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Naima Abed is a producer and since 2020 a principal of Paradise City, an entertainment venture she co-founded with Emilie Georges and for which she now runs the London office. She began her film career in 2004 at Celluloid Dreams before joining Maximum Films in Toronto in 2007, where she helped transition the company to media giant, eOne.
Jul 27, 2022 · This week, we’re speaking with Memento Films International founder Emilie Georges and producer Naima Abed about their company Paradise City, its slate and why now is the time to move into the...
- On Her Morning Routine
- On Growing Up and Finding Her Interests
- On Becoming A Film Producer
The alarm rings at 7:30 am, but I always hit snooze. I hug my boyfriend and say good morning. We have similar hours so it's a little moment to spend together. Then I'll read emails, news, trade press, and instagram while he showers. If I work from home, I start working immediately and eat breakfast in front of my screen. If I'm in the office, I get...
I'm a 2nd/3rd-gen Algerian born in France. I grew up in the Paris “banlieue” until I was 17 when I moved to Lille to study at Sciences Po. It was a bit of a shock leaving my hood to finding a school where there were four students of color, including myself, in a year of 150 students. After graduating, I was determined to work in film, just by sheer...
It was a bit of luck and hard work. I never stopped, and said yes to everything. I figured pretty quickly that development and producing were what I wanted to do: a mix of creative work and business sense. I found that taking low-risk projects and passion projects early on by helping people do short films or anything smaller gives some sense of suc...
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May 18, 2022 · “Call Me By Your Name” producers Emilie Georges and Naima Abed are launching Paradise City, a London- and Paris-based film, TV drama and branded content production and management company. The...
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Naima Abed joined Memento Films International and La Cinéfacture in 2013, after ten years in the film industry in Paris, Toronto and London. She focuses on expanding and developing the companies’ activities in the English-speaking world.
CEO & Co-Founder at Paradise City. Profile. Naima Abed began her film career in 2004 as a legal and business affairs executive at Celluloid Dreams where she dedicated her time to deal-making and commercial negotiations, as well as multiparty finance structuring.
