Founder of Camera Magica, Frédéric Laffont chronicles the world with a handheld camera and an open heart. This page invites you to discover his career, his commitments, and what inspires his documentary filmmaker's perspective.
Merry-go-round rides
then world tours.
Around sixty films:
major reports and documentaries.
Albert Londres Prize
for a report on the war in Lebanon.
A collection of short films
for Hermès.
A feature film shot in Ukraine
since 2022.
Literary essays written in Paris,
Jerusalem, Kigali and Kabul too.
Frédéric Laffont
His documentaries have the strange beauty of Pasolini's early films. L'Express
A rare filmmaker. Le Nouvel Obs.
Selected filmography
2025, long-métrage cinéma.
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​​Empreintes
2025, Collection d'Hermès de courts-métrages.
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France, 2022. FIPADOC 2022.
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Inde, 2019.
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Belgique, 2017. Étoile SCAM.
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Texas, 2015.
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Jura suisse, 2014.
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Liban, des guerres
et des hommes
(série 3 x 52’) FIPA & Étoile SCAM, 2014.
Texas, Étoile SCAM 2013.
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France, 2011.
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Burkina, Mali, Inde, USA, 2009. FIPA 2010.
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Voyage au centre
de la Bibliothèque
Paris, 2007.
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Israël-Palestine, Étoile SCAM 2007.
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Japon, 2004.
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Israël-Palestine, Prix Festival d’Angers 2002.
France, 2001.
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Fleur de Cannelle
Chili, 2000.
Grand Prix Ptolémée de Géographie, 2000.
France, 1998.
USA, Bosnie, Jérusalem, 1997.
Louisiane, Prix Saulieu 1996.
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France, 1994.
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USA, 1994.
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France, 1994.
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Rwanda, 1996. Grand Prix Angers et Écran d’Or Montréal 1996.
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Dieu, poste restante, Jerusalem
Jérusalem, 1993.
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France, Grand Prix Palerme, 1994.
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France, 1993.
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République tchèque, 1993.
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Beyrouth,des balles
et des ballons
Nymphe d’Or & Prix critique internationale
Festival Monte-Carlo, 1993.
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Afghanistan, URSS. Grand Prix Angers
& Festival Rueil, 1990.
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Monde, 20 ans MSF, 1992.
Prix Spécial Festival Int. Monte-Carlo, 1992.
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Autofolies
France, 1990.
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L’opium du peuple
URSS, 1988.
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Colères noires
de Soweto
Afrique du Sud, 1988.
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Chili, 1988.
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Pas de larmes
pour Mao
Chine, Meilleur Reporter d’Image, 1987.
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Liban, Prix Albert Londres, 1987.
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La mer arrive encore au Liban
Prix du jury Festival Monte-Carlo, 1987.
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Chine, 1985.
Each of these films tells a story, a perspective, a part of truth.
Through Camera Magica, Frédéric Laffont continues to capture humanity in its most fragile and luminous form.
His career demonstrates a loyalty to commitment, to the right emotion, to a story that moves.
And behind each image, always the same intention: to film with the heart.
