Zeno Graton is a Belgian film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023. [1]
Graton studied film at INSAS. [2] He directed the short films Seagulls (Mouettes) in 2013 and Jay Amongst Men (Jay parmi les hommes) in 2015. Seagulls won awards at the Namur Film Festival and the Brussels Short Film Festival, [3] and Jay Amongst Men received a Magritte Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the 6th Magritte Awards in 2016. [4] He was a Cinéfondation resident in the fall 2016 and winter 2017 session. [5]
He served on the Queer Palm jury at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. [6]
He is of partial Tunisian descent, and identifies as queer. [7]
The Cannes Film Festival, until 2003 called the International Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world. Founded in 1946, the invitation-only festival is held annually at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The festival was formally accredited by the FIAPF in 1951.
Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. They also own the production company Les Films du Fleuve.
Bertrand Bonello is a French film director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor. His work has been associated with the New French Extremity. He wrote and directed Something Organic (1998), The Pornographer (2001), Tiresia (2003), Cindy: The Doll Is Mine (2005), On War (2008), House of Tolerance (2011), Saint Laurent (2014), Nocturama (2016), Zombi Child (2019), Coma (2022), and The Beast (2023). He also starred in Portrait of the Artist (2015), and Titane (2021). He was nominated for the César Award for Best Director for Saint Laurent, and was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2015.
The Short Film Palme d'Or is the highest prize given to a short film at the Cannes Film Festival. Since the creation of the Cinéfondation section in 1998, a common Official Jury awards the Short Film Palme d'Or as well as the prizes for the three best films of the Cinéfondation.
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Monia Chokri is a Canadian actress and filmmaker.
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Morgan Simon is a French director, screenwriter and photographer born in the Paris suburbs.
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