Boris Lojkine Explained

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

Early life and education

Lojkine was born in Paris and studied at the École normale supérieure.

Career

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]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Editor	Notes	Ref.
2001	Ceux qui restent				Documentary short film
2004	Les chantiers de la coopération				Documentary short film	[6]
2005	Wandering Souls				Documentary short film	[7]
2014	Hope
2018	Alone at my Wedding				Directed by Marta Bergman	[8]
2019	Camille					[9]
2021	We, Students!				Directed by Rafiki Fariala	[10]
2024	The Story of Souleymane

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2014	Critics' Week	Prix SACD	Hope
2019	Locarno Film Festival	Audience Award	Camille
2024	Cannes Film Festival	Un Certain Regard	The Story of Souleymane

Notes and References

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