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: Day2015: Stubborn2003: SoloS2004: Kino2004: Chorus2005: Contre Temps2006: World was on fire and no one could save me but you2008: Lost You2012: Psycho Motion2013: Kingston Avenue2005: De Saragosse à Barcelone - Julien Ribot - Ici, d'ailleurs...2006: Seven Days - Fantazio - La Triperie2006: Crack Maniac - Babx - Warner Music2007: Cœur Larsen - Babx - Warner Music2007: Bains de minuit - Babx - Warner Music2008: Vanita - Toma Fetermix - Musikaction2009: Sirènes - Delphine Volange - Labelenchanteur2009: Do look back- Suicide - Kochka Da Cat2009: Terra Incognita - Foma - Inverness2009: BMB - DM Stith - Asthmatic Kitty Records2009: Bons baisers d'Islamabad - Babx - Warner Music2009: Electrochocs Ladyland - Babx - Warner Music2009: De Haut en Bas - Arlt - Almost Musique2009: The brightest side - Fantazio - La Triperie2010: Hypernuit - Bertrand Belin - Label Cinq 72010: Even If - Limousine - Ekler’o’shock Records2010: La mort des amants - Babx - Warner Music2010: Carrie Ann - Poni Hoax & Babx - Tigersushi2011: Tes bonnes choses - Louis Bertignac - Polydor2012: Despote Paranoïa - Babx - Label Cinq 72013: Tchador Woman - Babx - Label Cinq 72013: Naomi Aime - Babx - Label Cinq 72013: There's nothing left for you here - Poni Hoax - Paneuropean Recordings2013: Je ne t'ai jamais aimé - Babx - Label Cinq 72013: Lucile - Ghost Dance - Label La Fugitive2014: Helsinki - Babx - Label Cinq 72015: Lost - Arcan2005: Everything is mental - Moscow Digital Act 20112006: Chute, 1 & 2 - Exposition Permanence, Orangerie de Sucy 20062006: Ondes (rêver immobile) - Théâtre de Bonneuil 20072007: Les petites statues - Kunsthaus Luxembourg Capitale européenne de la culture 20072007: Anatomie d'une ville Translocated, Londres 20102007: Wall Times, 1 & 2 - Melilla (2007) - Ramallah (2009)2008: Sensations - Rimbaudmania, Bibliothèque historique de la ville de Paris 20102008: Laps - Espace Landowski, Boulogne 20092008: Traces - Dans la nuit, des images- Grand Palais, Paris 20082010: Niobe - Le quai de la batterie, Arras 20102011: Chili - Art of Travelling #12012: Flota - Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC2012: Watch Thru Me - Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center EMPAC2013: Stellar (Region) - Innermap2014: Duende - Musée Picasso - Nuit Blanche Paris 2014 2004: Best experimental Film, SoloS, Tel Aviv international student film festival2004: Prix BAC cinéma, SoloS, Rencontres cinématographiques de Digne2004: Prix SACEM, SoloS, Festival des e-magiciens, Valenciennes2005: 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-tica2008: Selected music video 2008, BMB (can't say goodbye), You Tube US2008: Jury Award, Kino, San Francisco Independent Exposure2009: Audience Award, Metafest, World was on fire and no one could save me but you, San Francisco2012: 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
