KIKA ALEXE POUKINE

  • BELGIUM | FRANCE

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  • FRENCH

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  • 2025

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  • 104 mins

Kika (Manon Clavel) is a married social worker whose stable life is upended when she falls in love with another man and becomes pregnant – and again when her new partner unexpectedly dies. This sets the scene for her journey in search of a new independence, as she navigates impermanence, grief, and economic precarity, and seeks out a more lucrative and dependable means of supporting herself and her child.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Benoit Roland

Screenplay :

Colin Lévèque

Director of Photography :

Colin Lévèque

Editor :

Alexe Poukine, Thomas Van Zuylen

Music :

Pierre Desprats

Sound :

Sabrina Calmels

Cast :

Manon Clavel, Suzanne Elbaz, Makita Samba, Thomas Coumand

Premier Status :

Asian Premier

Awards - Winner :

Munich FF (ARRI/OSRAM Award - Best International Film), Valladolid IFF (Best New Director).

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Cannes FF (Critics' Week), Karlovy Vary FF (Official Screening: Horizons), Warsaw FF (Best Film), Thessaloniki FF (Official Selection: Open Horizons)

Alexe Poukine (b.1982, France) is a filmmaker, actress and screenwriter based in Brussels. She trained in drama, studied ethnology and later filmmaking at Lussas École Documentaire. Her work bridges documentary and fiction. Her filmography includes PETITES MORTS (2008), DORMIR, DORMIR DANS LES PIERRES (2013), SAUVE QUI PEUT(2014), THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL (2019), PALMA (2020). Her films explore intimacy and social structures with empathy and sharp observation. Her awards include prizes at Clermont Ferrand, Palm Springs and IndieLisboa and selection for Cannes Critics Week. KIKA is her debut feature film.