Philippe Lacôte is an Ivorian film director. He is most noted for his 2014 film ''

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'', which was a Lumière Award nominee for Best French-Language Film at the 20th Lumière Awards, and his 2020 film ''

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(La Nuit des rois)'', which won the Amplify Voices Award at the

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. Both films were also selected as Côte d'Ivoire's submissions to the

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for the Best International Feature Film at the

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in 2016 and at the

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in 2021, respectively. In 2024, Lacote directed the film "Killer Heat," based on

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's "Jealousy Man and Other Stories," and starring

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and Richard Madden.

Accolades

In 2021, he was selected as a jury member for the International competition section of the 74th Locarno Film Festival, held from August 4 to 14.

References

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* Ivorian film directors Ivorian screenwriters Ivorian male writers People from Abidjan Living people Year of birth missing (living people) French male screenwriters 21st-century French screenwriters 21st-century male writers {{Africa-film-director-stub