Kareem Tabsch is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker whose work focuses on documenting that which exists on the fringes of mainstream society. His feature films include Mucho Mucho Amor (2020) and The Last Resort (2018) and the short film Dolphin Lover (2015). Tabsch's work has been included at prestigious festivals like Sundance, SXSW, HotDocs and has been featured in outlets like The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and NPR among others. In 2020, Tabsch's film Mucho Mucho Amor was named one of the 20 essential Latino Films by The New York Times. It was nominated for Emmy, GLADD, Imagen Awards and named Best Latinx Film by the National Association of Latino Independent Producers. He was named a '40 under 40' Documentary filmmaker by DocNYC, America's largest documentary film festival. Tabsch is a first-generation American of Latino and Middle Eastern descent. Rush Limbaugh once said his work was contributing to the decay of American Society. A former member of the National Arts Advisory Committee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Tabsch has previously served on the Jury for Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, If/Then Short Documentary Film Prize, and New Orleans Film Festival, and served as a Program Consultant for the Key West Film Festival. He is the co-creator of the Oolite Arts Cinematic Arts Residency, a micro-budget film initiative in his hometown of Miami.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Miami, Florida, USA
- Producer and director, also editor
- 3 on MovieCove · 6 credits in all
What are Kareem Tabsch's films like?
Across a limited sample of 3 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kareem Tabsch's films?
As of October 24, 2026, all 3 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (2).
Subscription and free streaming for Kareem Tabsch's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
6 credits, 3 with a MovieCove page.
Naked Ambition(2023)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
5th of July (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
The Last Resort(2018)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
Dolphin Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Cherry Pop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Career shape
A full career of 6 titles from 2014 to 2025.
Awards
Nominated for a Sundance award in 2020, Documentary.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Kareem Tabsch's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 86th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
Shape of the crowd
None of their 3 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser2
Reviewers score the atmosphere 80/100 and the pacing 67/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kareem Tabsch work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kareem Tabsch's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joey Daoud shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Dennis SchollShared titles: Naked Ambition (2023), The Last Resort (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dennis Scholl
Cinematographers
- Joey DaoudShared titles: Naked Ambition (2023), Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020), The Last Resort (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Joey Daoud
Producers
- Alex FumeroShared titles: Naked Ambition (2023), Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Alex Fumero
- Marlon JohnsonShared titles: Naked Ambition (2023), The Last Resort (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Marlon Johnson