Cédric KAHN
Cédric Kahn was born in France in 1966. He began his film career as an assistant editor on Maurice Pialat′s Under the Sun of Satan (1987), before his feature debut, Bar des rails (1991), was invited to Venice′s Critics′ Week. He won the Jean Vigo Prize for Too Much Happiness (1994) and the Louis Delluc Prize for L′Ennui (1998), before establishing himself as one of France′s leading auteurs with Roberto Succo (2001), invited to the main competition at Cannes, and Red Lights (2004), invited to the main competition at Berlin. He has also pursued a varied career as an actor — appearing as himself in the series Call My Agent!, among other roles — and stepped in front of his own camera for the first time in Happy Birthday (2019). His film The Prayer (2018) brought lead actor Anthony Bajon the Silver Bear for Best Actor at Berlin, and his true-crime drama The Goldman Case (2023) opened Cannes′ Directors′ Fortnight. He followed this with Making Of (2023), shown out of competition at Venice, and returns once more to the main competition at the 2026 Venice International Film Festival with his latest film, A Place to Heal.
De Festival Internacional de Cine de Busan 2026, N.º 31
