Grantee
Production Awards
2021
Cross Dog
A 30-50 page long comic book around “Shawqy,” a young Tunisian in his late twenties who experiences an extraordinary incident and is fired from his job. The situation worsens in ways that affect his mental wellbeing due to family pressures, a rigid conservative environment and reactionary customs. As a result, he begins to hallucinate and suffer acute existential conflicts.