{{Short description|Austrian film director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Patric Chiha | image = Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017 photo call Brüder der Nacht Patric Chiha.jpg | caption = Chiha in 2017 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|3|3|df=yes}}<ref name="bio">{{Cite web |title=Patric Chiha |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/patric_chiha |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes |archive-date=6 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206040953/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/patric_chiha |url-status=live }}</ref> | birth_place = Vienna, Austria<ref name="unifrance">{{Cite web |title=Patric Chiha |url=https://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/322583/patric-chiha |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=UniFrance |language=fr |archive-date=22 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122090319/https://www.unifrance.org/annuaires/personne/322583/patric-chiha |url-status=live }}</ref> | other_names = | occupation = {{hlist|Film director|screenwriter|editor|}} | years_active = 2000–present | awards = }}
'''Patric Chiha''' (born 3 March 1975) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin.<ref name="unifrance"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Patric Chiha |url=https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=AlloCiné |language=fr |archive-date=22 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122223939/https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, ''Domain'' (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.<ref name="unifrance"/> In 2014, he directed his second feature film, ''Boys Like Us''. His documentaries ''Brothers of the Night'' (2016), and ''If It Were Love'' (2020) were both selected for the Berlin Film Festival. His third feature film, ''The Beast in the Jungle'', was released in 2023.
==Early life== Chiha was born in Vienna, Austria on 3 March 1975.<ref name="bio"/><ref name="unifrance"/> He is of Hungarian and Lebanese origin,<ref name="unifrance"/> and has lived in France since the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Le jury de la compétition internationale |url=https://www.festival-entrevues.com/sites/default/files/images/archives/Catalogue%202011.pdf |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Entrevues Belfort Film Festival |page=16 |language=fr |archive-date=22 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422193339/http://www.festival-entrevues.com/sites/default/files/images/archives/Catalogue%202011.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
Chiha studied fashion design at ESAA Duperré in Paris and film editing at INSAS in Brussels.<ref name="unifrance"/>
==Career== After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, ''Domain'' (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival.<ref name="unifrance"/> In 2014, he directed his second feature film, ''Boys Like Us''. His documentaries ''Brothers of the Night'' (2016), and ''If It Were Love'' (2020) were both selected for the Berlin Film Festival.<ref name="unifrance"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=18 December 2019 |title=Best Friend Forever boards sales on Patric Chiha's Berlinale title 'If It Were Love' (exclusive) |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/best-friend-forever-boards-sales-on-patric-chihas-berlinale-title-if-it-were-love-exclusive/5145763.article |website=Screen International |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614125529/https://www.screendaily.com/news/best-friend-forever-boards-sales-on-patric-chihas-berlinale-title-if-it-were-love-exclusive/5145763.article |url-status=live }}</ref>
His third feature film, ''The Beast in the Jungle'', premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.<ref name="berlinale23">{{Cite web |last=Goodfellow |first=Melanie |date=18 January 2023 |title='The Beast In The Jungle' Clip: Berlinale Henry James Adaptation Stars Anaïs Demoustier, Tom Mercier & Béatrice Dalle |url=https://deadline.com/video/the-beast-in-the-jungle-clip-berlinale-anais-demoustier-tom-mercier-amp-beatrice-dalle-patric-chiha/ |website=Deadline |access-date=22 January 2023 |archive-date=22 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122182026/https://deadline.com/video/the-beast-in-the-jungle-clip-berlinale-anais-demoustier-tom-mercier-amp-beatrice-dalle-patric-chiha/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anaïs Demoustier et Tom Mercier dans " La bête dans la jungle " de Patric Chiha |url=https://www.chaosreign.fr/anais-demoustier-et-tom-mercier-dans-la-bete-dans-la-jungle-de-patric-chiha/ |website=Chaos Reign |date=25 November 2021 |language=fr}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="width:26px;"| Year ! Title ! Director ! Writer ! Editor ! Notes |- | 2000 | ''Une cicatrice derrière la tête'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2003 | ''Bologna centrale'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Documentary; also cinematographer and assistant director |- | rowspan=3|2004 | ''La visite'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''La route des hêtres'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Documentary |- | ''Casa Ugalde'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2005 | ''Les messieurs'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Documentary |- | 2006 | ''Home'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Medium-length film |- | 2008 | ''Where Is the Head of the Prison?'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Short film |- | 2009 | ''Domain'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | 2014 | ''Boys Like Us'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | 2016 | ''Brothers of the Night'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Documentary |- | 2020 | ''If It Were Love'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Documentary |- | 2022 | ''Exalted Mars'' | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Short film |- | 2023 | ''The Beast in the Jungle'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | 2026 | ''A Russian Winter'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Documentary |}
== Awards and nominations == ;<big>Athens International Film Festival</big> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2020 | ''If It Were Love'' | Golden Athena for Best Documentary | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Archive : 26th AIFF 2020 : International Documentaries Competition - Stranger Than Fiction |url=http://en.aiff.gr/international_documentaries_competition_stranger_than_fiction/ |website=Athens International Film Festival |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219121629/http://en.aiff.gr/international_documentaries_competition_stranger_than_fiction/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |}
;<big>Austrian Film Award</big> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2017 | ''Brothers of the Night'' | Best Documentary Film | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Österreichischer Filmpreis 2017: 45 Nominierungen für 17 vom ORF kofinanzierte Filme |url=https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/aktuell/filmpreis100.html |website=der.ORF.at |date=14 December 2016 |language=de |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505222634/https://der.orf.at/unternehmen/aktuell/filmpreis100.html |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |}
;<big>Berlin Film Festival</big> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2016 | ''Brothers of the Night'' | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=Berlin completes Panorama programme |url=https://www.screendaily.com/berlin-completes-panorama-programme/5099140.article |date=21 January 2016 |website=Screen International |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423001032/https://www.screendaily.com/berlin-completes-panorama-programme/5099140.article |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2020 | ''If It Were Love'' | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | {{won}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Awards of the 70th Berlin International Film Festival |url=https://www.berlinale.de/media/en/download/service/berlinale-awards-2020.pdf |page=10 |website=berlinale.de |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=1 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101142620/https://www.berlinale.de/media/en/download/service/berlinale-awards-2020.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2023 | ''The Beast in the Jungle'' | Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film | {{nom}} | <ref name="berlinale23"/> |}
;<big>Lumière Awards</big> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2021 | ''If It Were Love'' | Best Documentary | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=26th Lumière Awards Nominations |url=http://academiedeslumieres.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lumi%C3%A8resnominationsSOUSEMBARGO14_12-12H10.pdf |work=The Académie des Lumières |access-date=12 August 2022 |language=fr |archive-date=16 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716231140/http://academiedeslumieres.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Lumi%C3%A8resnominationsSOUSEMBARGO14_12-12H10.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |}
;Prix Louis-Delluc {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | 2023 | ''The Beast in the Jungle'' | Best Film | {{pending}} | <ref>{{Cite web |last=Lavallée |first=Eric |date=24 November 2023 |title=Prix Louis-Delluc: Justine Triet, Catherine Breillat & Thomas Cailley Among 9 Noms |url=https://www.ioncinema.com/news/film-festivals/2023-prix-louis-delluc-justine-triet-catherine-breillat-thomas-cailley-among-9-noms |website=Ioncinema}}</ref> |- |}
;<big>Venice Film Festival</big> {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Nominated work ! Category ! Result ! Ref |- | rowspan=2|2009 | rowspan=2|''Domain'' | International Film Critics' Week Award | {{nom}} | <ref>{{Cite web |title=24th International Film Critics' Week |url=https://www.sicvenezia.eu/edizione/24-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106120405/https://www.sicvenezia.eu/edizione/24-settimana-internazionale-della-critica/?lang=en |archive-date=6 November 2021 |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=Venice International Film Critics' Week}}</ref> |- | Queer Lion | {{nom}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Queer Lion Award: Films in Competition |url=https://www.queerlion.it/en/competition2009/ |work=queerlion.it |date=30 August 2009 |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=13 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813003547/https://www.queerlion.it/en/competition2009/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |- |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb name|name=Patric Chiha|id=1194101}} * [https://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/22583/patric-chiha Patric Chiha] on UniFrance * [https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne_gen_cpersonne=94124.html Patric Chiha] on AlloCiné * [https://cineuropa.org/en/filmography/197845/ Patric Chiha] on Cineuropa
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