Joachim Lafosse

Directing·Jan 18, 1975·Uccle, Belgium

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Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975; Uccle) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film Tribu, a 24-minute short, won the best Belgian short subject category at the 2001 Namur Film Festival. His first full-length feature, Folie Privée (2004), won the FIPRESCI award at the Bratislava International Film Festival, and the semi-autobiographical Ça rend heureux (2006) took the Grand Prix at the 2007 Premiers Plans d'Angers festival. 2006 also saw the release of Nue Propriété, starring Isabelle Huppert and brothers Jérémie and Yannick Renier, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Lion and won a SIGNIS award. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). For his film Private Lessons (Élève libre), he was nominated for two Magritte Awards in the category of Best Director and Best Screenplay. His 2012 film Loving Without Reason competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning four, including Best Film and Best Director for Lafosse.

Film	Credit
Six Days in Spring2025 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Silence2024 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Restless2021 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Keep Going2018 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Tenir la distance2017 · Himself	Himself
After Love2016 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
550 Days in the Desert2016 · self	self
AAu-delà des mots, le cinéma de Joachim Lafosse2016 · self	self
The White Knights2015 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Mémoires Sélectives2015 · Writer	Writer
Our Children2012 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Before Words2010 · Director	Director
Private Lessons2009 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Private Property2006 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
What Makes You Happy2006 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Private Madness2004 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Missing Half2003 · Writer	Writer
SScarface2001 · Director	Director
TTribu2001 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
SSelfish Nature2000 · Director	Director