Carol Mansour founded Forward Film Production in 2000 in Beirut, Lebanon. With over 20 years in documentary production, Mansour has covered the world from Sri Lanka to Lebanon to Uzbekistan. She has achieved international recognition and honor for her films, with over thirty film festival screenings and official selections worldwide.

Her films have won numerous prestigious awards including Jury’s Prize at the Institute du Monde Arab in Paris and Best Documentary at the Arab Film Festival in Rotterdam. Her film on the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon “A Summer Not To Forget” received Best Short International Documentary at the New Zealand Festival and the Best Documentary at the Sole Luna Festival .More recently, her film on the plight of Syrian refugee women "Not Who We Are" has won the Best Documentary Award at the Rated SR Festival in New York, and the Jury’s Special Mention at the FIFOG festival in Geneva. Latter, her last film on Palestinian Syrian refugees "We Cannot Go There Now, My Dear" recieved Best Documentary at Al-Ard Festival in Sardegna and won Women Films Critics Circle Award at the SR Socially Relevant Film Festival in New York.

Carol’s work reflects her concern for human rights and social justice, covering issues such as migrant workers, refugees, environmental issues, mental health, war and memory, right to health, and child labor.

Prior to launching Forward Film Production, Carol has produced, directed and hosted numerous live entertainment, magazine, and travel programs for Future Television in Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Carol is Canadian/Lebanese of Palestinian origin.  She shuttles between Beirut and Montreal.