Boris Lojkine | |
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Born | [1] | July 24, 1969
Occupation | Film director |
Years active | 2001 – present |
Boris Lojkine (born July 24, 1969) is a French film director. [2] [1]
Lojkine was born in Paris and studied at the École normale supérieure. [1]
Prior to his film career, Lojkine taught philosophy at Aix-Marseille University. His first film projects were documentaries inspired by his time in Vietnam [2]
Lojkine's narrative feature debut, Hope , screened at the Critics' Week section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. [3] His second narrative feature, Camille, won the Audience Award at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. [4]
In 2024, Lojkine's feature The Story of Souleymane was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. [5]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Editor | Notes | Ref. |
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2001 | Ceux qui restent | Yes | No | No | Documentary short film | [2] |
2004 | Les chantiers de la coopération | Yes | Yes | No | Documentary short film | [2] [6] |
2005 | Wandering Souls | Yes | No | No | Documentary short film | [2] [7] |
2014 | Hope | Yes | Yes | No | — | [2] |
2018 | Alone at my Wedding | No | Yes | No | Directed by Marta Bergman | [8] |
2019 | Camille | Yes | Yes | No | — | [2] [9] |
2021 | We, Students! | No | No | Yes | Directed by Rafiki Fariala | [10] |
2024 | The Story of Souleymane | Yes | Yes | No | — | [5] |
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Critics' Week | Prix SACD | Hope | Won | [4] |
2019 | Locarno Film Festival | Audience Award | Camille | Won | [4] |
2024 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard | The Story of Souleymane | Pending | [5] |
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