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= Cyril Dion =

Cyril Dion born July 23rd 1978 in Poissy (France), is a writer, film director, poet, and French activist

Biography
After studying at the École d'art dramatique Jean-Périmony (drama school) and a very brief career as an actor, Cyril Dion coordinated projects for the 'Fondation Hommes de Parole'. He organized an israelo-palestinian congress at Caux in 2003, 2005 and 2006, and the first and second world Congress of Imams and Rabbis for peace in Brussels and Sevilla

In 2007, he founded with Pierre Rabhi and a few friends, the Hummingbird Movement [|(Mouvement Colibris)]. He was director until July 2013 an is now the spokesperson and member of the steering comity.

In 2010, he was advisor and co-producer with Colibris of Thing global act Local by Coline Serreau.

In 2012, he co-founded Kaizen magazine, and was Editor in Chief from March 2012 to April 20145. He is also Editor in Chief of the Domaine du Possible (The field of possibilities) collection at Actes Sud [|(Editions Actes Sud)] with Jean-Paul Capitani.

Since he was 17, he writes poetry and in 2014 published a collection of poems (Sitting on the edge) Assis sur le fil, Table Ronde Editions

He wrote and co-produced with Mélanie Laurent le film documentaire Tomorrow the documentary, released in movie theaters in France on December 2nd 2015; as well as two books with the Actes Sud Editor.

Tomorrow won the Cesar award for Best Documentary (Oscar equivalent in France)in 2016 and over one million people went to see it in movie theatres in France. It is now released in over 30 countries.

In september 2016, he will be President of the jury of the documentary movie in Festival Biarritz Amérique latine. In october, he will be Godfather of festival Atmosphère with the french singer Camille and the FIFF Campus à Namur.

Filmography
Tomorrow, co-directed with Mélanie Laurent, produce by Move Movie, released December 2nd 2015

Awards

 * [Festival du film de Sarlat] 2015 : Salamandre d'Or (prix du public)
 * Festival Ram Dam de Tournai en 2016 Festival RamDam de Tournai : Best documentary award
 * César 2016 : César du meilleur film documentaire: Best documentary award
 * Festival COLCOA de Los Angeles 2016 : Best documentary award
 * Prix Saint-Just de Narbonne 2016

Nominations

 * Prix Lumière 2016 : Best documentary award