Abbout Productions With the suPPort of dohA film institute And the suPPort of ArAb fund for Arts And culture (AfAc) Presents

A film by mAhmoud hojeij

Produced by GeorGes schoucAir

dIRECtOR’s NOtE WHEN THE CAMERA STANDS STILL, IT BLOSSOMS. Nothing needs to be moved. When the camera stands still, it blossoms. The frame should stay where it belongs, and everything else will come true. Just like that, don’t move. The script will always be part of a dialogue and the music is somewhere playing with the sounds. No need to move away, it is all right there in front of your eyes. No matter what, the frame will stay tuned to your senses. No need to change. Nothing needs to be moved. The actor through the heart will make sure you can see clearly. Be your lines, and don’t look back. The words will shine as you sit back and become. Take off your makeup and relax. This is just the beginning of an endless conversation. Just stay where you are, and you will be seen. Nothing needs to be moved. We are listening so do not worry about the connection. Focus on yourself not the world that is watching. The beauty of the light will show on your heart. Be true to your voice not the words. The cut not the end. The moment is yours. Make sure it becomes ours. The film is only there, because you might be moved. mAhmoud hojeij

MAhMOud hOjEIj biOgrAPhy

Mahmoud Hojeij received his PhD in Media and Communication from European Graduate School, Saas-Fee, Switzerland 2006, MA in Media Studies from New School university, New York in 2001 and BA in Communication Arts from The Lebanese American university, Beirut in 1997. He is an award winning videomaker with his short films screened worldwide. Mahmoud has also edited three books on photography, taught at several universities in Lebanon and published numerous articles on media. Stable Unstable is his first feature film. www.mahmoudhojeij.com

FilMOgrAPhy 2013 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1998 1997

stabLe unstabLe, Feature Film imPossibLe exchanGe, Short Film on the road, Documentary i see heroes, Documentary you can come in, Short Film chiLdren and their heroes, Short Film Ladies, Women, citiZens, Documentary teLL me somethinG, Short Film We WiLL Win, Short Film memories of ras beirut, Documentary america, Documentary an ocean aPart, Documentary sa caraPace, Short Film transit Visa, Documentary shameLess transmission, Short Film beirut PaLermo beirut, Short Film once, Short Film

CAst & CREw Actors CAMILLE SALAMEH • FADI ABI SAMRA • NADA ABOu FARHAT • HASSAN MRAD • HuSAM CHADAT • AIDA SABRA • YARA ABOu HAIDAR • MONZER BAALBAKI • ZIAD ANTAR • DIAMAND BOu ABBOuD • MANAL KHADER • SAMI HAMDAN • CHARBEL FRANCIS • AGIA ABOu ASSALI • MOHAMMAD ALI ALKHATIB • MOHAMAD SCHOuRI • JIMMY KEYROuZ • KARIM CHAYA • MINERvA CHBEIR • GEORGES GHANEM • WAEL AL ASSAAD Producer Writer and Director Associate Producer Production Supervisor Line Producer Assistant Director Director of Photography 1st Assistant Camera Sound Operator, Sound Editing and Design Boom Operator Editor Colorist Sound Mixing Music Composer Music Recording Production Designer Art Director Casting Director Director’s Assistant Script Supervisor Makeup Artist Hairdresser Set Construction Lighting Equipment and Camera Shooting Studio Music Recording Studio video Post Production and Color Grading Boutique visual Effects Studio Mixing Auditorium Middle East Distribution Press agent (Lebanon)

GEORGES SCHOuCAIR MAHMOuD HOJEIJ MYRIAM SASSINE CHRISTIAN EID MAISONETTE FILM PRODuCTION LARA AYOuB HALIM SABBAGH PHILIPPE vAN LEEuW BACHIR HAJJ EMMANuEL ZOuKI CHRISTOPHE KATRIB GLADYS JOuJOu BELAL HIBRI DOMINIquE vIEILLARD CHARBEL HABER FADI TABBAL PETRA ABOuSLEIMAN ISSA KANDIL LARA MSAED REEM MOHTAR TANIA KHOuRY NABIL SALEMEH TALA GROuP SALON ISSAM ROGER KARKINLI FINAL CuT EquIPPED CHERRY STuDIOS TuNEFORK RECORDING STuDIOS REZ vISuALS SBR FILM ARCHIPEL MC DISTRIBuTION OMAR EL KADI CARINE KHALAF

COMPANY PROFILE Abbout Productions produces feature films and documentaries and supports Arabic language movies with a distinctly Arab voice, expressing the identity of the region. Since 1998, Abbout Productions has managed to bring together an important network of Arab and Lebanese artists, including directors (Shirin Abu Shaqra, Carlos Chahine, Simon El Habre, Khalil Joreige, Michel Kammoun, Elie Khalifeh, Georges Hachem, Joana Hadjithomas, Myriam Hage, Hazem El Hamwi, Mahmoud Hojeij, Mohamad Malas, Oualid Mouannes, Ghassan Salhab, Corine Shawi, Hany Tamba), actors (Takla Chamoun, Julia Kassar, Nadine Labaki, Rabih Mroué), musicians (Khaled Mouzannar, Zeid Hamdan, Soap Kills), as well as film industry professionals who are active on the cultural scene in Beirut and many other capitals. The company has also enabled emerging talents to work with leading industry figures: actors such as Catherine Deneuve and Patrick Chesnais (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Children of the Century), cinematographers such as Jeanne Lapoirie (Under the Sand, 8 Women, The Wild Reeds) and Julien Hirsch (Lady Chatterley, Our Music, The Witnesses), as well as film editors such as Tina Baz-Le Gal (Blame it on Voltaire) and Ayhan Ergursel (Uzak, Climates, Bal). Abbout Productions has a strong partnership with MC Distribution, a distribution company founded by Georges Schoucair and Hania Mroue, along with direct and priority access to the sole art house theater in Lebanon, Metropolis Cinema. Abbout Productions is one of the most ambitious production companies in the Middle East and maintains a sizeable pipeline of projects at various stages of development and pre-production. In 2010, Abbout Productions signed a landmark joint venture with Lucky Monkey Pictures (City Island, Arbitrage) which creates exciting financing opportunities in new Middle Eastern film productions and secures the company position in World Cinema.

FilMOgrAPhy 2013 2013 2012 2011 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Ladder to damascus, Feature Film (97 min) stabLe unstabLe, Feature Film (90 min) the Lebanese rocket society, Feature Documentary (90 min) Gate #5, Feature Documentary (84 min) sector Zero, Feature Documentary (70 min) stray buLLet, Feature Film (75min) the mountain, Feature Film (80 min) yanoosak, Feature Film (65 min) 1958, Feature Documentary (66 min) i Want to see, Feature Film (75 min) meLodrama habibi, Feature Film (98 min) the Last man, Feature Film (102 min) a Perfect day, Feature Film (88 min)

CONTACT

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