Danielle Arbid facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Danielle Arbid
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Danielle Arbid
Beirut, Lebanon
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Danielle Arbid is a French filmmaker who was born in Lebanon. She has been directing movies since 1997 and is known for her unique style of storytelling.
Her films have been shown at famous events all over the world. These include the Cannes Film Festival in France and festivals in Toronto, New York, and San Sebastián. Her movie Simple Passion was chosen for the official selection at Cannes in 2020, which is a huge honor for any director.
Danielle has also made documentaries that have won major awards. She won the Gold Leopard and Silver Leopard awards at the Locarno Festival in Switzerland. She also received the Albert Londres Prize, a very important award for French-speaking journalists and writers.
In 2022, she was chosen to represent Lebanon at the 59th Venice Biennale, a famous international art exhibition. Her work there was praised by major newspapers like the Financial Times and Le Monde.
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Early Life and Move to France
Danielle Arbid grew up in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. In 1987, when she was 17, she left Lebanon during a difficult time known as the civil war. She moved to Paris, France, to study literature at the Sorbonne University. She also studied journalism, which is the work of reporting news.
A Career in Filmmaking
Getting Started
Danielle did not go to a special school to learn how to make movies. She has said that she gets her ideas from art, photography, and watching people on the street. She directed her first short film, Raddem, and a documentary called Seule avec la guerre (which means Alone with the War) in 1999.
Her early films, called Conversation de Salon I-III, were shown in a museum in Vienna, Austria. They even won the Golden Leopard award at the Locarno Film Festival. Danielle likes to try different ways of telling stories. She makes movies that are fiction, documentaries about her own experiences, and artistic videos.
Famous Films
Danielle has directed several feature films that have received a lot of attention.
- In the Battlefields (2004) and A Lost Man (2007): These were her first two major films. They were both shown at the Directors' Fortnight, a special part of the Cannes Film Festival. They won many awards at other festivals too.
- Beirut Hotel (2011): This was a movie made for the TV channel Arte. It became one of the most popular films shown on the channel in 2012.
- Parisienne (2015): This film tells the story of a young Lebanese woman who moves to Paris. It won several awards, and the main actress was named Best Actress at the Les Arcs Film Festival. The movie was first shown at the Toronto International Film Festival.
- Simple Passion (2020): This movie is based on a best-selling book by the French author Annie Ernaux. It's about a very intense and powerful love story. The film was selected for the Cannes Film Festival and many other important festivals around the world.
Other Creative Work
Besides directing, Danielle Arbid is also an art photographer. Her photos have been displayed in art galleries in Paris and Beirut. She has also worked as an actress in a few films, such as The Apaches [fr] (2013).
In 2017, a documentary was made about her life and work. It was part of a famous French series about important filmmakers of our time.
Selected Filmography
Here is a list of some of Danielle Arbid's most well-known films:
- 1998: Raddem (Short film)
- 2000: Seule avec la guerre (Documentary)
- 2002: Aux frontières (Documentary)
- 2004: In the battlefields (Feature film)
- 2007: A lost man (Feature film)
- 2008: This smell of ... (Short film)
- 2011: Beirut Hotel (TV Movie)
- 2015: Parisienne (Feature film)
- 2020: Simple Passion (Feature film)
Awards and Recognition
Throughout her career, Danielle Arbid has won dozens of awards for her films. Here are a few of the most important ones:
- Golden Leopard at the Locarno Festival for her video series Conversation de salon.
- Silver Leopard at the Locarno Festival for her documentary Seule avec la guerre.
- Albert Londres Prize, a top prize for French journalism, in 2001.
- Grand Prize at the Milan Film Festival in 2004 for In the Battlefields.
- Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters, a special honor from the French government for her work in the arts.
See also
In Spanish: Danielle Arbid para niños
