Director

Samuel Frantz Suffren

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 3

TMDB ID: 3621431

IMDb ID: nm12429052

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: Haiti

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2022 - 2025

Years active: 4

Wikidata: Q131452272

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Samuel Suffren

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Biography

Samuel Suffren is a Haitian director and producer. He is making a trilogy of short films inspired by the story of his father. The first film, “Agwe” (2022), was selected at Locarno and won the Best Diaspora Film at FESPACO. “Dreams Like Paper Boats” (2024) is the second film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. “Blue Heart” (2025), the final part, is presented at Cannes (Quinzaine des réalisateurs). Samuel is currently working on his first feature documentary, Lòtbò, and is also developing a feature fiction film, “Je m’appelle Nina Shakira”.

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