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Girl. (2018 film) Girl is a 2018 drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, in his feature debut. It was written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens and stars Victor Polster, in his acting debut, as a trans girl who pursues a career as a ballerina. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d ...
Lukas Dhont. Lukas Dhont (born 11 June 1991) [ 1] ( Dutch: [ˈlukɑz ˈdɔnt] [ 2]) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Girl, premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm awards. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019.
Close ( / kloʊs /) is a 2022 coming-of-age drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, and written by Dhont and Angelo Tijssens, reteaming after their first feature film Girl (2018). The film stars Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker. It follows two teenage boys whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their ...
As Belgium’s submission for this year's Foreign Language Oscar race, the Lukas Dhont-directed drama Girl tells the story of Lara (Victor Polster), a 15-year-old girl born in a boy’s body ...
Filmmaker Lukas Dhont and star Eden Dambrine explain how Belgian Oscar nominee 'Close' finds drama in society's limited definitions of 'masculinity.' He hates the phrase 'boys will be boys.' So ...
Lukas Dhont’s Cannes debut was also his debut feature, Girl, which ran in Un Certain Regard in 2018. A stunning start for the young Belgian, the movie brought him the Caméra d’Or and myriad ...
Retrieved 16 March 2023. ^ "29 Palić Film Festival: Gorki List Audience Award for the film "Close" by Lukas Dhont". www.palicfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 6 July 2023. ^ "LES PRIX LA VAGUE DE LA 36E ÉDITION DU FICFA DÉCERNÉS". www.ficfa.com. Retrieved 7 July 2023. ^ "Closing Film, Award Ceremony & Balance Sheet • FILMFEST HAMBURG". FILMFEST ...
“Close” director Lukas Dhont’s discovery of one of his film’s stars, Eden Dambrine, is straight out of a book of Hollywood legends. Dhont approached Dambrine on a train in their native ...