Armel 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.
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 americaine, French title), starring Vincent Macaigne and Kate Moran. The film is released in France in February 2015 by UFO Distribution.
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.
2012: Day
2015: Stubborn
2003: SoloS
2004: Kino
2004: Chorus
2005: Contre Temps
2006: World was on fire and no one could save me but you
2008: Lost You
2012: Psycho Motion
2013: Kingston Avenue
2005: De Saragosse à Barcelone - Julien Ribot - Ici, d'ailleurs...
2006: Seven Days - Fantazio - La Triperie
2006: Crack Maniac - Babx - Warner Music
2007: Cœur Larsen - Babx - Warner Music
2007: Bains de minuit - Babx - Warner Music
2008: Vanita - Toma Fetermix - Musikaction
2009: Sirènes - Delphine Volange - Labelenchanteur
2009: Do look back- Suicide - Kochka Da Cat
2009: Terra Incognita - Foma - Inverness
2009: BMB - DM Stith - Asthmatic Kitty Records
2009: Bons baisers d'Islamabad - Babx - Warner Music
2009: Electrochocs Ladyland - Babx - Warner Music
2009: De Haut en Bas - Arlt - Almost Musique
2009: The brightest side - Fantazio - La Triperie
2010: Hypernuit - Bertrand Belin - Label Cinq 7
2010: Even If - Limousine - Ekler’o’shock Records
2010: La mort des amants - Babx - Warner Music
2010: Carrie Ann - Poni Hoax & Babx - Tigersushi
2011: Tes bonnes choses - Louis Bertignac - Polydor
2012: Despote Paranoïa - Babx - Label Cinq 7
2013: Tchador Woman - Babx - Label Cinq 7
2013: Naomi Aime - Babx - Label Cinq 7
2013: There's nothing left for you here - Poni Hoax - Paneuropean Recordings
2013: Je ne t'ai jamais aimé - Babx - Label Cinq 7
2013: Lucile - Ghost Dance - Label La Fugitive
2014: Helsinki - Babx - Label Cinq 7
2015: Lost - Arcan
2005: Everything is mental - Moscow Digital Act 2011
2006: Chute, 1 & 2 - Exposition Permanence, Orangerie de Sucy 2006
2006: Ondes (rêver immobile) - Théâtre de Bonneuil 2007
2007: Les petites statues - Kunsthaus Luxembourg Capitale européenne de la culture 2007
2007: Anatomie d'une ville Translocated, Londres 2010
2007: Wall Times, 1 & 2 - Melilla (2007) - Ramallah (2009)
2008: Sensations - Rimbaudmania, Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris 2010
2008: Laps - Espace Landowski, Boulogne 2009
2008: Traces - Dans la nuit, des images- Grand Palais, Paris 2008
2010: Niobe - Le quai de la batterie, Arras 2010
2011: Chili - Art of Travelling #1
2012: Flota - Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC
2012: Watch Thru Me - Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC
2013: Stellar (Region) - Innermap
2014: Duende - Musée Picasso - Nuit Blanche Paris 2014
2004: Best experimental Film, SoloS, Tel Aviv international student film festival
2004: Prix BAC cinéma, SoloS, Rencontres cinématographiques de Digne
2004: Prix SACEM, SoloS, Festival des e-magiciens, Valenciennes
2005: Max Ophuls preis, Chorus, Saarbrücken Film festival
2006: Audience Award, Contre Temps, FFAT Festival Munich
2007: Prix du clip le plus créatif de l'année, Seven Days, Le Monde.fr
2008: Geografias de la imagen, Anatomie d'une ville Fundacion Ars Teore-tica
2008: Selected music video 2008, BMB (can't say goodbye), You Tube US
2008: Jury Award, Kino, San Francisco Independent Exposure
2009: Audience Award, Metafest, World was on fire and no one could save me but you, San Francisco
2012: Curator's choice, Rives, Young french Cinema at B.A.M. - New York
2015: Young Programmers Award, Une histoire américaine, Festival de cine europeo de Sevilla
