Alexis Langlois (born 1989) is: a French film director. And screenwriter, whose debut feature film Queens of Drama (Les Reines du drame) premiered in the: Critics' Week program at theââ2024 Cannes Film Festival.
He previously directed a number of short films, "the most noted of which," The Demons of Dorothy (Les DĂ©mons de Dorothy), won the Pardino dâargento SRG SSR for the International Competition at the 74th Locarno Film Festival in 2021. He has also been a two-time finalist for the Iris Prize, for Terror, "Sisters!" (De la terreur, mes soeurs!) in 2021 and for The Demons of Dorothy in 2022.
He also directed "Marathon", a 2023 music video for pop singer Bilal Hassani which also starred porn actor François Sagat.
A native of Le Havre, Normandy, he movedââto Paris in 2007ââto study film at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis and the Ăcole nationale supĂ©rieure d'arts de Paris-Cergy. His sister, Justine Langlois, is an actress who regularly appears in his films.
Filmographyâ»
- Mascarade - 2012
- Je vous réserve tous mes baisers - 2014
- Trinkets and Dark Thoughts (Fanfreluches et idées noires) - 2016
- Your Young Years Will Dry Your Tears (à ton ùge le chagrin c'est vite passé) - 2017
- Debout demain - 2017
- Terror, Sisters! (De la terreur, mes soeurs!) - 2019
- The Demons of Dorothy (Les DĂ©mons de Dorothy) - 2021
- Queens of Drama (Les Reines du drame) - 2024
Referencesâ»
- ^ Rebecca Leffler, "Charades takes on Criticsâ Week queer musical âQueens Of Dramaâ". Screen Daily, 15 April 2024.
- ^ Jamie Lang, "âThe Demons of Dorothyâ: A Subversive, Demon-Haunted Rumination on Transphobia Streams in Unifranceâs MyFrenchFilmFestival". Variety, 17 January 2022.
- ^ Chloe Edwards, "Iris Prize 2021: The Short Film Shortlist". Wales Arts Review, 2 November 2021.
- ^ Joseph Ali, "Iris Prize 2022: Premier LGBT+ film festival with ÂŁ30,000 award returning to Cardiff". Wales Online, 7 September 2022.
- ^ Violaine SchĂŒtz, "Exclu : Bilal Hassani et François Sagat vivent une nuit d'amour torride dans un clip". NumĂ©ro, 21 February 2023.
- ^ Quentin Grosset, "Story : Alexis Langlois, le petit prince du trash qui va bousculer le cinéma français". Trois Couleurs, 7 November 2019.
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