TWELVE-MONTH HIGHLIGHT(S):
Abbout Productions latest film is BEIRUT HOLD ’EM by Lebanese writer and director
Michel Kammoun that premiered at the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival. Conceived in the pre-Covid
era, its production was interrupted by the pandemic and the crises that have hit Lebanon since late 2019. Last year, Schoucair
was selected for Variety's list of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry in 2022.
GEORGES SCHOUCAIR
FOUNDER & CEO of ABBOUT PRODUCTIONS
LEBANESE
CAREER HIGHLIGHT(S):
Schoucair founded Abbout Production in 2003 to develop and produce
films that travel globally and to theatrically distribute Arab and international arthouse titles. Abbout
Productions also encompasses the internationally-geared Shortcut Films, a co-producer of recent Berlin
fest Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner FELICITÉ by French-Senegalese director Alain Gomis, as well as
the ambitious epic ZAMA by Argentinian director Lucrecia Martel.The company’s past prizewinners
include both A PERFECT DAY and THE LEBANESE ROCKET SOCIETY.
