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Reflecting on Scandal
Alex Dahdah · Filmmaker
4K Film Editing Workflow · San Francisco Art Institute
A practical workshop in film editing and post-production workflow.
Alex Dahdah · Workshop Instructor
Broadcast Reversed at LIFF
WE Film Festivals
Alex discusses the film’s collaborative origins and the language of television.
- Alex’s role
- Co-director
BA in Television & Film
Undergraduate study in filmmaking, television, media and the liberal arts, completed with High Distinction.
Alex Dahdah · Awarded with High Distinction
Introduction to Filmmaking · Geek Express
An introductory filmmaking workshop in Lebanon.
Alex Dahdah · Workshop Instructor
Official selection · Jabbara · second edition (2021), held in January 2022.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Transient
Alex Dahdah · Filmmaker
Annual Awards nominee
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
- Category
- Not specified in the available record
Las Cruces International Film Festival
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Localization & Transcreation Specialist
Translated and adapted content across languages, including film subtitles, speeches and software, with attention to cultural context and the intended audience.
Alex Dahdah · Localization & Transcreation Specialist
Volunteer Screening Committee Member
Assessed experimental and avant-garde film submissions and participated in screening-committee discussions.
Alex Dahdah · Volunteer Screening Committee Member
Organization logoOfficial Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Graduate Program Assistant · Video & Archiving
Supported visiting artists, faculty and curators with lecture and presentation setups. Recorded and archived video, maintained equipment and updated the programme’s online archive.
Alex Dahdah · Graduate Program Assistant · Video & Archiving
D2D
D2D receives the Prix du Jury
LAU News
LAU recognizes Nour Takieddine’s collection. Alex contributed shared art direction to its film; the award is for the collection and designer.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Shared art direction on the collection’s film
My All
Best Drama Film
Europe Film Festival U.K.
Documented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoFirst-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Organization logoGlobal Youth Film Festival
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Iridescence
Alex Dahdah · Art director
Organization logoHonorable Mention
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
My All
Alex Dahdah · Production design & assistant direction
Printing & Audiovisual Equipment Technician
Maintained film and audiovisual equipment, helped students choose and use equipment, and provided laser, inkjet and risograph printing services.
Alex Dahdah · Printing & Audiovisual Equipment Technician
Telwin
Alex Dahdah · Wardrobe co-stylist
Video Editor
Filmed, edited and archived lectures, organising camera footage, separate audio and presentation materials into a repeatable editing workflow.
Alex Dahdah · Video Editor
Organization logo
The Getaway
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Organization logoPrix du Jury — D2D collection
LAU Fashion Design
- Recognises
- Fashion collection & designer
- Collection
- Recipient
- Nour Takieddine
- Alex’s role
- Shared art direction on the collection’s film
Nour Takieddine’s collection received the prize. Alex shared art direction on its film.
Digital Media Producer
Built an in-house filming studio, trained interns, produced videos, photographs and graphics, and contributed to website and social-media updates. The employment period above is recorded in Alex’s career history. The linked case study also includes website captures through September 2022 and videos published in 2021 and 2022; those later dates document the work, not an extended employment period.
Alex Dahdah · Digital Media Producer
āh
Alex Dahdah · Director & screenwriter
Movement Direction in Film
Film choreography and movement direction with Francesca through FEST Film Lab.
Alex Dahdah · Participant · with Francesca Jaynes
Last Christmas
Alex Dahdah · Producer
āh
Spring Grove Caledonia Film Festival
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Best Student Film
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
The Unfortunate
Alex Dahdah · Co-art director
TV & Film Studio Technician
Maintained and loaned film equipment, supported students’ studio projects, and filmed and edited campus events.
Alex Dahdah · TV & Film Studio Technician
Most Terrifying
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Broadcast Reversed
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Organization logoBest Actress
Documented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster
- Recognises
- Acting
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Watersprite Film Festival
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Good Morning Charles
Alex Dahdah · Shared art direction · assistant director · actor
Drama Club Founder & President
Organised screenings, theatre, performances and fundraising, including support for Mary’s Village Orphanage.
Alex Dahdah · Drama Club Founder & President
Organization logoOfficial Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Guerrilla Filmmaking
Alex attended Pablo’s guerrilla filmmaking workshop during the 2018 Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change.
Alex Dahdah · Participant · with Pablo Martínez-Zárate
Organization logoOfficial Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Shafia wa Elias
Alex Dahdah · Assistant director
Tamina Saade
Alex Dahdah · Filmmaker
Organization logoOfficial Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Where Are You Going
Alex Dahdah · Production team
Hidalgo Film Fest
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Hilltop Film Festival of Diversity and Inclusion
Official Selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
FilmCamp
Alex took part in a FilmCamp edition while developing āh, leaving the programme before completion.
Alex Dahdah · Participant · partial programme
Award of Excellence (Special Mention)
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
Do You Really Think You Know Me?
Alex Dahdah · Producer & assistant director
Project nomination
LIFFT
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
- Category
- Not specified in the available record
Best Director — Student Film Awards
- Recognises
- Directing
- Work
- Recipient
- Taline Bedikian
- Alex’s role
- Art director
Taline Bedikian received the directing award for Iridescence. Alex was the film’s art director.
Organization logoCommunity & volunteer service
Community/Volunteer Service Award in Television & Film
- Recognises
- Community & volunteer service
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
In the Mood for Love — Remake Exercise
Alex Dahdah · Actor · main cast
Organization logoOfficial selection
Documented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
La Ekhir Nafas
Alex Dahdah · Supporting actor · Episode 10
Organization logoLebanese short-film competition selection · Jabbara.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
The White System
Alex Dahdah · Actor
Organization logoDocumented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
- Category
- Not specified in the available record
NewFilmmakers LA
Official Selection for InFocus Middle Eastern Cinema
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Director & screenwriter
What’s Normal?
Alex Dahdah · Filmmaker
My All
Honorable mention
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Battlefield
Alex Dahdah · Writer, co-director & co-editor
D2D
Alex Dahdah · Art direction
Enchantress
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Organization logoBest Director
- Recognises
- Directing
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Epilogue
Alex Dahdah · Second assistant camera
Organization logoBest Short — Nominee
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
He Lost
Alex Dahdah · Producer & production designer
Honorable Mention — Student Film
Festigious Los Angeles
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Jabbara
Best Horror Short
Genre Celebration Festival
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Alex Dahdah · Production designer
Jabbara
Best Visual Effects — Nominee
Genre Celebration Festival
- Recognises
- Visual effects
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
A review of Jabbara
A review of Samir Kawas’s film, discussing performance, theatrical space and color.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Limbo
Alex Dahdah · Production design
Organization logoAudience Award · Best Short
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Capstone
The concluding film project for the degree, developed through project planning, editing, sound and colour work toward a final presentation.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logoAudience Award · Best Director Short
- Recognises
- Directing
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Organization logoAudience Award · Most Shocking Short
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Nasseeb
Alex Dahdah · Production designer & actor
Organization logoAudience Award · Scariest Short
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Organization logoAudience Award · Best Screenplay Short
- Recognises
- Writing / screenplay
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Paradise
Alex Dahdah · Director, co-editor & colorist
Organization logoOfficial selection · Polish premiere · Lublin short-film programme, Block I.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Organization logoAudience Award · Best Special Efx Short
- Recognises
- Special effects
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Stitched up Bonds
Alex Dahdah · Art direction team
Actress of the Month
- Recognises
- Acting
- Work
- Named nominee
- Teresa Kristi Abboud
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Cinematographer of the Month
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Named nominee
- Khaled Abi Jomaa
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
ZiRu Dance
Alex Dahdah · Videography
Editor of the Month
- Recognises
- Work
- Work
- Named nominee
- Adam Jammal & Samir Kawas
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Art Direction for Film
Visual research, colour, materials and set design for film. Alex developed character and period-setting studies and contributed acting, assistant direction and shared art direction to the class film Good Morning Charles.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Original Score of the Month
- Recognises
- Sound / score
- Work
- Recipient
- Martin Loyato
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Martin Loyato received the award for the score. Alex was Jabbara’s production designer.
Cinematography
Camera, lighting and visual composition for moving-image storytelling, developed through practical film work.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
2nd Film of the Month
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
Filmmaking Principles
Collaborative filmmaking across development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Btehla Al Hayat
LBCI Lebanon
Alex and Diana Schmidt discuss Broadcast Reversed on LBCI. Interview in Arabic.
- Alex’s role
- Co-director
Organization logo- Recognises
- Community service
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
History of Film
Film history through influential works, directors, movements and approaches to cinema.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logo- Recognises
- Academic achievement
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
Internship
A credited internship within Alex’s Television and Film degree, connecting university study with work in a professional setting.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Internship
Organization logo- Recognises
- University recognition
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
Organization logoProducing Principles
Developed a film proposal through synopsis, schedule and budget planning, and reflected on production responsibilities through an existing film.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logo
Organization logo
Organization logo- Recognises
- Script & production funding
- Recipient
- Alex Dahdah
- Alex’s role
- Co-director
Script Writing
Story structure, character, conflict and dialogue for television and film. Coursework developed ideas through treatments and scenes into a short-film screenplay.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logoFilmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Directing
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoFilmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Acting
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoBest International Short Film
Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Film / overall work
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoBest Female Director
- Recognises
- Directing
- Work
- Recipient
- Teresa Kristi Abboud
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Nasseeb
Art of Film
Close analysis of film form: how images, sound, editing and narrative create meaning and shape a viewer’s experience.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logoBest Actress
Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Acting
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoBest Original Soundtrack
Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Sound / score
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Organization logoBest Production Design
Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Production design
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
The category matches Alex’s role; no individual winner is named.
Introduction to Audio Visual Media
An introduction to the language, tools and production process of audio and moving image, through individual and group projects.
Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course
Organization logoBest Supporting Actress
Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.
- Recognises
- Acting
- Work
- Recipient
- Individual not established
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
My All
Rome Independent Film Awards
Official selection
Artist-reported · organizer result not established in the reviewed record.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production design & assistant direction
Jabbara
Jabbara’s festival run
LAU — CONNECTions
Samir Kawas reflects on the film’s Festigious and TMFF recognition.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Production designer
The Unfortunate
The 2018–2019 catalogue presents Roody Madi’s film, its synopsis and principal production team.
Project coverage · Alex is not named in this source; his role is documented separately.
- Work
- Alex’s role
- Co-art director
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