# Patric Chiha

Patric Chiha (born 3 March 1975) is an Austrian film director, screenwriter and film editor of Hungarian and Lebanese origin. After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. 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. He is of Hungarian and Lebanese origin, and has lived in France since the age of 18.
Chiha studied fashion design at ESAA Duperré in Paris and film editing at INSAS in Brussels.

## Career

After directing several short films and documentaries, his first feature film, Domain (2009), premiered at the 2009 Venice Film Festival. 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, premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival.

## Filmography

| 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 |
| 2004 | La visite | No | No | Yes | |
| 2004 | La route des hêtres | No | No | Yes | Documentary |
| 2004 | 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 | |

## Awards and nominations
### Athens International Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2020 | If It Were Love | Golden Athena for Best Documentary | Nominated | |

### Austrian Film Award

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2017 | Brothers of the Night | Best Documentary Film | Nominated | |

### Berlin Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2016 | Brothers of the Night | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | Nominated |
| 2020 | If It Were Love | Teddy Award for Best Documentary Film | Won |
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | Panorama Audience Award for Best Feature Film | Nominated |

### Lumières Awards

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2021 | If It Were Love | Best Documentary | Nominated | |

### Prix Louis-Delluc

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2023 | The Beast in the Jungle | Best Film | Pending | |

### Venice Film Festival

| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref |
| 2009 | Domain | International Film Critics' Week Award | Nominated | |
| 2009 | Domain | Queer Lion | Nominated | |