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Cyril Aris

Editor, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 27, 1987 (37 years)
Lebanese writer-director, Cyril Aris’s feature documentary The Swing (2018) premiered in Karlovy Vary and won awards in El-Gouna, Rome, London, Budapest and Tunisia. His second feature documentary Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023), recipient of a grant from the Sundance Institute, premiered as the only documentary in the main competition at Karlovy Vary and won a special jury mention. His short film The President’s Visit (2017) premiered at TIFF and played in over 80 festivals. He holds an MFA from Columbia University and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®.

Known For

  • The President's Visit
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Submarine
  • The Swing
  • Cheers, to Those Who Stay
  • Bahiya & Mahmoud

Filmography

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