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.

Awards and nominations

 * Athens International Film Festival


 * Austrian Film Award


 * Berlin Film Festival


 * Lumières Awards


 * Prix Louis-Delluc


 * Venice Film Festival