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Resilient Lebanese Indie Abbout Productions to Be Honored by Locarno Film Festival
Lebanese indie Abbout Productions will be honored by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award celebrating the indie ethos.
Beirut-based Abbout Productions, led by Georges Schoucair and Myriam Sassine, will be celebrated by the Locarno Film Festival with its Raimondo Rezzonico Award dedicated to producers who epitomize the indie ethos. “They have also launched a great many new talents in front of and behind the camera, helping to give Lebanon a new face, allowing it to meet its potential, and offering a complex portrait of the country that goes far beyond the trivializations of the violence of war. They will also be presenting “Costa Brava, Lebanon” by Mounia Akl and “Memory Box” by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige as part of a dedicated mini-retro, and will also hold a public conversation on Aug. 8.
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