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Danielle Arbid

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actress
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Born in Lebanon in 1970, Danielle Arbid has been directing films since 1997. Selected for numerous festivals in France and the rest of the world (Cannes, New York, San Francisco, Locarno, Pusan, Tokyo, etc.), Danielle Arbid's first two features, Dans les champs de bataille and Un homme perdu, were screened at the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Festival in 2004 and in 2007, as well as in around thirty other festivals, picking up numerous awards, including the Directors' Fortnight Prize and the Milan Grand Prize.

Interested in different narrative forms, her work alternates between; fiction, first person documentaries and video essays; with an experimentation of the intersecting of genres. Her documentaries and other filmed essays have been given an excellent reception and won dozens of awards including the Gold Leopard for Conversations de salon at the Locarno Festival and the Silver Leopard for video for Seule avec la guerre in 2001 and 2004 respectively, as well as the Prix Albert Londres and the Villa Medicis hors les murs Award for Aux Frontieres. Four retrospectives have been held around Danielle Arbid's films at the Bastia Festival in 2007, Paris cinema in 2007, the Gijon Festival in 2007 and the La Rochelle Festival in 2008.

Her third fiction feature, Peur de rien (Parisienne), had its theatrical release in France on February 10, 2016. It won the Academie Lumiere foreign press prize as well as other awards including the Best Actress prize at Les Arcs. The film had rave reviews from the French press. Peur de rien had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
BornApril 26, 1970
BornApril 26, 1970
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      • 16 wins & 21 nominations total

    Known for

    In the Battlefields (2004)
    In the Battlefields
    6.2
    • Director
    • 2004
    Seule avec la guerre (2001)
    Seule avec la guerre
    7.0
    • Director
    • 2001
    Dominique Blanc, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle, and Manal Issa in Parisienne (2015)
    Parisienne
    6.6
    • Director
    • 2015
    Laetitia Dosch and Sergei Polunin in Simple Passion (2020)
    Simple Passion
    5.4
    • Director
    • 2020

    Credits

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    Director



    • Sud-Est
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Love Conquers All
      • Director
      • Post-production



    • 66-5 (2023)
      66-5
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Laetitia Dosch and Sergei Polunin in Simple Passion (2020)
      Simple Passion
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Le feu au coeur
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Allô chérie (2016)
      Allô chérie
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dominique Blanc, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle, and Manal Issa in Parisienne (2015)
      Parisienne
      6.6
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Beyrouth hôtel (2011)
      Beyrouth hôtel
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Conversations de salon II
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009
    • This Smell of Sex
      5.7
      Short
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Un homme perdu (2007)
      Un homme perdu
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Conversation de salon
      Short
      • Director
      • 2004
    • In the Battlefields (2004)
      In the Battlefields
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2004
    • Aux frontières
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Étrangère
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Seule avec la guerre (2001)
      Seule avec la guerre
      7.0
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Le passeur
      Short
      • Director
      • 1999

    Writer



    • Laetitia Dosch and Sergei Polunin in Simple Passion (2020)
      Simple Passion
      5.4
      • scenario
      • 2020
    • Le feu au coeur
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2017
    • Dominique Blanc, Vincent Lacoste, Paul Hamy, Damien Chapelle, and Manal Issa in Parisienne (2015)
      Parisienne
      6.6
      • dialogue
      • screenplay
      • 2015
    • Beyrouth hôtel (2011)
      Beyrouth hôtel
      5.6
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2011
    • Conversations de salon II
      Short
      • writer
      • 2009
    • This Smell of Sex
      5.7
      Short
      • Writer (uncredited)
      • 2008
    • Un homme perdu (2007)
      Un homme perdu
      5.3
      • Writer
      • 2007
    • In the Battlefields (2004)
      In the Battlefields
      6.2
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • Aux frontières
      6.7
      • screenplay
      • 2003
    • Étrangère
      • Writer
      • 2002
    • Seule avec la guerre (2001)
      Seule avec la guerre
      7.0
      • Writer
      • 2001

    Actress



    • Anne Dorval, Emmanuelle Seigner, Kool Shen, Tahar Rahim, and Gabin Verdet in Heal the Living (2016)
      Heal the Living
      6.9
      • Elsa
      • 2016
    • Apaches (2013)
      Apaches
      5.9
      • Sophie
      • 2013
    • In the Battlefields (2004)
      In the Battlefields
      6.2
      • Neighbor's friend
      • 2004

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    • Height
      • 5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
    • Born
      • April 26, 1970
      • Beirut, Lebanon
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      Worked in the French print media for six years before directing her first short film, "Raddem", in 1998.

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