Program
ADDITIONAL EVENT
17:30
Directed by: Lukas Dhont, Belgium, France, Netherlands 2022, 104 min.
The intense friendship between two thirteen-year old boys Léo and Rémi suddenly gets disrupted. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi's mother. Close is a beautiful study of friendship and responsibility. It is a second feature film of Belgian film director and screenwriter Lukas Dhont. It premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where he shared the Grand Prix with Claire Denis' Stars at Noon. On 27 June it was announced as the winner of the 2023 LUX Audience Award. The LUX Audience Award is an annual project of the European Parliament and the European Film Academy, in partnership with the European Commission and Europa Cinemas.