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Lebanon Civil War Documentary ‘Green Line,’ Competing at Locarno, Acquired by MAD World (EXCLUSIVE)

MAD World has acquired global rights to Lebanon Civil War documentary feature 'Green Line,' which will be competing at the Locarno Film Festival.

MAD World has acquired global rights to Sylvie Ballyot ‘s Lebanon Civil War documentary feature “Green Line,” which will be competing for the Golden Leopard in the main competition of the Locarno Film Festival. ‘Green Line’ is our attempt at that and at nuancing, with personal stories, our understanding of a conflict that still makes headlines generically portraying people either as survivors or as casualties or as fighters on a chessboard where world powers compete.” MAD World co-president Colin Brown added: “As we have seen with last year’s Oscar-shortlisted Morocco documentary ‘ The Mother of All Lies ‘ and the 2005 Oscar-nominated animated feature ‘Persepolis,’ recent history and personal memories can be re-examined without relying solely on archival footage and talking heads.

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