Known for Production
After working as a banker in the audiovisual sector in London and Paris, Remi Burah joined Haut et Court as a partner, managing director, and CEO of the communication agency, working there for 8 years. He joined ARTE France Cinema, the film branch of the European TV channel, in 2001. He has collaborated in features films coproductions of well-known filmmakers : Wim Wenders, Lars Von Trier, Wong Kar-wai , Michael Haneke, Patrice Chereau, Aki Kaurismaki, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mathieu Amalric, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Bertrand Bonello, Marjane Satrapi, Maiwenn... among others. Since 2004 he is also Managing Director of ARTE Cofinova, a finance company that he has initiated in partnership with Sofica french tax system. Since 2016 he is also President of ARTE KINO Endowment Fund that he has initiated to organize the ARTE Kino Festival, the first european film festival on line. He participated in the development of animation feature film as an associate producer (Persepolis, A Monster in Paris, The Prince and the 108 Demon kings..)
Born
July 16, 1967 (age 59)
Filmography
99 films


A Conversation with Lucile Hadzihalilovic
2025 · 1h 19m
country: Unknown
Filmmaker Lucile Hadzilalilovic, winner of the Silver Bear at the 2025 Berlinale for “The Tower of Ice”, delves into her world of hauntingly beautiful tales. From “Innocence” to her latest film, she crafts stories rich in mystery, where powerful women and enigmatic youth evoke the legacy of Argento-style genre cinema.


Animal Tales of Christmas Magic
2024 · 1h 10m
country: France
In a festive and fairytale atmosphere, animals from around the world are brought together through five poetic and humorous adventures to celebrate Christmas and wintertime. They will learn about the importance of helping each other, being generous and rediscovering the beauty of nature.


Soul Mates
2023 · 1h 40m
country: France
Lieutenant of the French forces engaged in Mali, David Faber is seriously burned during the explosion of his armored vehicle. Repatriated to France for intensive care, he must begin a long convalescence, under the worried but devoted gaze of his sister Jeanne. They meet again in the family house in the Alps, between mountains, lake and forests. Jeanne tries to reconnect her brother with the past, but David, who suffers from amnesia after the accident, does not seem to be interested in reconciling with the man he used to be.


Undercover
2022 · 2h 3m
country: France
October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of State drug trafficking led by Jacques Billard, prominent media figure and high-ranking French police officer. Suspicious at first, the young journalist finally dives into an investigation that will lead him to the darkest corners of the Republic.


Dilili in Paris
2018 · 1h 35m
country: France
With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious kidnappings of young girls that is plaguing Belle Epoque Paris. In the course of her investigation she encounters a series of extraordinary characters, each of whom provides her with clues that will help her in her quest.


A Violent Life
2017 · 1h 47m
country: France
Despite the life threat hanging over his head, Stéphane decides to go back to Corsica for the funeral of Christophe, a childhood friend and companion in arms, murdered the day before. On this occasion, the chain of events which made him, the learned petit-bourgeois from Bastia, shift from delinquency to political radicalization and then to clandestinity, comes back to his mind.


Frost
2017 · 1h 55m
country: France
Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. They cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region, drifting into the lives of those affected by the war.


The Apple of My Eye
2016 · 1h 24m
country: France
A boy, a girl. They live in the same building. They share a passion for music. But when they meet in the elevator, Théo doesn’t see that Élise is blind. It’s hate at first sight. Love takes its time. Will that early misunderstanding bring them together or drive them apart?


Clash
2016 · 1h 35m
country: Egypt
In 2013, in Cairo, a tragic fate brings together several detainees from different political and social backgrounds inside a police truck, during the turmoil that followed the ousting of president Morsi.


Post Tenebras Lux
2012 · 1h 55m
country: France
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complimentary or if they strive to eliminate one another.


Persecution
2009 · 1h 38m
country: France
A solitary man and his partner share a tense love/hate relationship. Their lives are disrupted when a stranger enters, gradually insinuating himself into their world. The stranger’s persistence creates strain, leaving the man with lingering questions about his motivations and the impact on his life.


Mademoiselle Chambon
2009 · 1h 41m
country: France
Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.


Héros
2007 · 1h 56m
country: France
A comedian kidnaps a singer and keeps him in his apartment.


Caché
2005 · 1h 58m
country: France
As the host of a literary TV show, Georges begins receiving anonymously filmed videos of his family alongside cryptic, disturbing drawings, but as the tapes become increasingly intimate, they reveal a stalker who has known him for a very long time.


Paradise Now
2005 · 1h 30m
country: France
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv


The Syrian Bride
2004 · 1h 37m
country: France
In Majdal Shams, the largest Druze village in Golan Heights on the Israeli-Syrian border, the Druze bride Mona is engaged to get married with Tallel, a television comedian that works in the Revolution Studios in Damascus, Syria. They have never met each other because of the occupation of the area by Israel since 1967; when Mona moves to Syria, she will lose her undefined nationality and will never be allowed to return home. Mona's father Hammed is a political activist pro-Syria that is on probation by the Israeli government. His older son Hatten married a Russian woman eight years ago and was banished from Majdal Shams by the religious leaders and his father. His brother Marwan is a wolf trader that lives in Italy. His sister Amal has two teenager daughters and has the intention to join the university, but her marriage with Amin is in crisis. When the family gathers for Mona's wedding, an insane bureaucracy jeopardizes the ceremony.


The Story of Marie and Julien
2003 · 2h 30m
country: France
Julien is a clockmaker with destructive impulses who decides to blackmail Madame X, a rich, attractive woman who traffics in stolen antiques. What he doesn’t know is that she has an even more dangerous secret that leads him to Marie, with whom he had fallen in love a year earlier.