In today's episode, I have the pleasure of inviting Mahmoud Kaabour. He s an award-winning Lebanese filmmaker and creative consultant who is based in Dubai & Berlin, working internationally. His multilingual productions have shown at top tier festivals and museums, and were all broadcast worldwide.
Mahmoud's films received numerous Best Film & Audience awards, including Tribeca’s 100,000$ Audience Award for Grandma, a Thousand Times presented personally by Robert de Niro. In 2015, he received Esquire Magazine’s Humanitarian Award and was named to the list of 100 most Powerful Arabs Under 40 following the release of Champ of the Camp his documentary about a singing competition that takes place inside the labor camps of the UAE. Mahmoud's self-initiated documentation of the Beirut blast aftermath in 2020 culminated in My Family & The Explosion which premiered on HUMAN Omroep in The Netherlands. His upcoming project is a worldwide journey in the footsteps of Handala.
As a consultant, Mahmoud was charged with developing TRU Doku, a documentary channel for youth by ZDFinfo & funk which streams on YouTube & Instagram. He also mentored filmmakers and consulted on productions for the Doha Film Institute.
Mahmoud graduated in Film Production from Mel Oppenheim School of Cinema in Montréal, Canada. He began his career with Being Osama which he made for the CBC at the age of twenty-three following an internship with the National Film Board. He would later found Veritas Films in Dubai and manage it for a decade. The company produced branded content for corporations and governmental offices across the Arabian Gulf as well as creative documentaries.
Mahmoud is passionate about bel canto, Jivamukti yoga, cycling and 5Rhythms.The Podcast is available on the following locations:
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