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Cyril Aris
Date of birth
27 Nov 1987
38 years ago at Beirut - Lebanon

Cyril Aris

Cyril Aris is a Lebanese director and screenwriter. His fiction feature, A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), premiered in the Giornate degli Autori competition at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award.

Biography

His documentary Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023), supported by the Sundance Institute, premiered in competition at Karlovy Vary, receiving a jury special mention before touring more than 80 festivals worldwide, including BFI London, CPH:DOX, and DOC NYC, winning awards in Rotterdam, Valencia, Rome, San Francisco, Marseille, and beyond. His debut, The Swing (2018), also premiered at Karlovy Vary and won multiple awards internationally. Aris is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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