COACH
Graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts de Paris-Cergy and the University of Paris III, Alexandra Kandy Longuet participated in several exhibitions before leaving for Argentina. She then trained in cinema in Belgium. “As she left”, her first film received the Grand Prix of the Message to Man Festival and was selected in many festivals. In 2017, she is awarded ” Étoile de la Scam” for “Shipwrecked America” as well as in 2020 for the feature film “Vacancy”, which also received the Best International Documentary Award at the Jihlava Festival 2018. She also directs radio documentaries for RTBF and France Culture.
SELECTED WORKS
Documentary Films
– 2020 Chasser les dragons (60min, Production Dérives / CBA)
Prix de la critique SFCC – Festival du Film Politique de Carcassonne
Nominated Magrittes du cinéma 2022
Mention of the jury Festival en ville
Prix Scam de l’œuvre institutionnelle 2022
Official Selection Festival Jean Rouch, Festival, Filmer le travail, Festival Cinéma d’Alès, Heure exquise, Brussels International Film Festival, Riga Pasaules Film Festival
– 2018 Vacancy (80min, Eklektik Production / RTBF / FWB / CBA)
Best Documentary – Belgian competition – Festival Millenium 2019
Best International Documentary – Jihlava Film Festival 2018
Etoile de la Scam
Official Selection Krakow Film Festival, FIFEQ, Montréal, Docville Leuven …
– 2016 Nouvelle-Orléans, Laboratoire de l’Amérique (52min, Eklektik Prod / Crescendo Media Films / Public Sénat / RTBF)
Etoile de la Scam 2017
– 2012 – As She Left (40min, Mediadiffusion Production)
Grand Prix Festival Message to Man St Pétersbourg
Prix CBA, Festival Het Grote Ongeduld, Bruxelles – Mention spéciale du Jury Festival Territoire en Image, Paris – Best Documentary, Festival Euganea, Italy – Gold Panda for most Innovative Documentary SCTVF, Chengdu 2013
Official Selection Festival dei Popoli 2012 and many other festivals
Radio documentaries (director):
– 2018 L’Elégance du Chardonneret (Production : Seham Boutata) 52min RTBF / France Culture / RTS
– 2017 – Islam Sur le Divan (Production : Seham Boutata) – France Culture, 4x52min
– 2018-2020 : Plusieurs documentaires pour Les Pieds sur Terre (France Culture) : « Le Petit instrument de Jésus », « L’attente des hommes », « Jeux d’ados » etc…
Radio documentaries (director and producer):
– 2015 – Katrina, 10 ans après – La Première (RTBF)
– 2014 – Cassius Clay alias Mohamed Ali – France Culture Sur les Docks / La Première RTBF
– 2014 – Marguerite Duras – La Première (RTBF)
– 2014 – Mon Pirate – La Première (RTBF)
– 2013 – Le Ghetto de Varsovie – La Première (RTBF)
