Cyril Aris
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.
Personal Details
Movies (9)
A Sad and Beautiful World
Director (Directing)
2025
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Screenplay (Writing)
2023
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Editor (Editing)
2022
Beating Hearts
Producer (Production)
2020
Death of Nintendo
Editor (Editing)
2020
The Swing
Director (Directing)
2019
The President's Visit
Director (Directing)
2017
Submarine
Producer (Production)
2016
Bahiya & Mahmoud
as Man in Street
2011