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Philippe Aractingi is an award winning author, director, producer and photographer. To this day, he has directed and occasionally produced more than 50 documentaries and 4 feature films all of which were widely distributed in the word and are now available on Netflix. In 2005, Aractingi directed the chart-topping musical comedy “Bosta” (2005). This road movie topped all the Box Office charts and paved the road to a new generation of films. In 2006, the war in Lebanon had erupted again and Aractingi felt compelled to bear witness and started shooting his second film. Released in 2008, “Under the Bombs” was selected in more than 40 festivals including Venice, Sundance and won a total of 23 awards around the world. “Bosta” and “Under the Bombs” were both selected to represent Lebanon at the Oscars in 2006 and 2009. Later in 2014, Aractingi opted to experiment a new genre; the autobiography. “Heritages” depicts the sensitive topics of exile, memory and transmission. The movie is currently being taught in schools and universities (Boston university) as a case study. For his fourth feature, Aractingi released a fictional movie “Ismaii” or “Listen” (2018) which covers the beauty and difficulty of a modern-day Lebanese love story. The film selected to represent Lebanon at the Golden Globes in 2018. Philippe Aractingi was named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2018 by the Government of France for his contributions to art and cinema and is also founder of “Fondation Liban Cinema”. As a photographer Philippe has produced two exhibitions; “Night in Beirut” (2010) in Paris and “Obsession”