the producers
GEORGES SCHOU-CAIR
FOUNDER AND CEO OF ABBOUT PRODUCTIONS
LEBANON
Georges runs the most active production company in Lebanon, turning out several fiction and documentary films every year spanning all genres. Among his latest projects is COSTA BRAVA LEBANON, a first feature set amid Lebanon’s never-ending garbage crisis. In addition, he founded Shortcuts Films that is dedicated to financing and producing ambitious international films such WAJIB, ZAMA, LOOKING FOR OUM KULTHUM, FELICITÉ and BEAUTY AND THE DOGS. His business holdings also include MC Distribution, which releases Arab and international films in the Middle East, and the Metropolis art-house cinema in Beirut.