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Official festival selection
2021 edition · held 3–6 January 2022
Official selection laurel · CinemaKing 2021 edition · held 3–6 January 2022

Related work · Jabbara

Official selection · Jabbara · second edition (2021), held in January 2022.

Alex’s role
Production designer
PressArticle
2021
D2D

Related work · 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
Film award
2021
My All

Related work · 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
Film2020

Practice & context; Contribution

Iridescence

Alex Dahdah · Art director

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Film2020
Selected frame from the film

Contribution

My All

Alex Dahdah · Production design & assistant direction

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Film2020
An ensemble gathered around a costumed figure in a firelit scene from The Getaway. · The Getaway

Contribution

The Getaway

Alex Dahdah · Production designer

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Fashion-collection award
2021
Lebanese American University · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · D2D

Prix du Jury — D2D collection

LAU Fashion Design

Recognises
Fashion collection & designer
Collection
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.

Creative experience2020
LOYAC Lebanon logo

Creative experience

ActingLab

Assistant direction and production for ActingLab, with contributions to script development, work with actors, set design and music composition. Alex also performed in the play developed through the programme.

Alex Dahdah · Assistant director, producer & performer

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Film2019
A woman in red stands among trees in a purple-toned woodland. · The Unfortunate

Contribution

The Unfortunate

Alex Dahdah · Co-art director

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Film award
March 2021
Vesuvius · historical organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Documented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster

Recognises
Acting
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film2018
Jana Abi Ghosn and Alex Dahdah in a selected excerpt from Good Morning Charles

Contribution

Good Morning Charles

Alex Dahdah · Shared art direction · assistant director · actor

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Film award
2020
LIFFT India Awards 2020 winner laurel

Related work · Iridescence

Best Director — Student Film Awards

LIFFT India

Recognises
Directing
Alex’s role
Art director

Taline Bedikian received the directing award for Iridescence. Alex was the film’s art director.

Lift-Off Sessions selection
Lift-Off Sessions · 2020
Lift-Off Global Network · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Official selection

Documented on the film’s FilmFreeway page and poster

Work
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Short-film competition selection
10–16 June 2020
Maskoon Fantastic Film Festival · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Lebanese short-film competition selection · Jabbara.

Alex’s role
Production designer
Festival finalist
September 2020
New Cinema Lisbon Monthly Film Festival · organization logoOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Documented 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
Film award honourable mention
November 2020 · announced 5 December
My All

Related work · My All

Recognises
Work
Work
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Design

Contribution

A Room of One’s Own

Alex Dahdah · Art direction

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Film
A siren with markings on her face, lit in blue and amber against the rocks. · Enchantress

Contribution

Enchantress

Alex Dahdah · Production designer

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Film award
Carnage Awards 2019
Diabolical Horror Film Festival · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Recognises
Directing
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film award nomination
Carnage Awards 2019
Diabolical Horror Film Festival · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film
Selected close-up through the window from He Lost

Contribution

He Lost

Alex Dahdah · Producer & production designer

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Film award honourable mention
2019
Festigious Los Angeles 2019 winner laurel supplied for Jabbara

Related work · Jabbara

Honorable Mention — Student Film

Festigious Los Angeles

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film award
2019 Round 4
Jabbara

Related work · Jabbara

Best Horror Short

Genre Celebration Festival

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film

Contribution

Jabbara

Alex Dahdah · Production designer

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Film award nomination
2019 Round 4
Jabbara

Related work · Jabbara

Best Visual Effects — Nominee

Genre Celebration Festival

Recognises
Visual effects
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production designer
PressReview
2019
Original film poster · Jabbara

Related work · Jabbara

A review of Jabbara

The Monthly Film Festival

A review of Samir Kawas’s film, discussing performance, theatrical space and color.

Alex’s role
Production designer
Film

Contribution

Limbo

Alex Dahdah · Production design

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Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Best Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Best Director Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Directing
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production designer
Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Most Shocking Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film
Two people talking in a warmly lit living room, with patterned cushions and wall art. · Nasseeb

Contribution

Nasseeb

Alex Dahdah · Production designer & actor

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Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Scariest Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Best Screenplay Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Writing / screenplay
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production designer
Official festival selection
Lublin programme · 2019
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Official selection · Polish premiere · Lublin short-film programme, Block I.

Alex’s role
Production designer
Audience award
2019 · fifth edition
Splat!FilmFest · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · Jabbara

Audience Award · Best Special Efx Short

Splat!FilmFest

Recognises
Special effects
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film
Two figures seated beside a glowing fringed table lamp in a warm, richly furnished interior. · Stitched up Bonds

Contribution

Stitched up Bonds

Alex Dahdah · Art direction team

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CourseworkFall 2019
Lebanese American University logo

Study record

Theater in Performance

The collaborative process of making a theatre production, including research, rehearsals, performance, design and production responsibilities.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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Film award nomination
August 2019
Original nominee laurel · Actress of the Month · Teresa Kristi Abboud · Jabbara · August 2019

Related work · Jabbara

Actress of the Month

The Monthly Film Festival

Recognises
Acting
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film award nomination
August 2019
Original nominee laurel · Cinematographer of the Month · Khaled Abi Jomaa · Jabbara · August 2019

Related work · Jabbara

Cinematographer of the Month

The Monthly Film Festival

Recognises
Work
Named nominee
Khaled Abi Jomaa
Alex’s role
Production designer
Film award nomination
August 2019
Original nominee laurel · Editor of the Month · Adam Jammal & Samir Kawas · Jabbara · August 2019

Related work · Jabbara

Editor of the Month

The Monthly Film Festival

Recognises
Work
Named nominee
Adam Jammal & Samir Kawas
Alex’s role
Production designer
CourseworkFall 2018
Lebanese American University logo

Study record

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

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Film award
August 2019
TMFF 2019 laurel — Best Original Score

Related work · Jabbara

Original Score of the Month

The Monthly Film Festival

Recognises
Sound / score
Recipient
Martin Loyato
Alex’s role
Production designer

Martin Loyato received the award for the score. Alex was Jabbara’s production designer.

Film award
August 2019
TMFF 2019 laurel — 2nd Best Film

Related work · Jabbara

2nd Film of the Month

The Monthly Film Festival

Recognises
Film / overall work
Alex’s role
Production designer
CourseworkFall 2016 · Fall 2017
Lebanese American University logo

Study record

Introduction to the Art of Theater

Theatre history and dramatic forms, alongside the roles of acting, directing, design and production.

Alex Dahdah · Coursework · Course

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Film award
Year not listed
BIMIFF · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Directing
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film award
Year not listed
BIMIFF · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Acting
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film award
Year not listed
BIMIFF · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Film / overall work
Work
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film award
First season
Cult Movies International Film Festival · organization identityOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Recognises
Directing
Work
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
PressUniversity catalogue
Year not listed
Nasseeb

Related work · Nasseeb

Nasseeb in LAU CONNECTions

LAU CONNECTions

The 2018–2019 university catalogue presents Joy Salah’s film and credits Alex El Dahdah for production design.

Alex’s role
Production designer
Film award
Year not listed
Rio International Monthly Awards Film Festival · organization logoOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Acting
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film award
Year not listed
Rio International Monthly Awards Film Festival · organization logoOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Sound / score
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Film award
Year not listed
Rio International Monthly Awards Film Festival · organization logoOrganization logo

Award category; Related work · My All

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.

Film award
Year not listed
Rio International Monthly Awards Film Festival · organization logoOrganization logo

Related work · My All

Filmmaker-reported · Individual recipient, year and round unconfirmed.

Recognises
Acting
Work
Recipient
Individual not established
Alex’s role
Production design & assistant direction
Artist-reported selection
Year not listed
My All

Related work · 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
PressDirector reflection
Year not listed
Jabbara

Related work · Jabbara

Jabbara’s festival run

LAU — CONNECTions

Samir Kawas reflects on the film’s Festigious and TMFF recognition.

Alex’s role
Production designer
PressUniversity catalogue
Year not listed
The Unfortunate

Related work · The Unfortunate

The Unfortunate in LAU CONNECTions

LAU CONNECTions

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.

Alex’s role
Co-art director