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FilmWatch Broadcast Reversed.
A mock newscast turns familiar expectations of politics and media around.
Broadcast Reversed
About the work
A six-minute mockumentary, co-directed with Taline Bedikian.
- Medium
- Mockumentary film
- Year
- 2018
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Alex’s contribution
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
Film
Co-directed with Taline Bedikian
Alex co-directed this six-minute mockumentary with Taline Bedikian. The project was previously known as Flash News / Khabar Aajel.
Development
A script selected for production funding
Alex’s script received production funding through Search for Common Ground and ABAAD’s Gender Sensitive Public Communication project. The programme was funded by the British Embassy in Lebanon.
Previously known as Flash News / Khabar Aajel. Alex’s script received production funding through Search for Common Ground and ABAAD’s Gender Sensitive Public Communication project. The programme was funded by the British Embassy in Lebanon.
Credits
Photos
Selected frame from the film
Recognition
Festival selection2023
Lebanon
Lebanese Independent Film Festival
- Official Selection
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
Sources & links 1
Press2023
WE Film Festivals
Festival interviewBroadcast Reversed at LIFF
Alex discusses the film’s collaborative origins and the language of television.
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
Press2018
LBCI Lebanon
Television interviewBtehla Al Hayat
Alex and Diana Schmidt discuss Broadcast Reversed on LBCI. Interview in Arabic.
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
Grant2017–2018
Search for Common Ground & ABAAD
- Scriptwriting production grantAwarded to Alex Dahdah
Alex Dahdah · Co-director
