Zeno Graton is a Belgian film director and screenwriter, whose debut feature film '' The Lost Boys (Le Paradis)'' premiered at the

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in 2023. Graton studied film at

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. He directed the short films ''Seagulls (Mouettes)'' in 2013 and ''Jay Amongst Men (Jay parmi les hommes)'' in 2015. ''Seagulls'' won awards at the

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and the Brussels Short Film Festival, and ''Jay Amongst Men'' received a

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nomination for Best Live Action Short Film at the

6th Magritte Awards The 6th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2015 in Belgium and took place on February 6, 2016, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CE ...

in 2016. He was a Cinéfondation resident in the fall 2016 and winter 2017 session. He served on the Queer Palm jury at the

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. He is of partial Tunisian descent, and identifies as

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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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Graton, Zeno 21st-century Belgian male writers Belgian film directors 21st-century Belgian screenwriters Belgian LGBT screenwriters Belgian LGBT film directors Queer screenwriters Writers from Brussels Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian male screenwriters Belgian people of Tunisian descent