Philippe Lacôte

Philippe Lacôte

Born 1971
Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Biography

His work as a director has taken on several forms, before focusing in 2002 on the recent history of his country with Chronicles of War in the Ivory Coast, a film on the edge between a documentary and a diary. It is followed by the feature film Run, the story of a wandering madman, selected in Cannes Un Certain Regard 2014. This selection confirmed his talent as a filmmaker and revealed a new voice from the African continent. Night of the Kings, his second feature, had its premiere in Venice and Toronto, where it won the Amplify Voices Award.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla

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Short
2012

Birdland