The Power Of Authenticity
QUO FILMS is a newly launched independent production company (2023) founded by producer Hiba Louis and director Gilbert Karam aiming at supporting independent filmmakers with authentic and impactful stories in their pockets.
QUO FILMS was named after the company’s first TV project in development “Status Quo”. The project succeeded in winning big internationally, thanks to the power of authenticity.
OUR TEAM
HIBA LOUIS
CO-FOUNDER – CEO – PRODUCER
HIBA LOUIS is an independent producer born in 1991, co-founder of Quo Films, producing her first TV thriller ‘STATUS QUO’ supported by Red Sea Film Foundation and Doha Film Institute, winner of the Paramount+ Storytellers Award at CF&E, Toledo Spain and BTF Media Award, Miami USA. Hiba underwent the Qumra Series Lab in 2022 and has been selected for MEMI x USC in 2023.
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GILBERT KARAM
CO-FOUNDER – CFO – PRODUCER – DIRECTOR
Gilbert Karam is a film director and screenwriter from Beirut with an MA in Film Directing from the Lebanese University. His award-winning short ALNAJMA (2020) was nominated for 17 international festivals. He wrote and directed an episode of the award-winning series I AM BEIRUT (2021) through the Intuitive Film Lab led by Muriel Aboulrouss. His debut TV series STATUS QUO (2022), supported by DFI, won the Paramount+ Award and the BTF Media Award at Conecta Fiction & Entertainment. The project was selected to participate in the MEMI x USC School of Cinematic Arts at the RedSea International Film Festival.
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MURIEL ABOULROUSS
CREATIVE CONSULTANT – DIRECTOR – CINEMATOGRAPHER
Muriel Aboulrouss, is an award-winning cinematographer from Beirut Lebanon. Her numerous cinematography credits include also award winning documentaries: “The oil spill”, “Lesson in History” and “Marcedes” and “Ya Omri” all by Hady Zaccak; She also won Best cinematography at the Arab Screen International Awards for “The shower”, a short film by Michel Kamoun, with whom she also shot his first feature film: Falafel (Best Film at Namur Film Festival 2006).
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PRESS ROOM
VARIETY . Conecta Fiction: ’The Last Wolf,’ ‘Status Quo,’ ‘The Invisible Ink’ Win Big at TV Co-Pro ForumPortugal’s “The Last Wolf,” Lebanon’s “Status Quo” and Uruguay’s “The Invisible Ink” proved big winners at the 6th Conecta Fiction & Entertainment, which will wrap Friday in Toledo, Spain.READ MORE SCREEN DAILY . Doha Film Institute unveils 44 projects for Qumra 2023The selected projects come from 23 different countries and comprise 14 feature narratives, 12 feature documentaries, seven series and 11 shorts.
Two feature debuts from Oscar-nominated filmmakers are among the participants.READ MORERed Sea Labs Announces The Selected Teams For SeriesLab Program 2024 In Partnership With Film IndependentTeam “Saria Othman Needs No Man” from Lebanon: Producer Hiba Louis, Writer Estephan Khattar.Click HereTHE 961 . Lebanese Series STATUS QUO Won The VIS Storytellers Award At Conecta Fiction & Entertainment Among tens of works presented, Lebanon was also present at the awards ceremony with the Lebanese series, STATUS QUO, which won the VIS Storytellers Award, consisting of €10,000 (approx. USD 10,540) for the best pitch.READ MORE
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