Boris Lojkine


Boris Lojkine is a French film director.

Early life and education

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

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.
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.