Cyril Aris
Known for
Directing
Born
November 27, 1987 (age 38)
Birthplace
Beirut - Lebanon
Biography
Cyril Aris is a Lebanese director and screenwriter, and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®.
His first fiction feature, A Sad and Beautiful World (2025), premiered at the Venice Film Festival in Giornate Degli Autori, where it won the Audience Award. The film was selected as Lebanon’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Oscars®.
The film also screened at BFI London, Palm Springs, San Francisco IFF, and Seminci (Valladolid), winning the Audience Award, and received Best Screenplay at the Red Sea (Saudi Arabia), Best Score at Cinémed (Montpelier), the Grand Prize at Rencontres Cinématographiques in Cannes, Best Film at the Asian World (Los...
Best known work
Costa Brava, Lebanon
2022
A Sad and Beautiful World
2026
Death of Nintendo
2020
The Swing
2019
The President's Visit
2017
Bahiya & Mahmoud
2011
Submarine
2016
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023
Beating Hearts
2020
A Good Man
2016Filmography
2026
A Sad and Beautiful WorldDirector, Writer, Editor
2023
Dancing on the Edge of a VolcanoScreenplay, Editor, Director
2022
Costa Brava, LebanonEditor
2020
Beating HeartsEditor, Director, Producer
2020
Death of NintendoEditor
2019
The SwingEditor, Director
2017
The President's VisitDirector
2016
A Good ManSound Recordist
2016
SubmarineProducer
2011
Bahiya & Mahmoudas Man in Street