Script & production grant2017–2018
Script & production funding
Scriptwriting production grant
Search for Common Ground & ABAAD
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
- Alex’s role
- Co-director
Published result
- Original result wording
- Scriptwriting production grant Awarded to Alex Dahdah
Selection process
- Selection method
- Programme selection2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
Entry eligibility
- Eligibility
- University students and recent graduates participating in the programme.2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
- Selection pool
- Twelve trained students submitted scripts; four scripts were selected for production funding.2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
Assessment criteria
- Assessment criteria
- Not established in the reviewed sources for this edition.
Decision-makers
- Decision
- Scripts were submitted to Search for Common Ground and ABAAD for consideration. No individual panel or scoring rubric is named.2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
Purpose & support
- Purpose
- Short-film production addressing gender representation in public communication.2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
Organisation
- Organisation profile
- Search for Common Ground is an international peacebuilding organization that uses dialogue and media, including television, radio, theatre and film. Its collaboration with ABAAD connects the supported film project to work on gender representation.
- Organisation profile
- ABAAD is a Lebanese gender-equality organization working across the Middle East and North Africa. Its work includes media training and challenging gender stereotypes; it partnered with Search for Common Ground on the project supporting Alex’s short.
Evidence & qualifications
- Selection evidence
- Search for Common Ground’s evaluation names Alex El-Dahdah’s Flash News among four short films funded through its gender-sensitive communication programme with ABAAD. The project later became Broadcast Reversed.2017–2018 programme · evaluation published June 2018
Sources & original records
SelectionSearch for Common Ground · programme evaluation, page 9OrganisationSearch for Common Ground in ConnectionsOrganisationSearch for Common Ground · Lebanon programmeOrganisationSearch for Common Ground · media practiceOrganisationABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality in ConnectionsOrganisationABAAD – Resource Center for Gender Equality · aboutResult / recordProgramme evaluation · p. 9
