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Mizna and MSPIFF present a Special Best-of-Fest Screening and fundraiser for Lebanon, featuring A Sad and Beautiful World by Cyril Aris.

Funds will go towards Egna Legna, an organization based in Beirut that is currently supporting migrant workers who have been affected by the war by providing shelter, food, humanitarian assistance, and medical care. Donate to help Egna Legna here.

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday, April 21 at 7pm at the Main Cinema for this special screening.

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ABOUT THE FILM
Born on the same day, in the same Beirut hospital just minutes apart, Nino and Yasmina are a Lebanese couple destined to be in love. In director Cyril Aris’ debut magical-realist film, the universe itself pushes these lovers together, despite the intense hardships of living in contemporary Lebanon. Examining three decades of their love, and the couple’s often disparate personalities (he’s an optimist, she’s a pessimist who doesn’t want kids), A Sad and Beautiful world asks how couples can endure the normal challenges of life when the world is tearing itself apart. And yet, Aris’ film is not only funny, but it takes the viewer into otherworldly places and offers hope in a moment when that can be difficult to find.