Nicolas GRAUX (1988, Belgium) graduated from the Institute of Media Arts in 2012 with a master's degree in film directing. His films utilize sensory ethnography and fiction to explore the resonances of personal and collective memory, addressing contemporary social issues from an intimate perspective. His debut feature documentary, "Century of Smoke" (2019), a haunting portrait of a community of opium addicts in Laos, had its 世界首映 World Premiere in the 国际竞赛 International Competition at Visions du Réel.