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From the moment it premiered in Cannes, where it won the Grand Prize, Lukas Dhont's Close became a hot bet in the International Oscar race. Following his 2018 debut Girl, which focused on a transgender ballet dancer, Close is another poignant snapshot of youth, this time telling the story of a pre-teen…

Neon and Topic Studios present writer/director Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool at 1,835 theaters in a lively specialty weekend sandwiched between a new crop of Sundance films and noteworthy expansions in the glow of Oscar nominations. Infinity Pool, staring Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra…

Winner of the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's follow-up to the transgender drama Girl is another moving study of a difficult adolescence. Speaking at Deadline's Contenders Film: International award-season event, he described the film as the story of two best friends Léo and…

Flanders Image, the promotional arm of the VAF film fund of Belgium’s Flemish-speaking community, has unveiled the 80 projects selected for its annual CONNEXT showcase, running as a hybrid event from October 10-24. The showcase, which will hold a physical component in Antwerp from October 9-11…

UPDATED with trailer: Belgium has selected Lukas Dhont's Cannes-winning title Close as its official submission to the International Feature Oscar race this year. It debuted in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix in a tie with Claire Denis's Stars at Noon. Close follows the…

After taking home the Un Certain Regard Fipresci prize in 2018 for the trans-female ballet dancer feature Girl, filmmaker Lukas Dhont returned to home to find himself staring at the blank page for his next project. That would ultimately be this year’s in competition movie, Close, which grapples with teen suicide and…

Belgium's Lukas Dhont takes a deserved step up to the Cannes Film Festival competition with Close, only his second film — a minimalist melodrama that shows a definite growth in visual style but may be confronting to some with its deliberately unhurried, Eric Rohmer-esque aesthetic. The international success of Dhont's…

A24 has picked up North American rights to Lukas Dhont's Close. The movie is making its world premiere tonight in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Close follows the intense friendship between 13-year-old boys Léo and Remi (newcomers Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele), which suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to…

Lukas Dhont graduates to the main Competition today at Cannes as his new movie Close premieres. It's the highly anticipated second feature from the Belgian helmer after his debut, Girl, premiered here in Un Certain Regard. And as Dhont readies for the festival's biggest stage, his two young leads, newcomers Eden…

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 other prizes down the line. Now, four years later, Dhont is returning to Cannes with his follow-up, Close, which has landed him…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Lukas Dhont is to reteam with his Girl co-writer Angelo Tijssens and producer Dirk Impens (The Broken Circle Breakdown) on his next movie, which will be “different but also in the style of Girl.” "We're slowly starting to shape and write it,” the director told us about the as-yet untitled project.…

Lukas Dhont’s feted debut feature Girl has been among the most talked about foreign language films of the year. The Belgian drama has also become a lightning rod for the growing discussion over on screen representation. The film recounts the true story of a 15-year-old girl, born in the body of a boy, who dreams of…