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| birth_place = [[Beyrouth]], Lebanon
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'''Danielle Arbid''' (born 26 April 1970) is a French [[filmmaker]] of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] origin.<ref>https://www.thenationalnews.com/weekend/2022/03/25/how-the-arab-world-is-represented-at-venice-biennale-2022/</ref> She has been directing films since 1997.
'''Danielle Arbid''' (born 26 April 1970) is a French [[filmmaker]] of [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] origin who has been directing films since 1997.


Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including [[Cannes Film Festival]] and [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]]. Danielle Arbid's first two features, [[:fr:Dans%20les%20champs%20de%20bataille|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 or the Reflet d’Or at Cinéma-tout-écran, Genève.
Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including [[Cannes Film Festival]], Toronto FF, New York FF, San Francisco, [[Locarno Festival]], Busan and [[San Sebastián Film Festival]]. Danielle Arbid's Simple Passion, her fourth feature, was listed in the Cannes official selection, in 2020. Her first two features, {{ill|Dans les champs de bataille|fr|vertical-align=sup}} 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 or the Reflet d’Or at Cinéma-tout-écran, Genève.


Her documentaries and other filmed essays have been given an excellent reception and won dozens of awards including the [[Golden Leopard|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 [[Albert Londres Prize]] and the [[Villa Medici]] Hors les murs Award for ''Aux Frontières''.
Her documentaries and other filmed essays have been given an excellent reception and won dozens of awards including the [[Golden Leopard|Gold Leopard]] for ''Conversations de Salon'' at the [[Locarno Festival]] and the Silver Leopard also at the [[Locarno Festival]] for video for ''Seule avec la Guerre'' in 2001 and 2004 respectively, as well as the [[Albert Londres Prize]], and the [[Villa Medici]] Hors les murs Award for ''Aux Frontières''.

Danielle Arbid is representing Lebanon at the 2022 Edition of the [[59th Venice Biennale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://executive-bulletin.com/art/the-artist-duo-danielle-arbid-and-ayman-baalbaki-will-represent-lebanon-at-the-59th-international-art-exhibition-la-biennale-di-venezia|title=The artist duo Danielle Arbid and Ayman Baalbaki will represent Lebanon at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia|date=February 2, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/art/2022/national-participations|title = Biennale Arte 2022 &#124; National Participations|date = 15 April 2022}}</ref> - The Lebanese pavilion has been nominated as one of the "Top 15 Pavilions not-to-be-missed" by the [[Financial Times]], [[Le Monde]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-22 |title=La Biennale de Venise met les femmes à l'honneur |language=fr |work=Le Monde.fr |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2022/04/22/la-biennale-de-venise-met-les-femmes-a-l-honneur_6123303_3246.html |access-date=}}</ref> the [[The Art Newspaper|Art Newspaper]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-20 |title=Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/04/20/venice-biennale-2022-the-must-see-pavilions-in-the-arsenale |access-date= |website=The Art Newspaper - International art news and events}}</ref> [[Beaux Arts Magazine|and the Quotidien de l'Art]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Kristina |last2=Dawood |first2=Dalia |date=2022-04-14 |title=What not to miss in and around the Venice Biennale |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/fa8b317c-5708-4eec-a11b-d6be7251b224}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Danielle Arbid et Ayman Baalbaki au pavillon libanais |url=https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/21205-danielle-arbid-et-ayman-baalbaki-au-pavillon-libanais.html |access-date= |website=Le Quotidien de l'Art |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hors-série du 16 avril 2022 |url=https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/quotidiens/2022-04-16-HorsSerie-du-16-avril-2022.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Le Quotidien de l'Art |language=fr}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
Arbid left Lebanon at the height of the civil war in 1987, at the age of 17, to study literature at a faculty of letters in Paris, France.<ref>iniva | Danielle Arbid Profile | http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/a/arbid_danielle {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222184031/http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/a/arbid_danielle |date=2014-12-22 }}</ref> She also studied journalism while working as a freelance.
Danielle Arbid left Lebanon at the height of the civil war in 1987, at the age of 17, to study literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.<ref>iniva | Danielle Arbid Profile | http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/a/arbid_danielle {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222184031/http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/a/arbid_danielle |date=2014-12-22 }}</ref> She also studied journalism.


==Career==
==Career==
She directed her first short ''Raddem'' and the documentary ''Seule ave la guerre'' (1999).<ref>https://www.liberation.fr/culture/cinema/danielle-arbid-passion-compliquee-20210216_2PQHDWWRPVAAZLHX5CSVCBCPQU/</ref> Having never studied film in school, Arbid says her inspiration comes from "art, photography, people in the street and of course film".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/News/Highlights/Interview-of-Danielle-Arbid-director-of-In-the-Battlefields|title=Interview with Danielle Arbid|accessdate=Apr 30, 2019}}</ref>
She directed her first short ''Raddem'' and the documentary ''Seule avec la guerre'' (1999).<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.liberation.fr/culture/cinema/danielle-arbid-passion-compliquee-20210216_2PQHDWWRPVAAZLHX5CSVCBCPQU/|title=Danielle Arbid, passion compliquée|first1=Luc Le|last1=Vaillant|first2=photo Jérôme|last2=Bonnet|website=Libération}}</ref> Having never studied film in school, Arbid says her inspiration comes from "art, photography, people in the street and of course film".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/News/Highlights/Interview-of-Danielle-Arbid-director-of-In-the-Battlefields|title=Interview with Danielle Arbid|access-date=Apr 30, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029043413/http://www.europa-cinemas.org/en/News/Highlights/Interview-of-Danielle-Arbid-director-of-In-the-Battlefields|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Her first three Conversation de Salon I-III where featured at the [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien|Museum of Applied Arts]] in Vienna, Austria <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gangart.org/GAtemp/output.htm|title=gangart|website=www.gangart.org|accessdate=Apr 30, 2019}}</ref> and received the [[Golden Leopard]] at the Locarno Film Festival. Interested in different narrative forms, her work alternates between; fiction, first person documentaries and video essays; with an experimentation of the intersecting of genres. She was one of the founding members of the Lebanese film festival Né à Beyrouth in 2001.<ref>{{cite book|last=Westmoreland|first=Mark Ryan|title=Crisis of Representation: Experimental Documentary in Postwar Lebanon|year=2008|publisher=University of Texas|location=Austin|pages=164–165}}</ref>


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Her first three Conversation de Salon I-III where featured at the [[Museum für angewandte Kunst Wien|Museum of Applied Arts]] in Vienna, Austria<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gangart.org/GAtemp/output.htm|title=gangart|website=www.gangart.org|access-date=Apr 30, 2019}}</ref> and received the [[Golden Leopard]] at the Locarno Film Festival. Interested in different narrative forms, her work alternates between; fiction, first person documentaries and video essays; with an experimentation of the intersecting of genres. She was one of the founding members of the Lebanese film festival Né à Beyrouth in 2001.<ref>{{cite book|last=Westmoreland|first=Mark Ryan|title=Crisis of Representation: Experimental Documentary in Postwar Lebanon|year=2008|publisher=University of Texas|location=Austin|pages=164–165}}</ref>
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In 2011, Danielle Arbid also directed the ''[[Beirut Hotel]]'' TV-movie for Arte aired during prime time, becoming one of the channel's most popular fiction broadcasts in 2012.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120618085425/http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C3%80+La+Une/article/735546/La_censure_fait_a_nouveau_des_siennes+%3A_le_film%3C%3C+Beirut_Hotel+%3E%3E_de_Danielle_Arbid_interdit_de_projection.html</ref>


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In 2011, Danielle Arbid also directed the ''[[Beirut Hotel]]'' TV-movie for Arte aired during prime time, becoming one of the channel's most popular fiction broadcasts in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C3%80+La+Une/article/735546/La_censure_fait_a_nouveau_des_siennes+:_le_film%3C%3C+Beirut_Hotel+%3E%3E_de_Danielle_Arbid_interdit_de_projection.html|title=La censure fait a nouveau des siennes: le film Beirut Hotel de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection |date=June 18, 2012|website=L'Orient-Le Jour|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618085425/http://www.lorientlejour.com/category/%C3%80+La+Une/article/735546/La_censure_fait_a_nouveau_des_siennes+:_le_film%3C%3C+Beirut_Hotel+%3E%3E_de_Danielle_Arbid_interdit_de_projection.html |archive-date=2012-06-18 }}</ref>
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Her third fiction feature, ''[[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]'' won the Académie Lumière foreign press prize, as well as other awards including the Best Actress prize at Les Arcs in 2016. [[Parisienne (film)]] had its world première at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].


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Her third fiction feature, ''[[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]'' won the Académie Lumière foreign press prize, as well as other awards including the Best Actress prize at [[Les Arcs Film Festival|Les Arcs]] in 2016. [[Parisienne (film)]] had its world première at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]].
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''[[Simple Passion]]'' is her fourth feature film.<ref>https://www.liberation.fr/culture/cinema/danielle-arbid-passion-compliquee-20210216_2PQHDWWRPVAAZLHX5CSVCBCPQU/</ref> It's an adaptation of the major French writer [[Annie Ernaux]]s best-seller book was selected by the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2020.<ref>https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/392877/</ref> It was also selected in the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]], [[Toronto International Film Festival]], [[Zurich Film Festival]], [[Busan International Film Festival]], Les Arcs Film Festival, Lisboa & Cintra Film Festival, and the Lumière Festival.

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''[[Simple Passion]]'' is her fourth feature film.<ref name="auto"/> It's an adaptation from the major French writer [[Annie Ernaux]]s best-seller book. Simple Passion was selected by the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/392877/|title=Danielle Arbid • Director of ''Simple Passion''|interviewer-first=Fabien|interviewer-last=Lemercier|first=Danielle|last=Arbid|date=22 September 2020|website=[[Cineuropa]]|access-date=20 January 2024}}</ref> It was also selected in the [[San Sebastián International Film Festival]], [[Toronto International Film Festival]], [[Zurich Film Festival]], [[Busan International Film Festival]], [[Les Arcs Film Festival]], Lisboa & Cintra Film Festival, and the Lumière Festival.
Simple Passion obtained rave reviews from the international press - including The Telegraph,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robey |first=Tim |date=2021-02-04 |title=Simple Passion, review: Sergei Polunin steams up a Fifty Shades with Gallic soul |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/simple-passion-review-sergei-polunin-steams-fifty-shades-gallic/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |issn=0307-1235}}</ref> the Guardian,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-03 |title=Simple Passion review – sensitive French study of erotic obsession |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/03/simple-passion-review-sensitive-french-study-of-erotic-obsession |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> TimeOut,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Huw |title=Simple Passion review: A probing character study of a woman lost in lust |url=https://www.timeout.com/movies/simple-passion |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Time Out Worldwide |language=en-GB}}</ref> Culture Fix,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danielle Arbid – Culture Fix |url=https://www.culturefix.co.uk/?tag=danielle-arbid |access-date=2022-04-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Sight and Sound,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Simple Passion review: a woman in the thrall of love |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/sight-and-sound/reviews/simple-passion-laetitia-dosch-romantic-obsession-danielle-arbid |website=Sight and Sound |language=en}}</ref> Film Hounds,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-01-15 |title=Submissive Fantasia – Simple Passion (Film Review) |url=https://filmhounds.co.uk/2021/01/submissive-fantasia-simple-passion-film-review/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Filmhounds Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Film Threat]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-26 |title=Simple Passion {{!}} Film Threat |url=https://filmthreat.com/reviews/simple-passion/ |access-date= |language=en-US}}</ref>


Five retrospectives have been held around Danielle Arbid's films at the [[Gijón International Film Festival]] in 2007, Bastia Festival in 2007, Paris Cinéma in 2007, the La Rochelle Festival in 2008 and Festival Dei Popoli Florence in 2016.
Five retrospectives have been held around Danielle Arbid's films at the [[Gijón International Film Festival]] in 2007, Bastia Festival in 2007, Paris Cinéma in 2007, the La Rochelle Festival in 2008 and Festival Dei Popoli Florence in 2016.
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Her videos were presented at the [[Centre Pompidou]], the [[Vienna Museum of Art]], the [[Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne|MAC VAL]], Fondation Boghossian (Belgium), and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (France).
Her videos were presented at the [[Centre Pompidou]], the [[Vienna Museum of Art]], the [[Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne|MAC VAL]], Fondation Boghossian (Belgium), and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (France).


In 2018, she also directed ''Le Feu au cœur'', a short film for Paris Opéra.<ref>https://chezsoi.operadeparis.fr/3e-scene/videos/le-feu-au-coeur-danielle-arbid</ref>
In 2018, she also directed ''Le Feu au cœur'', a short film for the [[Paris Opera|Paris Opéra]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chezsoi.operadeparis.fr/3e-scene/videos/le-feu-au-coeur-danielle-arbid|title=Le feu au cœur - Danielle Arbid - 3e Scène|website=l'Opéra chez soi}}</ref>

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She is also a [[fine-art photography|art photographer]] who exhibited at numerous galeries, including the Galerie Cinéma in Paris, Photomed Beirut, and Rouge L'expo.


A documentary about her work titled "Danielle Arbid, un chant de bataille" was produced in 2017 in the prestigious collection "Cinéastes de notre temps" created by André S. Labarthe, former critic of [[Cahiers du Cinéma]].
A documentary about her work titled "Danielle Arbid, un chant de bataille" was produced in 2017 in the prestigious collection "Cinéastes de notre temps" created by André S. Labarthe, former critic of [[Cahiers du Cinéma]].


As an actress, she has worked films, including ''[[:fr:Les Apaches (film, 2013)|The Apaches]]'' (2013) and ''[[:fr:Réparer les vivants (film)|Repair the living]]'' (2015).
As an actress, she has worked in few films, including ''{{ill|The Apaches|fr|Les Apaches (film, 2013)|vertical-align=sup}}'' (2013) and ''{{ill|Repair the living|fr|Réparer les vivants (film)|vertical-align=sup}}'' (2015).

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She is also a [[fine-art photography|art photographer]] who exhibited at numerous galleries, including the Galerie Cinéma in Paris, Photomed Beirut, and ''Rouge'' L'Expo.


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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* [[Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present|Golden Leopard]] - Video 2004 at [[Locarno Festival|Locarno International Film Festival]]/ Conversation de salon 1-2-3.
* [[Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present|Golden Leopard]] - Video 2004 at [[Locarno Festival|Locarno International Film Festival]]/ Conversation de salon 1-2-3.
* [[Cannes Film Festival]] 2004, la [[Directors' Fortnight|Directors' Fortnight]] / Prix Europa / [[In the Battlefields|Dans les Champs de bataille (In the Battlefields]])
* [[Cannes Film Festival]] 2004, la [[Directors' Fortnight]] / Prix Europa / [[In the Battlefields|Dans les Champs de bataille (In the Battlefields)]]
* Silver Leopard - Video 2000 at [[Locarno Festival|Locarno International Film Festival]]/ Seule avec la guerre.
* Silver Leopard - Video 2000 at [[Locarno Festival|Locarno International Film Festival]]/ Seule avec la guerre.
* [[Albert Londres Prize]] (French Pulitzer) 2001
* [[Albert Londres Prize]] (French Pulitzer) 2001
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* Prix de l'Académie Lumière, de la presse étrangère en France pour [[Parisienne (film)|Peur de rien / Parisienne]]
* Prix de l'Académie Lumière, de la presse étrangère en France pour [[Parisienne (film)|Peur de rien / Parisienne]]
* Best First Film Prize at Hot Docs Toronto
* Best First Film Prize at Hot Docs Toronto
* Jury Honourable Mention at Dei Popoli Festival, Florence.
* Jury Honourable Mention at Dei Popoli Festival, Florence.
* Reflet d'Or of the Perspectives section at the Festival Cinéma-tout-écran, Geneva.
* Reflet d'Or of the Perspectives section at the Festival Cinéma-tout-écran, Geneva.
* Bayard d'Or of the best script at Namur Festival, Belgium.
* Bayard d'Or of the best script at Namur Festival, Belgium.
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* Prix d'interprétation féminine au Festival des Arcs pour Peur de rien / [[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]
* Prix d'interprétation féminine au Festival des Arcs pour Peur de rien / [[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]
* Prix de l'Académie Lumière, de la presse étrangère en France pour Peur de rien / [[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]
* Prix de l'Académie Lumière, de la presse étrangère en France pour Peur de rien / [[Parisienne (film)|Parisienne]]
* Prix Alice Guy at the [[Marseille Festival of Documentary Film]] pour J'ai Donné A Mon Coeur Une Médaille Pour T'Avoir Oublié
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170324041337/http://www.cinemadureel.org/fr/programme-2017/seances-speciales/cinema-de-notre-temps-danielle-arbid-2013-un-chant-de-bataille ] [archive]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170324041337/http://www.cinemadureel.org/fr/programme-2017/seances-speciales/cinema-de-notre-temps-danielle-arbid-2013-un-chant-de-bataille Cinéma de Notre Temps : Danielle Arbid – Un chant de bataille — Cinéma du Réel] [archive]
* Armes, Roy. "Danielle Arbid." Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2010. 68–69.
* Armes, Roy. "Danielle Arbid." Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2010. 68–69.
* Hillauer, Rebecca. Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo: American University in Cairo, 2005. 142–143.
* Hillauer, Rebecca. Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo: American University in Cairo, 2005. 142–143.
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* [http://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/307533/danielle-arbid Danielle Arbid]
* [http://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/307533/danielle-arbid Danielle Arbid]
* [https://mubi.com/cast/danielle-arbid Danielle Arbid] [archive] Danielle Arbid machine [archive] sur pointligneplan.com
* [https://mubi.com/cast/danielle-arbid Danielle Arbid] [archive] Danielle Arbid machine [archive] sur pointligneplan.com
* [http://www.reorientmag.com/2016/07/danielle-arbid/ Beirut Blues] Cigarettes, coffee, and controversy – chatting with Lebanese rebel filmmaker Danielle Arbid
* [http://www.reorientmag.com/2016/07/danielle-arbid/ Beirut Blues] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128144557/http://www.reorientmag.com/2016/07/danielle-arbid/ |date=2021-01-28 }} Cigarettes, coffee, and controversy – chatting with Lebanese rebel filmmaker Danielle Arbid
* [http://www.pointligneplan.com/danielle-arbid-machine Danielle Arbid machine]
* [http://www.pointligneplan.com/danielle-arbid-machine Danielle Arbid machine]
* [http://documents.mx/documents/shock-and-awe.html ]
* [http://documents.mx/documents/shock-and-awe.html ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017122313/http://documents.mx/documents/shock-and-awe.html |date=2016-10-17 }}
* [http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/banned-in-beirut Banned in Beirut]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/banned-in-beirut Banned in Beirut]
* [http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/language-acts Language acts]
* [http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/language-acts Language acts]
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Danielle Arbid
Born
Danielle Arbid

(1970-04-26) 26 April 1970 (age 54)
Beirut, Lebanon
CitizenshipFrench
OccupationFilm director

Danielle Arbid (born 26 April 1970) is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin who has been directing films since 1997.

Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto FF, New York FF, San Francisco, Locarno Festival, Busan and San Sebastián Film Festival. Danielle Arbid's Simple Passion, her fourth feature, was listed in the Cannes official selection, in 2020. Her first two features, Dans les champs de bataille [fr] 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 or the Reflet d’Or at Cinéma-tout-écran, Genève.

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 also at the Locarno Festival for video for Seule avec la Guerre in 2001 and 2004 respectively, as well as the Albert Londres Prize, and the Villa Medici Hors les murs Award for Aux Frontières.

Danielle Arbid is representing Lebanon at the 2022 Edition of the 59th Venice Biennale.[1][2] - The Lebanese pavilion has been nominated as one of the "Top 15 Pavilions not-to-be-missed" by the Financial Times, Le Monde,[3] the Art Newspaper[4] and the Quotidien de l'Art.[5][6][7]

Early life and education

Danielle Arbid left Lebanon at the height of the civil war in 1987, at the age of 17, to study literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France.[8] She also studied journalism.

Career

She directed her first short Raddem and the documentary Seule avec la guerre (1999).[9] Having never studied film in school, Arbid says her inspiration comes from "art, photography, people in the street and of course film".[10]

Her first three Conversation de Salon I-III where featured at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria[11] and received the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival. Interested in different narrative forms, her work alternates between; fiction, first person documentaries and video essays; with an experimentation of the intersecting of genres. She was one of the founding members of the Lebanese film festival Né à Beyrouth in 2001.[12]

In 2011, Danielle Arbid also directed the Beirut Hotel TV-movie for Arte aired during prime time, becoming one of the channel's most popular fiction broadcasts in 2012.[13]

Her third fiction feature, Parisienne won the Académie Lumière foreign press prize, as well as other awards including the Best Actress prize at Les Arcs in 2016. Parisienne (film) had its world première at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Simple Passion is her fourth feature film.[9] It's an adaptation from the major French writer Annie Ernauxs best-seller book. Simple Passion was selected by the Cannes Film Festival in 2020.[14] It was also selected in the San Sebastián International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Zurich Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival, Les Arcs Film Festival, Lisboa & Cintra Film Festival, and the Lumière Festival. Simple Passion obtained rave reviews from the international press - including The Telegraph,[15] the Guardian,[16] TimeOut,[17] Culture Fix,[18] Sight and Sound,[19] Film Hounds,[20] Film Threat.[21]

Five retrospectives have been held around Danielle Arbid's films at the Gijón International Film Festival in 2007, Bastia Festival in 2007, Paris Cinéma in 2007, the La Rochelle Festival in 2008 and Festival Dei Popoli Florence in 2016.

Her videos were presented at the Centre Pompidou, the Vienna Museum of Art, the MAC VAL, Fondation Boghossian (Belgium), and the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes (France).

In 2018, she also directed Le Feu au cœur, a short film for the Paris Opéra.[22]

A documentary about her work titled "Danielle Arbid, un chant de bataille" was produced in 2017 in the prestigious collection "Cinéastes de notre temps" created by André S. Labarthe, former critic of Cahiers du Cinéma.

As an actress, she has worked in few films, including The Apaches [fr] (2013) and Repair the living [fr] (2015).

She is also a art photographer who exhibited at numerous galleries, including the Galerie Cinéma in Paris, Photomed Beirut, and Rouge L'Expo.

Filmography

  • 1998: Raddem (Short, fiction,17')
  • 1999: Le passeur (Short, fiction, 13')
  • 2000: Seule avec la guerre [60'] (documentary)
  • 2002: Étrangère (Fiction, 46')
  • 2002: Aux frontières [60'](Documentary)
  • 2004: In the battlefields (Feature)
  • 2004: Nous / Nihna [2004, 13']
  • 2004: Conversation de Salon 1, 2 et 3 [3x10']
  • 2007: A lost man (Feature)
  • 2008: This smell of sex [21']
  • 2009: Conversation de salon 4, 5 et 6 [3x10']
  • 2011: Beirut Hotel [99'] ( TV Feature)
  • 2015: Parisienne (Peur de rien) (Premiere in TIFF)
  • 2020: Simple Passion

Awards and recognition

See also

References

  1. ^ "The artist duo Danielle Arbid and Ayman Baalbaki will represent Lebanon at the 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia". February 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Biennale Arte 2022 | National Participations". 15 April 2022.
  3. ^ "La Biennale de Venise met les femmes à l'honneur". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2022-04-22.
  4. ^ "Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ Foster, Kristina; Dawood, Dalia (2022-04-14). "What not to miss in and around the Venice Biennale". Financial Times.
  6. ^ "Danielle Arbid et Ayman Baalbaki au pavillon libanais". Le Quotidien de l'Art (in French).
  7. ^ "Hors-série du 16 avril 2022". Le Quotidien de l'Art (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  8. ^ iniva | Danielle Arbid Profile | http://www.iniva.org/library/archive/people/a/arbid_danielle Archived 2014-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b Vaillant, Luc Le; Bonnet, photo Jérôme. "Danielle Arbid, passion compliquée". Libération.
  10. ^ "Interview with Danielle Arbid". Archived from the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.
  11. ^ "gangart". www.gangart.org. Retrieved Apr 30, 2019.
  12. ^ Westmoreland, Mark Ryan (2008). Crisis of Representation: Experimental Documentary in Postwar Lebanon. Austin: University of Texas. pp. 164–165.
  13. ^ "La censure fait a nouveau des siennes: le film Beirut Hotel de Danielle Arbid interdit de projection". L'Orient-Le Jour. June 18, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-06-18.
  14. ^ Arbid, Danielle (22 September 2020). "Danielle Arbid • Director of Simple Passion". Cineuropa. Interviewed by Lemercier, Fabien. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  15. ^ Robey, Tim (2021-02-04). "Simple Passion, review: Sergei Polunin steams up a Fifty Shades with Gallic soul". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  16. ^ "Simple Passion review – sensitive French study of erotic obsession". the Guardian. 2021-02-03. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  17. ^ Oliver, Huw. "Simple Passion review: A probing character study of a woman lost in lust". Time Out Worldwide. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  18. ^ "Danielle Arbid – Culture Fix". Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  19. ^ "Simple Passion review: a woman in the thrall of love". Sight and Sound.
  20. ^ "Submissive Fantasia – Simple Passion (Film Review)". Filmhounds Magazine. 2021-01-15. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  21. ^ "Simple Passion | Film Threat". 2022-03-26.
  22. ^ "Le feu au cœur - Danielle Arbid - 3e Scène". l'Opéra chez soi.

Bibliography

  • Cinéma de Notre Temps : Danielle Arbid – Un chant de bataille — Cinéma du Réel [archive]
  • Armes, Roy. "Danielle Arbid." Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 2010. 68–69.
  • Hillauer, Rebecca. Encyclopedia of Arab Women Filmmakers. Cairo: American University in Cairo, 2005. 142–143.
  • Westmoreland, Mark Ryan. Crisis of Representation: Experimental Documentary in Postwar Lebanon. University of Texas, 2008 164-165

External links

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