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A CFC alum (Canada’s AFI) and DGC member, Geordie won multiple pitch prizes in Canada and Europe, landed on the Red List, and selected for talent labs at Berlinale, TIFF, and Whistler. He has worked with top talent in the industry, including nervously directing David Cronenberg.
Geordie Sabbagh. From spending summers cleaning toilets with convicts, discovering Kung Fu movies at an underground cinema in China, to almost dying in a landslide, director/writer Geordie Sabbagh's experiences have been far from ordinary. A Lebanese/Canadian raised in the Caribbean, he works across multiple genres and focuses on creating work ...
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Writer/Director Geordie Sabbagh’s work includes the awarding-winning shorts Counselling and The Proposal, which screened at ComicCon and Fantasia. His first feature, A Sunday Kind of Love, was one of five projects selected from across Canada to be greenlit for the IndieCan10K competition. The film premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, received an Award of Excellence by Indiefest and ...
Sep 3, 2023 · In December of 2022, Geordie decided to move to the Huntsville area. He had fond memories of the Pines Cottage Resort on Oxtongue Lake, Dwight, and decided that this would be a memorable place to raise his family and establish his production company. He is impressed with the remarkable breadth of talent in music, theatre, and writing in ...
Aug 15, 2023 · After experiencing life in places like England, Toronto and the Caribbean, writer and director Geordie Sabbagh moved to Huntsville. Sabbagh moved in with his family last December and is already making the town his new home.
Nov 12, 2021 · The film was pitched in four minutes by producer Olga Ziman Sabbagh and Geordie to a judging panel which included David Shore (The Good Doctor, House) and Paige Murray, CBC’s executive in charge of drama. “It was a bit of pressure cooker to get it all out there, but we’re just thrilled and very excited.
