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Lukas DHONT
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Lukas Dhont was born in Ghent, Belgium in 1991 and studied Audio-Visual Arts at the KASK Royal Academy of Fine Arts, winning several awards for his shorts Lost Body (2012)and L′Infini (2014). His feature debut, Girl (2018), was invited to Cannes′ Un Certain Regard, where it won both the Caméra d′Or for Best First Feature and the Queer Palm, and went on to screen at major festivals including San Sebastián (where it won the European Audience Award), Toronto, and the Césars, establishing him as a rising directorial talent. His second feature, Close (2022), reached the peak of his career, winning the Grand Prix in the main competition at Cannes and earning an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film. His third feature, Coward, was invited to the main competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where lead actors Emmanuel Machia and Valentin Campagne shared the Best Actor award. From his debut to his latest work, Dhont has delicately portrayed queer identity and the intimate emotions of youth, establishing himself, still in his thirties, as one of the leading directors in European cinema.
From Busan International Film Festival 2026, No. 31
