Boris Lojkine

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

Boris Lojkine
Born	(1969-07-24) July 24, 1969 (age 55)[1] Paris, France
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2001 – present

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]