Last Floor Productions is an independent film and

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, headquartered in

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. Last Floor Productions is specialized in the creation of projects that have an Arab focus. The company was founded by Nasri Atallah, Firas Abou Fakher and

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in 2019.

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Last Floor Productions was co-founded by screenwriter

, musician Firas Abou Fakher and writer Nasri Atallah. The company's first project, Doubt (Al Shak) was created, commissioned, produced and released in a six-week period at the peak of the

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of 2020. Doubt was commissioned by

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's Shahid

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as a Shahid Original. The 10-part series was created, written and produced by Nasri Atallah, Firas Abou Fakher and Daniel Charbel Habib and co-directed by Mark Eid and Fatima Al-Banawi. It was shot remotely between Jeddah,

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and Abu Dhabi. Last Floor's second collaboration with MBC Group's Shahid came later in 2020 in the form of action comedy Fixer, an 8-episode series about a celebrity fixer in the Arab world. The show was created by Firas Abou Fakher and Daniel Charbel Habib, and stars Badih Abou Chakra, Diamand Bou Abboud and Wissam Saliba in the main roles. It was shot on location in

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. In 2020, Last Floor Productions also created a series of six films for

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featuring six Indian musicians, including

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, Raja Kumari, Aditi Ramesh,

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and Lisa Mishra. In 2021, the company created the exhibition film accompanying the Jameel Prize at the

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in London, profiling artists and designers inspired by Islamic tradition in London, New York, Lahore, Riyadh, Beirut, Kolkata & Dubai.Innovator Spotlight: Last Floor Productions , Upsteam , https://www.move-upstream.org.uk/news_post/july-spotlight-of-the-month-last-floor-productions/

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