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.