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Patric Chiha
Austrian film director
Patric Chiha (born 3 March 1975) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin.[2][3] After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.[2] In 2014, he directed his second feature film, Boys Like Us. His documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016), and If It Were Love (2020) were both selected for the Berlin Film Festival. His third feature film, The Beast in the Jungle, was released in 2023.
Chiha was born in Vienna, Austria on 3 March 1975.[1][2] He is of Hungarian and Lebanese origin,[2] and has lived in France since the age of 18.[4]
Chiha studied fashion design at ESAA Duperré in Paris and film editing at INSAS in Brussels.[2]
After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.[2] In 2014, he directed his second feature film, Boys Like Us. His documentaries Brothers of the Night (2016), and If It Were Love (2020) were both selected for the Berlin Film Festival.[2][5]
His third feature film, The Beast in the Jungle, premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.[6][7]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Editor | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Une cicatrice derrière la tête | No | No | Yes | Short film |
| 2003 | Bologna centrale | No | No | Yes | Documentary; also cinematographer and assistant director |
| 2004 | La visite | No | No | Yes | |
| La route des hêtres | No | No | Yes | Documentary | |
| Casa Ugalde | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
| 2005 | Les messieurs | Yes | No | Yes | Documentary |
| 2006 | Home | Yes | Yes | No | Medium-length film |
| 2008 | Where Is the Head of the Prison? | Yes | Yes | No | Short film |
| 2009 | Domain | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | Boys Like Us | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | Brothers of the Night | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary |
| 2020 | If It Were Love | Yes | No | No | Documentary |
| 2022 | Exalted Mars | No | No | Yes | Short film |
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | Yes | Yes | No |
- Athens International Film Festival
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | If It Were Love | Golden Athena for Best Documentary | Nominated | [8] |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Brothers of the Night | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | [9] |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Brothers of the Night | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | Nominated | [10] |
| 2020 | If It Were Love | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | Won | [11] |
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film | Nominated | [6] |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | If It Were Love | Best Documentary | Nominated | [12] |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | Best Film | Pending | [13] |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Domain | International Film Critics' Week Award | Nominated | [14] |
| Queer Lion | Nominated | [15] | ||
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- Goodfellow, Melanie (18 January 2023). "'The Beast In The Jungle' Clip: Berlinale Henry James Adaptation Stars Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier & Béatrice Dalle". Deadline. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- "Anaïs Demoustier et Tom Mercier dans " La bête dans la jungle " de Patric Chiha". Chaos Reign (in French). 25 November 2021.
- "Archive : 26th AIFF 2020 : International Documentaries Competition - Stranger Than Fiction". Athens International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017: 45 Nominierungen für 17 vom ORF kofinanzierte Filme". der.ORF.at (in German). 14 December 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "Berlin completes Panorama programme". Screen International. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "The Awards of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival" (PDF). berlinale.de. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- "26th Lumières Awards Nominations" (PDF). The Académie des Lumières (in French). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- Lavallée, Eric (24 November 2023). "Prix Louis-Delluc: Justine Triet, Catherine Breillat & Thomas Cailley Among 9 Noms". Ioncinema.
- "24th International Film Critics' Week". Venice International Film Critics' Week. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- "Queer Lion Award: Films in Competition". queerlion.it. 30 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.