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Oliver Laxe

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Óliver Laxe
Laxe in 2020
Born
Óliver Laxe Coro

(1982-04-11) 11 April 1982 (age 43)
Paris, France
Alma materPompeu Fabra University
OccupationFilmmaker
Years active2006–present

Óliver Laxe Coro (Galician: [ˈlaʃɪ]; born 11 April 1982) is a French-born Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor of Galician ancestry. His debut feature film You All Are Captains premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. His third film Fire Will Come was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival,[1] where it won the Jury Prize.[2]

Early life

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Laxe was born in Paris, the son of Galician emigrants.[3] In 1988, at the age of six, he went back with them to Galicia. After completing his secondary education in A Coruña he moved to Barcelona where he studied filmmaking at the Pompeu Fabra University, before relocating to London where he filmed his first short Y las chimeneas decidieron escapar.

Career

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His debut feature film You All Are Captains premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. His next film Mimosas was shot in the Atlas Mountains. It was screened at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Critics' Week section, where it won the Nespresso Grand Prize.[4][5] The project had been developed through TorinoFilmLab Interchange programme in 2011. Back in Galicia, he filmed Fire Will Come, screened at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize.

Filmography

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Feature films

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Year English Title Original Title
2010 You All Are Captains Todos vós sodes capitáns
2016 Mimosas
2019 Fire Will Come O que arde
2025 Sirât

Short Films

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Year Title
2006 Y las chimeneas decidieron escapar
2007 Suena la trompeta, ahora veo otra cara
2008 París #1

Other Credits

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Year Title Notes
2010 Moussem les morts Only actor
2015 The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Film Result Ref.
Cairo International Film Festival 2016 Golden Pyramid Mimosas Won [6]
Cannes Film Festival 2010 FIPRESCI Prize – Quinzaine des réalisateurs You All Are Captains Won [7]
Caméra d'Or Nominated
2016 Critics' Week Grand Prize Mimosas Won [8]
2019 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize Fire Will Come Won [9]
2025 Palme d'Or Sirât Pending [10]
Gaudí Awards 2020 Best European Film Fire Will Come Won [11]
Goya Awards 2020 Best Director Fire Will Come Nominated [12]
Hainan International Film Festival 2019 Special Jury Prize Fire Will Come Won [13]
Lumière Awards 2017 Best French-Language Film Mimosas Nominated [14]
Seville European Film Festival 2016 Grand Jury Award Mimosas Won [15]
Taipei Film Festival 2017 Special Jury Prize Mimosas Won [16]
Thessaloniki Film Festival 2019 Golden Alexander Fire Will Come Won [17]

References

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  1. ^ "Cannes festival 2019: full list of films". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ Lodge, Guy (24 May 2019). "Brazil's 'Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão' Wins Cannes Un Certain Regard Award". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Óliver Laxe: "A cultura emancipa ao ser humano"".
  4. ^ "Mimosas". Semaine de la Critique. Archived from the original on 2016-05-24.
  5. ^ ""It's Good For You To Experience Disasters": Oliver Laxe on His Forthcoming Feature Las Mimosas". Filmmaker.
  6. ^ Royo, Fran (2016-11-28). "Mimosas wins the Golden Pyramid for Best Film at Cairo". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  7. ^ Hernandez, Eugene (May 23, 2010). "Cannes Film Festival: "Uncle Boonmee" Wins Palme d'Or; Mathieu Amalric Takes Best Director". IndieWire. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  8. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (May 19, 2016). "Critics' Week Grand Prize Goes To 'Mimosas' – Cannes". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  9. ^ "Un Certain Regard 2019 prizes". Festival de Cannes. 2019-05-24. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  10. ^ "The films of the Official Selection 2025". Festival de Cannes. 2025-04-10. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  11. ^ "Premios Gaudí 2020: 'Els dies que vindran' de Marqués-Marcet gana unos XII Premios Gaudí muy repartidos". RTVE (in Spanish). 2020-01-20. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  12. ^ "Ganadores de los Premios Goya 2020: lista completa". El Mundo (in Spanish). 2020-01-25. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  13. ^ Wong, Silvia (9 December 2019). "'Balloon' takes best picture at Hainan Island International Film Festival". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  14. ^ Richford, Rhonda (December 16, 2016). "France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  15. ^ "La película francesa 'Ma Loute' gana el premio del Festival de Cine Europeo de Sevilla". RTVE (in Spanish). 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  16. ^ "Winners of 2017 Taipei Film Festival International New Talent Competition announced today". Taipei Film Festival. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  17. ^ Barraclough, Leo (2019-11-10). "Oliver Laxe's 'Fire Will Come' Wins Best Film at Thessaloniki Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
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