Boris Lojkine

He studied at Ecole Normale Supérieure before teaching philosophy at the university of Aix-Marseille. He then started directing documentaries with “Ceux qui restent” in 2001 and “Les âmes errantes” in 2005. He directed his first fiction, “Hope”, in 2014 and presented it in Cannes as part of the 53rd selection of the Semaine de la Critique. His last film “L'Histoire de Souleymane” was nominated for the Un certain regard award in the 77th Cannes Film Festival.