Georges Films, based in Paris, was co-founded in 2015 by Nicolas Leprêtre. It is dedicated to producing and co-producing international feature films and to discovering and nurturing new and experienced directors from around the world.
Georges Films recently coproduced «Inshallah a Boy» by the Jordanian director Amjad Al Rasheed, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2023 at La Semaine de la Critique and won the prestigious Gan Foundation Award. Official Jordanian submission for the Oscars 2024, the film has been selected to date in over 100 international festivals and awarded 25 prizes; it also has been distributed in theaters in France, USA, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Indonesia, the MENA region...
Previously, after the success of «Mare Nostrum» and «Malik,» they produced the debut feature film, «The Translator,» which premiered in 2020 at Toronto’s TIFF. It has been selected in over 35 international film festivals and received two audience awards. «The Translator,» by the French-Syrian directors Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, is described as «relentless» (Les Cahiers du Cinéma), «a shocking film about the Syrian revolution» (LCI), or a «potent mix of hurt and anxiety [that] makes [it] wholly unshakable» (The New York Times). Filmed in Jordan and Australia, the film is a French-Swiss-Belgian co-production also with Qatari, American, and UK-Syrian partners.
Georges Films is currently working, among others, on "The Station" by the Yemeni director, Academy Award nominee, Sara Ishaq, "Pirates" by Myriam Gharbi, and the thriller film "Nevada (from Barbès)" by François Loubeyre.