Emilie Georges

Emilie Georges founded Memento Distribution and Production in 2003 which expanded into Memento International & La Cinefacture (production) in 2004. Georges has been devoted to supporting and producing high-profile director-driven independent films such as Laurent Cantet’s THE CLASS (Golden Palm, Cannes 2008); Asghar Farhadi’s A SEPARATION (2012 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film); THE SALESMAN (2015 Academy Award for Best Film in a Foreign Language), Wash Westmoreland & Richard Glatzer’s STILL ALICE (2016). Georges has been co-president and vice-president of ADEF, French association of Sales Agents and has been an elected member of the Directors’ Board of Unifrance (2008-2013). Georges currently runs Memento International alongside her production company Paradise City (ex-La Cinefacture) she co-founded with Naima Abed. Her credits include US indie genre films such as Jeremy Saulnier’s BLUE RUIN and Jim Mickle’s COLD IN JULY & WE ARE WHAT WE ARE as well as Luca Guadagnino’s Oscar winner feature film CALL ME BY YOUR NAME. Under the Paradise City banner, she has produced Anthony Chen’s English-debut DRIFT, that premiered in Sundance Film Festival 2023. She’s currently working with talents such as Edward Berger, Lili Horvát, Philippe Lacôte and Babak Jalali.