Director

Cyril Aris

Directing

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 1984071

IMDb ID: nm3687428

Known for: Directing

Born: November 27, 1987

Age: 38

Place of birth: Beirut - Lebanon

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2011 - 2025

Years active: 15

Average TMDB rating: 6.57

Wikidata: Q95791357

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Biography

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. 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.