Connection profile
Samir Kawas
Director · Editor · VFX artist
Connection with Alex
Samir Kawas and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively. Samir Kawas is credited as Director, co-writer, co-editor & VFX on Jabbara, where Alex is credited as Production designer. Their work connects across 2 projects gathered here.
Work & recognition
Projects, programmes and milestones. Each entry explains its relationship and attribution.
31 entries
In commonShared work
In commonShared work
In commonShared work
In commonShared education
Classes of 2019 & 2020 · Shared education · Lebanese American University
LAU · Television & Film
Samir Kawas and Alex are graduates of LAU’s BA in Television & Film, in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
- Alex Dahdah
- BA · Television & Film · Performing Arts minor
- Class of 2020
- Samir Kawas
- BA · Television & Film
- Class of 2019
In commonFestival context
August 2019 · Festival context · The Monthly Film Festival
The Monthly Film Festival · August 2019
Samir Kawas and Adam Jammal shared an Editor of the Month nomination for Jabbara in TMFF’s August 2019 round. Alex was the film’s production designer.
In commonFestival context
2–15 December 2019 · Festival context · Splat!FilmFest
Splat!FilmFest · 2019
Samir Kawas directed Jabbara, selected for the Lublin short-film programme at Splat!FilmFest 2019. Alex contributed production design to the film.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
2nd Film of the Month
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
The Monthly Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Original Score of the Month
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF — Best of August 2019Recognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
Best Director
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Diabolical Horror Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Diabolical Horror Film Festival
Best Short — Nominee
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Diabolical Horror Film FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Genre Celebration Festival
Best Horror Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Genre Celebration FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Genre Celebration Festival
Best Visual Effects — Nominee
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Genre Celebration FestivalRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Festigious Los Angeles
Honorable Mention — Student Film
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Festigious · July 2019 winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Recognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Actress of the Month — nomination
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Editor of the Month — nomination
Adam Jammal & Samir Kawas
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
The Monthly Film Festival
Cinematographer of the Month — nomination
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
TMFF · August 2019 nominees and winnersRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Screenplay Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Director Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Scariest Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Most Shocking Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonWork recognition
Splat!FilmFest
Audience Award · Best Special Efx Short
For Jabbara
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Splat!FilmFest · official 2019 audience awardsRecognition is attributed to the work or named recipient.
In commonExhibition, screening or performance
CinemaKing International Film Festival
Official selection · Jabbara · second edition (2021), held in January 2022. · Bangladesh
CinemaKing · official 2021 edition selection listIn commonExhibition, screening or performance
Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival
Lebanese short-film competition selection · Jabbara. · Online · Lebanon
Spamflix · online edition
Executive Bulletin · festival announcement, 3 June 2020In commonExhibition, screening or performance
Splat!FilmFest
Official selection · Polish premiere · Lublin short-film programme, Block I. · Poland
Centrum Kultury w Lublinie
Splat!FilmFest · 2019 short-film programmeIn commonCoverage of the work
Film review
Jabbara
Review of the short film directed by Samir Kawas, examining its lead performance, enclosed theatrical space and use of color.
In commonCoverage of the work
LAU News · 2021
Related collection coverageD2D receives LAU’s Prix du Jury.
Coverage of Nour Takieddine’s award-winning D2D fashion collection. Alex shared art direction to a film for the collection; the award recognizes the collection and designer.
Alex’s contribution to the related film
D2DAlex · Co-production designerInstitutional feature · Fashion collection
Rise: Showcasing the Work of Fashion Design Graduates
Records the Prix du Jury awarded to Nour Takieddine’s D2D collection. Alex shared art direction to the separate D2D fashion film.
In commonCoverage of the work
LAU — CONNECTions
Director reflectionSamir Kawas reflects on Jabbara’s festival run.
The director recounts the film’s Festigious honorable mention and its TMFF awards and nominations in the university’s arts and sciences magazine.
First-person director reflection
In commonCoverage of the work
LAU CONNECTions
University catalogue · 2018–2019Nasseeb in LAU CONNECTions
The 2018–2019 university catalogue presents Joy Salah’s film and credits Alex El Dahdah for production design.
Published production-design credit. This catalogue entry documents the film and its contributors; it does not establish an award or screening.
NasseebAlex · Production designerProduction coverage
CONNECTions · Issue 3 · Nasseeb
Published production-design credit. This catalogue entry documents the film and its contributors; it does not establish an award or screening.
Wider workRecognition
2021 · Amman International Film Festival
The Hurl — Best Sci-Fi
Amman International Film Festival’s 2021 programme lists The Hurl’s Best Sci-Fi award at the International Symbolic Art Film Festival. This recognition concerns Kawas’s separate film.
About & links
7 cards · All
Bio
Biography
Samir Kawas is a Lebanese filmmaker whose work includes horror and speculative cinema. A Television and Film graduate of LAU, he directed Jabbara and The Hurl and works with editing and visual effects as part of his filmmaking practice.
Bio
Approach & practice
In his festival biography, Kawas describes using genre experimentation to challenge familiar expectations of Lebanese cinema. The Hurl turns an environmental warning into science-fiction spectacle.
Education
Amman International Film Festival
BA · Television & Film
Links
Explore
The Hurl at Amman
Synopsis, director biography and festival record.
Links
Professional presence
Sources
Sources & credits · 1
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