Ivory Coast

Born in 1971 in Abidjan, Philippe Lacôte grew up next to a movie theater. As he began to study linguistics, he became a radio enthusiast, before he turned to film and started making short films and documentaries. In 2010, he produced Lonesome Solo’s Burn it up Djassa. His first feature is Run, presented in Cannes section Un Certain Regard in 2014.

Filmography

Somnambule (1994)
Affaire Libinski (2001)
Cairo Hours (2002)
Le passeur (2007)
Chroniques de guerre en Côte d’Ivoire (2008)
To Repel Ghosts (2013)
African Metropolis (2013)
Run (2014)
Slavery Routes (2018)