Romain Cogitore is an author and filmmaker born in 1985, he lives and works in Paris, France.
His work questions our contemporary loves, grasping the question of the romance and its actualization. It also challenges our relationship with nature, exploring the tensions of our time, torn between consumption, technologies and the quest for meaning, for beauty.
A PLACE TO FIGHT FOR
An Original Disney+ movie (Star), available on Disney+ worldwide and on Hulu in the US.
produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions.
With : François Civil, Lyna Khoudri, ...
Greg is a police officer sent undercover to infiltrate an ecologist movement. There he meets Myriam, an environmental activist. 18 months later, Greg returns for an official mission, sees Myriam again and discovers that she has a baby. Torn between his professional ambitions and a budding romance, Greg has to make a choice that could change everything. Time is running out, and soon everything will be gone.
"Paced, dominated by a never-ending tension,
A Place to Fight For succeeds in its mission of infiltration."
★★★
PREMIERE
"A four-star cast and a breathtaking script."
DIVERTO
"Directed with elegance,
A Place to Fight For offers us a magnificent piece of cinema."
PARIS MATCH
"An engaging, powerful film about the ecological emergency."
LE PARISIEN
“A Place to Fight For offers us an hour and forty minutes
on an intense emotional roller coaster.”
LES ÉCLAIREUSES
"A well-directed and embodied drama, totally convincing."
TÉLÉRAMA
"A romantic drama that combines all the ingredients of a good, thrilling film."
COSMOPOLITAN
"Romain Cogitore brilliantly blends genres."
TÉLÉ-LOISIR
"A drama where politics and intimacy are intertwined.
A film more pertinent than ever."
LE DAUPHINÉ LIBÉRÉ
“A Place to Fight For demonstrates incredible coherence
in successfully dealing with all its subjects."
LE PROGRÈS
"Shot as close as possible to the actors,
whose emotionally charged performances will tear your heart out."
LA DEPECHE
"Romain Cogitore's filmography is always driven by romance.
François Civil and Lyna Khoudri make a great cinematic couple."
LE FIGARO
"A work that catapults François Civil into the role of maturity
and evokes great cinema romances."
MELTY
TERRITORY OF LOVE
Feature film, French release June 2019.
produced by Cinema defacto and House On Fire.
With : Déborah François, Paul Hamy, Vincent Perez, Aviis Zhong…
Between Taiwan and France, the story of a couple. The incredible strength of a love. And of its deepest areas, where little by little everything collapses. Except Maria.
« Radiating energy from start to finish. »
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
« A sweet and perilous journey to the ends of romance. »
TÉLÉRAMA
« A graceful and offbeat tale. »
LE MONDE
« A subtle geography of love with a strange grace. Constantly original and elegant. »
LE FIGARO
« A real onscreen couple, full of tenderness and fantasy. »
GLAMOUR
« The second film of young Romain Cogitore goes straight to your heart. »
MARIE CLAIRE
« A deeply moving love story. »
20MINUTES
« Cogitore reinvents the melodrama. »
L’OBS
« A magnificent drama. Our favorite of the week. »
LE PARISIEN
« An invitation to leave the shores of the common world. »
PHILOSOPHIE MAGAZINE
« A singularly poetic story. »
CAUSETTE
« A surprising film, with its dreamy bubbles and unexpected sadnesses. We are touched by emotion. »
FEMME ACTUELLE
« A poetic and polyglot melodrama. Deeply moving. »
BIBA
« Surprising, spirited, moving, remarkably performed. A magnificent film. »
AUJOURD'HUI EN FRANCE
« A story of wild love that seduces, amazes and...touches. »
MARIE FRANCE
« Déborah François embodies a powerful lover. »
LE CANARD ENCHAINÉ
« Sublime images. A feature film with existential accents. »
LA CROIX
« A singular love story. An uncanny plot. Two pristine actors. »
LES ECHOS
« Terribly moving. »
LES DNA
LAST MOUNTAIN
Documentary, 2022, 38min.
Produced by TS Productions.
When the wolf returns to the forests of my childhood, I take my camera. On the summits, I meet Alphonse, a shepherd close to retirement. This encounter strikes me. I follow him in his handover to a couple of young shepherds, for the last season of his last mountain.
OUR RESISTANCES (15 LADS)
Feature film, French release January 2011
produced by Cinema defacto – Orange Cinema – CineCinema
With : François Civil, Grégoire Colin, Michel Vuillermoz, Jules Sitruk, Juliette Lamboley…
1944. They are partisans. All are eighteen. They will be shaken by a fastforward apprenticeship of life. Between love, trouble and survival in an upset world: the story of an extraordinarily modern youth.
« We let ourselves be moved by the truth that emerges from this first feature film. Not only the director of 25 years outsides the box, he also draws a promising personal path. »
FIGARO MAGAZINE
« Our Resistances brings a breath of fresh air in theaters. Now the youth is no more filmed in the suburbs only. »
TOUT LE CINE.COM
« The energy of Cogitore’s cinema is like no other. »
REFLETS
« Remains - after this light and bitter initiation - a violent burst of life. »
LA VIE
« The director films his amazing cast as if it was a hip hop band - somewhere between Maurice Pialat and Claire Denis. Birth of a filmmaker. »
DNA
“Our Resistances” is one of the best French films of these recent years. Romain Cogitore never recites the catechism of beginners, which is already the hallmark of the greats. "
FROGGY'S DELIGHT
« It takes some courage to try to bring the concerns of the American teen-movie in the area of the WWII. This is probably because Romain Cogitore is 25 years that he is not afraid by the challenge, and succeeds with panache to rejuvenate the genre ».
LES INROCKS
« Thanks to its bright and fun tone, “Our Resistances” stands as a deeply challenging work. »
FLUCTUANET
« This first feature directs the viewer with as much pace as truthfulness. »
FLUX4
OF MEN
Fiction, 2007, 20 min
produced by Les Films à Un Dollar - Cinema Defacto.
At his side I wasn’t afraid anymore. He had to go down to kill him.
Little fighters. Mature soldier. Boys in History. (Hi)story of men.
PHOTOGRAPHY
2020
“Suspended Time", collective exhibition, curator François Ronsiaux. Plateforme Gallery, Paris.
"Abstraction", international collective exhibition, curator Matt Harding. Auburn Art Gallery, Los Angeles.
"Diaries", international collective exhibition, curator Antonio Muratore, Loosen Art Collection Gallery, Rome.
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DESERT
DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS
2019
Grand Prize - international competition - Tübingen Film Festival, for the movie “Territory of Love”.
2016
Fondation Gan laureate for the screenplay “A Place to Fight For” (La Sélection).
Torino Film Lab (Script & Pitch) laureate for the feature film project “A Place to Fight For”.
2013
Junior Best Screenplay (Sopadin selection) for the feature film “Territory of Love”.
Laureate of the Writing Cinematographic Center (CECI) with the screenplay “Territory of Love”.
2012
SACD Beaumarchais award winner for the screenplay “Territory of Love”.
“Our Resistances” at the French Oscars, François Civil prenominated “Best Junior Actor”.
Junior Best Screenplay (Sopadin selection) for the feature film script “Wandering Caregivers”.
2010
CNC Fund “Avance sur Recettes Après Réalisation” for the movie “Our Resistances”.
2009
Junior Best Screenplay (Sopadin), Jury prize for the screenplay “Our Resistances”.
2006
CNC Trophy « First Screenplay, New Talent » for the movie “Our Resistances”.
2005
Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet Foundation laureate, with the short film “Concerto”.
2002
International poesy contest laureate, "Poésie en Liberté".