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Belgian film director
Zeno Graton is a
Belgian film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film
The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) premiered at the
73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023.
[1]
Graton studied film at
INSAS.
[2] He directed the short films Seagulls (Mouettes) in 2013 and Jay Amongst Men (Jay parmi les hommes) in 2015. Seagulls won awards at the
Namur Film Festival and the
Brussels Short Film Festival,
[3] and Jay Amongst Men received a
Magritte Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the
6th Magritte Awards in 2016.
[4] He was a
Cinéfondation resident in the fall 2016 and winter 2017 session.
[5]
He served on the
Queer Palm jury at the
2023 Cannes Film Festival.
[6]
He is of partial
Tunisian descent, and identifies as
queer.
[7]
References
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^ Ali Ercivan,
"Berlinale 2023 review: The Lost Boys (Zeno Graton)". International Cinephile Society, 21 February 2023.
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""Le Paradis", une brûlante histoire d’amour et de liberté à hauteur d’adolescents".
RTBF, 15 May 2023.
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^ Aurore Engelen,
"Shooting is imminent on Zeno Graton’s Le Paradis". Cineuropa, September 30, 2021.
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^
"Magritte du Cinéma 2016: et les nommés sont…".
Le Vif/L'Express, 12 January 2016.
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^ Vassilis Economou,
"The Cinéfondation Residence awards its 2017 projects". Cineuropa, 30 May 2017.
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^ Carole Horst,
"John Cameron Mitchell Leads Cannes’ Queer Palm Jury: ‘Any Awards Help to Dignify Work’".
Variety, 17 May 2023.
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^ Jolan Maffi,
"Zeno Graton, réalisateur de « Le Paradis » : « Je voulais faire un film qui ne s'excuse pas »". Komitid, 10 May 2023.
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