Film poster featuring close-up images of two faces, with the title A Sad and Beautiful World in English and Arabic. Text at the bottom reads, “Lebanon’s Entry for the 2026 Academy Awards.”. Banner for Film Screening: A Sad and Beautiful World ( 2025 ) and Q and A with Director Cyril Aris

Film Screening: A Sad and Beautiful World (2025) and Q & A with Director Cyril Aris

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Cultural Film Lebenon

Mon, Nov 16, 2026

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PST (GMT-8)

Refreshments at 6pm. Film begins at 6:30pm

Humanities Gateway 1070

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country. A Q&A with director Cyril Aris will follow the screening.

UCI CO-SPONSORS:
School of Humanities, Department of Global and International Studies, Film and Media Studies, European Languages and Studies, Department of History, Comparative Literature, Gender and Sexuality Studies, English Department, East Asian Studies, University Art Gallery

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Humanities Gateway 1070

University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States

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