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Boris Lojkine is a French film director. He is particularly known for his 2024 feature film Souleymane's Story.
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Investigate this subjectBoris Lojkine (born 24 July 1969) is a French film director. He is particularly known for his 2024 feature film Souleymane's Story.
Boris Lojkine is a French film director. He is particularly known for his 2024 feature film Souleymane's Story.
Boris Lojkine (born 24 July 1969) is a French film director. He is particularly known for his 2024 feature film Souleymane's Story.
Boris Lojkine was born in Paris on 24 July 1969. His Russian grandfather escaped to France after fighting in the Civil war against the Bolsheviks. His grandmother was a Polish Jew, who also had to flee from her country.
He studied at the École normale supérieure.
Prior to his film career, Lojkine taught philosophy at Aix-Marseille University. His first film projects were documentaries inspired by his time in Vietnam.
Lojkine's narrative feature debut, Hope, screened at the Critics' Week section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. His second narrative feature, Camille, won the Audience Award at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival.
In 2024, Lojkine's feature Souleymane's Story was selected to screen in the Un Certain Regard portion of the 77th Cannes Film Festival. It went on to be nominated for many awards, including several Cesar Awards, winning some of them.
As a producer, he worked on Rafiki Fariala's fiction debut Congo Boy.
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Boris Lojkine Educated at École Normale Supérieure
