IT'S A SAD AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD | LEBANON

Directed By: Cyril Aris
Genre: Fiction
Statues: Pre-production

Achievements:

Recipient of a development grant from the MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Germany 2020

Selected at the Toronto TIFF Filmmaker Lab, Canada 2019

Selected at Nantucket Screenwriter Colony, USA 2019

Winner of the ART award at the 4th Beirut Cinema Platform, Lebanon 2019

Selected for the CineGouna Platform at the El-Gouna Film Festival in Egypt, 2019

Invited for a residency at the Cité des Arts in Paris, France 2019

Official selection at the 4th Beirut Cinema Platform, Lebanon 2019

Official Selection at the 3rd edition Cinephilia Bound Cannes at the Cannes Film Festival, France 2019

Selected for the Fondation Liban Cinema’s Re-Writing Workshop, Lebanon 2019


Logline:

The film features the improbable love story of two opposite personalities set against the backdrop of Lebanon’s memorable milestones of the past 40 years.