Nicolas Graux
Nicolas GRAUX (1988, Belgium) graduated from the Institute of Media Arts in 2012 with a master’s degree in Film Directing. His films utilise sensory ethnography and fiction to explore the resonances of personal and collective memory, addressing contemporary social issues from an intimate perspective. His debut feature documentary, Century of Smoke (2019), about a young father struggling with opium addiction in Laos, premiered at Visions du Réel before touring widely. Since 2020 he has frequently collaborated with his partner, Vietnamese filmmaker Trương Minh Quý. Their co-directed short film Porcupine premiered at IFFR in 2023. In 2025, their latest film Hair, Paper, Water… was awarded the Golden Leopard at Locarno and went on to screen at NYFF, BFI London, Busan, Viennale and Doclisboa. The Poet’s Son, rooted in years of personal research in Russia, will be his first fiction feature, and is one of the selected projects for CineMArt 2026.
Filmography
Garçon au diable/Boy with the Devil (2012, short), La Colonie Plate/The Flat Colony (2013, short), Passée l’aube/After Dawn (2017, short), Century of Smoke (2019, doc), Nhím/Porcupine (2023, short)
Nicolas Graux at IFFR
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The Poet’s Son
Nicolas Graux | 95' | Belgium |
Set in a Russia at war, a young man who narrowly avoids conscription must navigate a harrowing choice: remain loyal to his father or break… -
Porcupine
Nicolas Graux, Trương Minh Quý | 13' | Belgium | World premiere
A young man broadcasts poses from an urban ruin: a portrait of our times.