Philippe Aractingi

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Philippe Aractingi is a Lebanese filmmaker. He was born in Lebanon in 1964.

[edit] Career

Aractingi went to film school in London and Paris, and he is a graduate of Sud Ecriture. Upon his return to Lebanon, he worked at the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.

Aractingi produced the French-speaking TV program "Mosaic." He directed and produced numerous documentaries and short films about the war in Lebanon, which aired on Antenne 2, Canal + and Radio Canada. He returned to France where he worked on "Envoyé Spécial," one of France's top-rated TV programs. He also directed films for France 3 and TF1.

While traveling around the world at the age of 28, he made films for the Discovery Channel, Learning Channel USA, BskyB in Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Mongolia, South Africa, and Sri Lanka. Philippe Aractingi has made over 40 documentary films. In 2005, Aractingi wrote, directed and produced Bosta, which was his first fiction feature.

[edit] Awards

The Dream of the Acrobat Child

  • Special Jury Prize at the Days of African and Creole Cinema in Montreal in 1995
  • The Grand Jury Prize at the Film Festival of Beirut in 1996

Beirut of Stones and Memories

  • Gold Medal of the Jeux de la Francophonie in Paris in 1994

[edit] Filmography

  • Bosta (L'autobus), 2005
  • The Dream of the Acrobat Child, 1995
  • Chemin de femmes, 1994
  • Beirut of Stones and Memories, (Beyrouth de pierres et de mémoire) 1993
  • Libre vol, 1993
  • Through Mothers’ Eyes (Min Ouioun el Oumahat), 1992
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