chekhov Europe Training in May 2018.

Vahid’s connection with Alex is through LAU and its communication arts studio.

Vanessa Moussa and Alex received recognition in LAU’s 2018 School of Arts and Sciences annual awards programme: Vanessa for a Nutrition capstone, and Alex for his TV &…

Coauthor · Salzburg Online

Writer & director · Art direction · Music composer · Original song “Out of Breath” · Enchantress

Cast · Man · Enchantress

Actor — Marwan · Where Are You Going

Wanjin Kim and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Wenqing Gu and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Alex and William studied in MICA’s Mount Royal multidisciplinary MFA programme: Alex in the class of 2023 and William in the class of 2024.

Cast · Office guy 4 · Epilogue

Xiaosheng Bi and Alex were both exhibiting artists in Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023).

Yafei and Alex studied at MICA in different programmes: Illustration BFA and Mount Royal MFA.

Editor · Where Are You Going

Production · My All

Producer · Enchantress

Choreography & dance · Lighting designer · Alternative Facts

YoonJung Lee and Alex were in the same Mount Royal MFA class at MICA, graduating in 2023.

Director of photography · He Lost

Yuanwei Huang and Alex studied in the same Mount Royal MFA programme at MICA: Alex in the class of 2023 and Yuanwei Huang in the class of 2024.

Zachary Ayotte was named for What We Don’t Tell in IndieX’s September 2020 awards, the same round in which Alex’s āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention).

Zahi Jarrouj and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

Zayn Alexander’s Manara was selected for InFocus: Arab Cinema in NFMLA’s December 2020 edition.

Zeshaan Younus directed Prefigured, which appeared in the same Lublin short-film block as Jabbara at Splat!FilmFest 2019.

Cast · Boyfriend · Telwin

Initiative · Aaqoura Renaissance

ABAAD partnered with Search for Common Ground on the programme that funded Alex’s script for Broadcast Reversed, then titled Flash News.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was co-host for NFMLA · InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema (12 December 2020), an edition that included Alex’s work.

Alex performed in White System, which his portfolio records as screened at ALBA in 2017.

Alex studied contemporary and modern dance at Al-Sarab with Jimmy Bechara.

Alex’s portfolio records āh, which he directed and wrote, as an official selection in 2021.

Alex’s portfolio records āh, which he directed and wrote, as an official selection in 2020.

Arab Film and Media Institute was presenting partner · arab programme for NFMLA · InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema (12 December 2020), an edition that included…

Asian Arts & Culture Center was festival co-producer · towson university for Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023), an edition that…

Artist and cast-member records list āh as a 2020 selection.

Client · Bayat

My All received separately recorded directing, performance and international-short results.

Central Baltimore Partnership was festival co-producer for Asia North 2023 · TRANSition / TRANSformation / TRANScendence (5 May–3 June 2023), an edition that included Alex’s work.

Jabbara, directed by Samir Kawas with production design by Alex, was an official selection of CinemaKing’s second edition, labelled 2021 and held 3–6 January 2022.

Alex attended SSCC Kfarhbab from kindergarten through Grade 12 and completed his French Baccalauréat Général in 2016, in Economics & Sociology (ES) with a Mathematics…

Teresa Kristi Abboud received Best Female Director for My All in the festival’s first-season results.

Alex studied Latin and ballroom dance here with Cynthia Khabsa.

Alex served as a Grant Review Panelist for the FY26 Capital Projects Grant Program in September 2025.

Jabbara received directing recognition and a short-film nomination in the 2019 Carnage Awards.

Dutch Culture USA was presenting partner · dutch programme for NFMLA · InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema (12 December 2020), an edition that included Alex’s work.

Alex contributed to pre-production and proposal development at Fantascope Production in September–October 2018, working with Philippe Aractingi’s team and Carmen Labaki.

Client · FIXABL

Alex taught Introduction to Filmmaking with Geek Express in Lebanon in 2019.

Alex’s record lists āh as a 2020 selection.

Alex’s festival record lists āh as a 2021 selection at the Natore edition.

Alex led Movement Improvisation for Teenagers for the Guides group at SSCC Kfarhbab in 2018.

Client · Hyam El Hachem Law Firm

āh received an Award of Excellence (Special Mention) in September 2020 and a separate nomination in the 2020 Annual Awards edition, whose ceremony took place on 15 January…

Alex performed in Mining the Gap at the 2019 festival and volunteered as a Dance Festival Coordination Assistant from January to May 2022.

Alex’s festival record lists an honorable mention for āh in 2021.

The festival’s 2021 organizer archive featured āh and identified Alex as its filmmaker.

Alex designed KELME’s visual identity, logo system and visual guidelines, and contributed website work and occasional maintenance.

Initiative · Khair Everywhere

LAU connects Alex’s studies, academic recognition and film and performance practice.

Alex performed in In the Mood for Love, recorded in his portfolio as screened at Lebanese University in 2017.

Taline Bedikian received the 2020 Best Director award in LIFFT India’s student-film section for Iridescence, with art direction by Alex.

My All lists a Lift-Off Sessions selection in 2020 in its filmmaker-supplied materials.

Alex’s LOYAC connection spans acting workshops, performance and production work in ActingLab, and partial participation in a FilmCamp edition while developing āh.

Alex served as a volunteer Screening Committee Member for the 2024 and 2025 editions, reviewing other filmmakers’ experimental and avant-garde film submissions and taking part…

Alex earned his MFA in Multidisciplinary Art at MICA’s Mount Royal School of Art in 2023.

Jabbara, directed by Samir Kawas with production design by Alex, was announced in the Lebanese short-film competition for Maskoon’s fourth edition, scheduled online for 10–16…

Co-producer & broadcaster (series) · La Ekhir Nafas

Alex studied Latin and ballroom dance at Nameless Dance Academy.

My All is listed as a finalist in September 2020 on its FilmFreeway page and poster.

NFMLA presented āh in its December 12, 2020 InFocus programme.

My All’s filmmaker history lists four RIMA awards: Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design and Best Original Soundtrack.

The organizer’s November 2020 results give My All an Honorable Mention.

Alex was a Fellow of the twelfth Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change, held from 15 July to 4 August 2018 at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria.

Alex studied in SFAI’s graduate studio-art programme in 2021–2022.

Search for Common Ground selected Alex’s script for production funding through its programme with ABAAD.

SEE NL was dutch programme curation partner for NFMLA · InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema (12 December 2020), an edition that included Alex’s work.

Alex supported docent and education programmes as a Docent Programs Management Intern in January–May 2024, followed by a volunteer Digital Associate role in 2024–2025.

Jabbara, directed by Samir Kawas with production design by Alex, appeared in Splat!FilmFest’s 2019 Lublin short-film programme and received six audience awards.

The Monthly Film Festival organised the August 2019 awards connected to a film on which Alex worked: Jabbara, as production designer.

Agency · Hyam El Hachem Law Firm

Alex’s film āh received two nominations in the Winter 2020 round, announced in January 2021: Best Student Film and Most Terrifying.

My All’s filmmaker record lists Best Actress in March 2021.

Company · ZiRu Dance