Cédric Kahn
title: "Cédric Kahn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["french-film-directors", "1966-births", "living-people", "french-male-screenwriters", "french-screenwriters", "people-from-drôme", "21st-century-french-male-actors", "french-male-film-actors"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cédric_Kahn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Cédric Kahn |
| image | Cédric Kahn 2012.jpg |
| caption | Kahn in January 2012 |
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| birth_place | Crest, Drôme, France |
| occupation | Film director, screenwriter, actor |
| years_active | 1990–present |
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| name = Cédric Kahn | image = Cédric Kahn 2012.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Kahn in January 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Crest, Drôme, France | othername = | occupation = Film director, screenwriter, actor | years_active = 1990–present | spouse = | partner = | website = Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor.
Career
His films include L'Ennui (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel Boredom, and Red Lights (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film Roberto Succo was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Political views
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Kahn signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.
Filmography
As director/screenwriter
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| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | Director | Screenwriter | 1990 | 1990 | 1991 | 1993 | 1994 | 1996 | 1998 | 2001 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2009 | 2011 | 2014 | 2018 | 2019 | 2023 |
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| Les Dernières Heures du millénaire | Short film | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Overseas | Bayard d'Or for Best Screenplay | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bar des rails | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Normal People Are Nothing Exceptional | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trop de bonheur | 1994 Cannes Film Festival - Award of the Youth | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Prix Jean Vigo | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zero Guilt | Telefilm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| L'Ennui | Louis Delluc Prize for Best Film | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Succo | Nominated—2001 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Red Lights | Nominated—54th Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| L'Avion | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Les Ambitieux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Regrets (Les Regrets) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Une vie meilleure | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wild Life | San Sebastián International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Director | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Prayer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Happy Birthday (Fête de famille) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Goldman Case | Nominated—Lumière Award for Best Director | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Making Of | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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As actor
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1995 | Don't Forget You're Going to Die | Benoit's Friend | |
| 2012 | Alyah | Isaac Raphaelson | |
| 2013 | Miss and the Doctors | Boris Pizarnik | |
| 2015 | The Anarchists | Gaspard | |
| 2016 | L'Economie du couple | Boris | |
| 2016 | Up for Love | Bruno | |
| 2018 | Maya | ||
| 2018 | Cold War | Michel | |
| 2022 | Neneh Superstar | Jean-Claude Kahane | |
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As editor
- 1993: L'Exposé
References
References
- "Festival de Cannes: Roberto Succo". festival-cannes.com.
- (28 December 2023). "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". [[Libération]].
- Newman, Nick. (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza".
- (31 December 2023). "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". [[The Jerusalem Post]].
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