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Year
2022
Length
105 min.
Genre
Director
Lukas Dhont
Screenplay
Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens

Synopsis

The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Leo and Remi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. “Close” is a film about friendship and responsibility.

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Still

Set picture

Main cast

  • Eden Dambrine
  • Gustav De Waele
  • Emilie Dequenne
  • Léa Drucker

Cast

  • Kevin Janssens
  • Marc Weiss
  • Igor Van Dessel
  • Léon Bataille

Crew

  • director of photography Frank van den Eeden SBC-NSC
  • editing Alain Dessauvage
  • original soundtrack Valentin Hadjadj
  • producer Michiel Dhont | Dirk Impens
  • co-producer Michel Saint-Jean | Arnold Heslenfeld | Laurette Schillings | Frans Van Gestel | Jacques-Henri Bronckart
  • associate producers Alberte Gautot | Rudy Verzyck | Michael Weber
  • production design Eve Martin
  • costumes Manu Verschueren
  • sound Yanna Soentjens
  • 1st AD Siel Van Daele
  • production-assistant on set Mieke Vanraepenbusch
  • 2nd AD Julie Borgmans
  • photos on set Kris Dewitte | Thomas Nolf

Festivals

  • Cannes 2022 - Official Selection in Competition 17 - 28 may 2022
  • Sydney Film Festival - Official Competition (Australia) 8 - 19 jun 2022
  • Palic European Film Festival - Official Competition (Serbia) 16 - 22 july 2022
  • Den Norske Filmfestivalen Haugesund - Official Competition (Norway) 20 - 26 august 2022
  • Cinefest Miskolc International Film Festival (Hungary) 9 - 17 september 2022
  • Filmfest Hamburg (Germany) 29 sept - 8 oct 2022
  • Mill Valley Film Festival - World Cinema (California) 6 - 16 october 2022
  • Hamptons International Film Festival - Official Competition (New York) 7 - 16 october 2022
  • Haifa Film Festival - official competition (Israel) 8 - 17 october 2022
  • Chicago International Film Festival - official competition (Illinois) 12 - 23 october 2022
  • HEARTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Indianapolis) 5 - 15 october 2022
  • montclair film festival (New Jersey) 21 - 21 october 2022
  • cinecitta international film festival tilburg (the netherlands) 26 - 30 october 2022
  • festival de sevilla 2022 (spain) 4 - 12 november 2022
  • cinemania festival de films francophones (montréal) 2 - 13 november 2022
  • ljubljana international film festival (slovenia) 9 - 20 november 2022
  • festival international du cinema francophone en acadie - competition (canada) 10 - 18 november 2022
  • festival mix brasil - cinema international panorama (brasil) 9 - 20 november 2022
  • Silk road international film festival 2022 (china) - in competition 30 december 2022 - 3 january 2023

Awards

  • Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival 2022
  • Sydney Film Prize 2022
  • Gorki List Audience Award at Palic European FF 2022
  • The Norwegian Critics Prize 2022
  • The Cicae's Arthouse Cinema Award (Miskolc FF) 2022
  • The Cicae's Arthouse Cinema Award (Filmfest Hamburg) 2022
  • Audience Favorites World Cinema at Mill Valley FF 2022
  • Best Narrative Feature at Hamptons FF 2022
  • Carmel Best Film Award at Haifa FF 2022
  • Silver Hugo Jury Award at Chicago FF (International Feature film competition) 2022
  • Gold Q-Hugo at Chicago FF (Out-look competition) 2022
  • Special Presentation Narrative Audience Choice Award Winner at Heartland FF 2022
  • Special Jury Award for Performance to Eden Dambrine at Montclair FF 2022
  • Winner of the Audience Award for Most Popular Film at cinecitta FF 2022
  • grand jury award at sevilla festival 2022
  • Best Actor (Eden Dambrine) at sevilla festival 2022
  • jury award at cinemania festival 2022
  • audience award at cinemania festival 2022
  • kinotrip young jury award at ljubljana film festival 2022
  • Prix la vague - meilleur long métrage de fiction international en acadie 2022
  • audience award - best international feature film at mix brasil festival 2022
  • best international film - national board of review 2022
  • best film and best director at the 9th silk road film festival 2023
  • cavens-prijs for the best belgian film 2023

Nominations

  • nominated for the European University Film Award (EUFA) 2022
  • efa - european film 2022
  • efa - european director (lukas dhont) 2022
  • efa - european actor (eden dambrine) 2022
  • efa - european screenwriter (lukas dhont & angelo tijssens) 2022
  • nominated for the lux audience award 2023
  • golden globes nomination for best motion picture - non-english language 2023
  • for the 28th annual critics choise awards - best foreign language film 2023
  • for the ensors in 13 categories 2023
  • for the 95th oscars in the international feature film category 2023
  • for Les César 2023 in the category Best International Film

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