French filmmaker (born 1969)
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Born | (1969-07-24) July 24, 1969 (age 55)[1]
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Occupation | Film director |
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Years active | 2001 – present |
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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
Awards and nominations
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