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Cyril Aris

Awards

Cyril Aris

32 wins & 34 nominations

Tromsø International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Aurora Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio, USA

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Narrative Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit

Atlanta Film Festival

  • The Swing (2018)
    2019 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • The Swing

Bastia Mediterranean Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Grand Prix Arte Mare
    • Best Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Moon of Valencia
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit

Galway Film Fleadh

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Short Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Nominee Audience Award
    • Feature Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Nominee Crystal Globe
    • Best Film
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Special Mention
    • Crystal Globe
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • The Swing (2018)
    2018 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Over 60 Minutes
    • The Swing

Ljubljana International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Special Mention
    • Kingfisher Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

BFI London Film Festival

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Nominee Grierson Award
    • Documentary Film
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Montpellier Mediterranean Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Nominee Antigone d'Or
    • Best Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Prix des activités sociales de l'énergie
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Nominee Ulysses Award
    • Documentary
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Ulysses Award - Special Mention
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2017 Nominee Short Film Grand Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit

Nashville Film Festival

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Short Narrative Award
    • Best Narrative Short
    • The President's Visit
  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Narrative Short
    • The President's Visit

National Board of Review, USA

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2017 Winner Student Grant
    • The President's Visit

Palm Springs International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Nominee FIPRESCI Prize
    • Best Foreign Language Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Best Live Action Short over 15 minutes
    • Best Film
    • The President's Visit
  • Nasri Sayegh and Mounia Akl in Siham (2013)
    2014 Winner Student Award
    • Best Live Action Short Under 15 Minutes
    • Siham
    Shared with: Mounia Akl · Kai Gero Lenke
  • Nasri Sayegh and Mounia Akl in Siham (2013)
    2014 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Live Action Under 15 Minutes
    • Siham
  • Christine Choueiri and Wafa'a Celine Halawi in Christine (2014)
    2014 Nominee Student Award
    • Best Live Action Under 15 Minutes
    • Christine
    Shared with: Mounia Akl
  • Christine Choueiri and Wafa'a Celine Halawi in Christine (2014)
    2014 Nominee Golden Palm Award for Best Overall Short Film
    • Christine
    Shared with: Mounia Akl

Toronto International Film Festival

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2017 Nominee Short Cuts Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • The President's Visit

Mostra de València-Cinema del Mediterrani

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Valladolid International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Nominee Punto de Encuentro Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Meeting Point Section: Feature Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Venice Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Nominee Giornate degli Autori Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Giornate Degli Autori's People Choice Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Woodstock Film Festival

  • Nasri Sayegh and Mounia Akl in Siham (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Student Short
    • Siham
    Shared with: Mounia Akl

Sarasota Film Festival

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Shorts Narrative Competition
    • The President's Visit

Beverly Hills Film Festival

  • Anoesis (2011)
    2012 Winner Best Foreign Film
    • Anoesis
    Shared with: Mounia Akl

Raindance Film Festival

  • Nasri Sayegh and Mounia Akl in Siham (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best International Short Film
    • Siham
    Shared with: Mounia Akl

Young Critics Circle, Philippines

  • Noel Comia Jr. in Death of Nintendo (2020)
    2021 Nominee YCC Award
    • Best Achievement in Film Editing
    • Death of Nintendo

BAFTA/LA Student Film Awards

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2018 Nominee BAFTA/LA Student Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit

YoungCuts Film Festival

  • 2011 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Film, 24 and Under
    • Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not)
    Shared with: Mounia Akl

Dubai International Film Festival

  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2017 Nominee Muhr Award
    • Best Short Film
    • The President's Visit
  • The President's Visit (2017)
    2017 Winner Muhr Special Jury Prize
    • Short Film
    • The President's Visit

DOC NYC

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • International Competition
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

True/False Film Fest

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2024 Nominee True Vision Award
    • Documentary
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Arab Film Festival, US

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2024 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Documentary Film
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Leiden International Short Film Experience

  • Kida Khodr Ramadan, Omar El-Saeidi, Neil Malik Abdullah, Nasri Sayegh, and Sami Nasser in God Is the Greatest (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jury Award
    • Fiction Short
    • God Is the Greatest
    Shared with: Kai Gero Lenke

Open City Docs Fest

  • The Swing (2018)
    2018 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Open City Award
    • The Swing

Kosmorama, Trondheim Internasjonale Filmfestival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Budapest International Documentary Festival

  • The Swing (2018)
    2019 Nominee Festival Prize
    • 'Naked Hope' Section
    • The Swing

Annonay International Festival of First Films

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Festival Dei Popoli

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner MyMovies.it-Audience Award
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

D'A Film Festival Barcelona

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Asian World Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Snow Leopard Award
    • Best Film
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

El Gouna Film Festival

  • The Swing (2018)
    2018 Winner Bronze Star
    • Feature Documentary Competition
    • The Swing
  • The Swing (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Star
    • Feature Documentary Competition
    • The Swing

Middle East Now

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Beirut International Women Film Festival

  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2024 Nominee Golden Tanit of Beirut
    • Best International Feature Documentary
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2024 Winner Golden Tanit of Beirut
    • Best International Feature Documentary
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Red Sea International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2025 Winner Ysur Best Screenplay Award
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

Rome MedFilm Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Jury Award
    • Feature Film Competition
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Film Amore and Psiche Award
    • Feature Film Competition
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Piùculture Award
    • Best Film
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)
    2023 Winner Collateral Awards University Jury
    • Best Feature Film
    • Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Amman International Film Festival

  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Black Iris Award
    • Best Feature Arab Narrative
    • A Sad and Beautiful World
  • A Sad and Beautiful World (2025)
    2026 Winner Audience Award
    • Arab Feature-Length Narrative Competition
    • A Sad and Beautiful World

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