Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine of the Beirut-based production company will also present two movies, Mounia Akl‘s 'Costa ...

Lebanese indie Abbout Productions will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award celebrating ...

Georges Schoucair became the CEO of Abbout Productions in 2004, and Myriam Sassine joined as lead producer in 2010.

She "embodies the best of a tradition of performers who continue to be able to infuse each role with the deepest knowledge about the actor’s work," says Locarno festival artistic director Giona A.

The U.S. filmmaker will receive the Pardo d’Onore at the Swiss festival, present his films 'The Descendants' and 'Nebraska,' ...

The Locarno Film Festival will present its Honorary Leopard Award, Pardo d’Onore, to American filmmaker Alexander Payne on ...

Nebraska director Alexander Payne will receive the Pardo d’Onore at the Locarno Film Festival. The American filmmaker will be ...

Emma Thompson will receive the Leopard Club Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, where her latest flick, The Dead Of Winter, will debut. From director Brian Kirk, the film follows a widowed ...

British actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson has been chosen to receive the Locarno Film Festival's Leopard Club Award. This ...

“The films Abbout have produced are a sign of a society that is vital, alive and continues to look to the future with dogged confidence,” said Locarno Film Festival artistic director Giona ...