Philippe Lacôte
Philippe Lacôte (b. 1969) is a filmmaker from Ivory Coast, who started out in media as a radio reporter. This journalistic work can be seen to inform the contents of his films, as they often relate the recent political shifts of Ivory Coast, and the violence that pervades in the country. His second feature Night of the Kings won the Amplify Voices Award at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival and is Ivory Coast’s submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021.