Armel Hostiou

Hostiou studied at La Fémis cinema school in Paris, he graduated in 2003. Then he directed several short films, SoloS, Contre Temps, Lost You, Chorus, Kino, World was on Fire and No One Could Save Me But You, Psycho Motion, La ville bleue. Those films won different awards in film festivals Best experimental Film Tel Aviv 2004 for SoloS, Audience Award Munich 2006 for Contre Temps, Jury Award San Francisco Independent Exposure 2008 for Kino, Audience Award San Francisco Metacafe Festival 2009 for World was on Fire and no one could save me but You. Hostiou also directed music videos for French and American bands (Babx, Fantazio, Poni Hoax, Limousine, DM Stith, Foma) and some experimental films and video installations. Day, his first feature film, produced by Bocalupo Films was premiered at the Cannes film festival in 2011 in the Acid selection. The U.S. premiere took place at the European Film festival in the Miami Beach Cinematheque as the opening film of the festival. In 2013 he shot in New York his second feature film, also produced by Bocalupo Films, Stubborn (Une histoire américaine, French title), starring Vincent Macaigne and Kate Moran. The film is released in France in February 2015 by UFO Distribution. The U.S. premiere took place in New York at Lincoln Center as part of the 20th "Rendez-Vous with French cinema" film festival in March 2015. In 2019, The Invisible Pyramid, his first feature-length documentary, filmed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, had its premiere at the Cinéma du Réel Festival in Paris. In 2023, he's presenting a new film, The Other Profile, which recounts his quest to track down an identity thief in Congo. The U.S. Premiere took place at the True/False Film Festival in March 2024. Selected by numerous festivals worldwide, it won the Audience Award at the Sicilia Queer Filmfest in Palermo in 2024. == Filmography ==