A graduate of La Fémis, Thomas Cailley made his breakthrough with Love at First Fight. Screened at the 2014 Festival de Cannes, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize, the film received the César Award for Best First Feature in 2015, as well as numerous other awards in France and internationally. His second film, Ad Vitam (2018), a notable science-fiction series, confronts youth with a world dreaming of immortality. In 2023, his film The Animal Kingdom opened the Un Certain Regard at the Festival de Cannes. With this fantasy drama, the director explores our ability to embrace otherness and rethink our connection to nature. Acclaimed by critics and a box office success in France with over a million admissions, the film won five César Awards in 2024. He is currently co-writing Michel Hazanavicius’s next film and developing his own third feature film.
Jury attendance
- Member Un Certain Regard, 2026
