Boris Lojkine

Boris Lojkine
Born	(1969-07-24) July 24, 1969 (age 56) [1] Paris, France
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2001 – present

Boris Lojkine (born July 24, 1969) is a French film director. ^{[2] [1]}

Early life and education

Lojkine was born in Paris and studied at the École normale supérieure. ^[1]

Career

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 Souleymane's Story was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. ^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Editor	Notes	Ref.
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	Souleymane's Story	Yes	Yes	No	—	[5]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
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	Nominated	[5]

References

1. "Boris Lojkine". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
2. "Boris Lojkine, France". Trigon-film. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
3. Tesson, Charles. "Interview with the director Boris Lojkine". Semaine de la Critique. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
4. Lemercier, Fabien. "EXCLUSIVE: Boris Lojkine now shooting L'histoire de Souleymane". Cineuropa. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
5. "All the French films at the 77th Cannes Film Festival". Unifrance. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
6. "Cooperation projects". Unifrance. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
7. "Wandering souls". Unifrance. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
8. "Alone at my Wedding". Unifrance. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
9. "Camille". Unifrance.
10. "We, Students!". Unifrance. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

External links

• Boris Lojkine at IMDb