EXCLUSIVE: Mubi has acquired Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Competion entry Close for the UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India. Starring Lea Drucker (Custody), Émilie Dequenne (Our Children), Kevin J…
produced by Dirk Impens and Michiel Dhont for Menuet and co-produced by Diaphana , Topkapi Films and Versus Productions .Girl
, Dhont’s debut feature film, won the Camera d’Or at Cannes in 2018. The film also won the festivals’ Queer Palm, Fipresci Prize and Un Certain Regard Best Performance award for Victor Polster. The film scored a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and won prizes at San Sebastian, Zurich and Best First Feature Film at the BFI London Film Festival. Léa Mysius’s Director’s Fortnight title
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