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The Belgium co-production CLOSE by Lukas Dhont has been nominated for International Feature Film at the Oscars. The film is one of five nominees in the category. Earlier this year, CLOSE was awarded the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival. Since then, Dhont’s beloved second feature film has received dozens of international festival selections and various film awards. The 95th Academy Awards ceremony will take place on the night of Sunday, March 12th.

CLOSE, produced by Menuet, is the second collaboration between Lukas Dhont and Topkapi Films. The film is distributed by Lumière in collaboration with Vedette, who released CLOSE at 55 screens across The Netherlands.

Story

CLOSE tells the story of Leo and Remi, both 13 years old and friends since forever. Until an unthinkable event drives them apart. Rattled with disbelief, Leo seeks re-approachement with Sophie, Remi’s mother. CLOSE is a film about friendship and responsibility. The young newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele play Leo and Remi.

Watch the trailer for CLOSE here:

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CLOSE NOMINATED FOR FOUR EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS

The streak of awards for the film CLOSE by Lukas Dhont may continue with one or more European Film Awards, since the beloved film has been nominated four times for Europes celebration of cinema. Not only has the film been nominated for European Film, Lukas Dhont is also nominated for European Director and for European Screenwriter, together with Angelo Tijssens. Also, young actor Eden Dambrine is nominated for European Actor for his role of Léo in the film.

CLOSE, produced by Menuet, is the second collaboration between Lukas Dhont and Topkapi Films. His debut film GIRL won Camera d’Or at the festival of Cannes in 2018. Lukas Dhont’s triumphant march for his latest film started at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix, but the film has already won prizes in Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Norway, Israel and Australia. The film is distributed by Lumière in collaboration with Vedette. CLOSE is the official submission for Belgium for the upcoming edition of the Academy Awards.

The 35th edition of the European Film Awards will take place in Reykjavik, Iceland on Saturday December 10th.

CLOSE is now playing in Dutch cinemas.

Story

CLOSE tells the story of Leo and Remi, both 13 years old and friends since forever. Until an unthinkable event drives them apart. Rattled with disbelief, Leo seeks re-approachement with Sophie, Remi’s mother. CLOSE is a film about friendship and responsibility. The young newcomers Eden Dambrine and Gustav De Waele play Leo and Remi.

Watch the trailer for CLOSE here:

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On October 7, the Topkapi Award for Best Fiction Film was awarded as a part of the annual Nederlandse Filmacademie Festival Keep an Eye.
This year’s prize, a festival trip of choice for the crew, was won by It Will Rain.
The jury consisted of Hetty de Kruijff (screenwriter and director), Fadua El Akchaoui (screenwriter, director and actress), Chris Peters (actor), Vanessa Henneman (agent), Frans van Gestel (producer). 

FROM THE JURY REPORT

“A film that tells a poignant story with great passion and bravado, without being pushy. The makers know how to present this story compellingly, while poetry is certainly not shunned. The level of ambition is insanely high and it may be called a small miracle that this film has been brought to a good end with the limited resources available.’’

STORY

When the brothers Nawras and Ward are wrongfully imprisoned in a hellish Syrian prison after protests, the end of their lives seems near. Miraculously, Nawras is released from prison. This leaves him with a debilitating dilemma: should he stay to fight against injustice in Syria or should he flee his homeland?

CREW

Regie Amir Zaza
Scenario Zeynep Dülger, Amir Zaza
Productie Aziza van den Berg, Ingmar Conjarts, Loes Lucker
Cinematografie Tonko Bossen
Gaffer Boyd Bakema, Yannick Giraud
Production Design Muhammed Zekeriya Berber
Art Direction Maikel Samsom
Montage Marre Bonke
VFX Supervisie Praba Anandasundaram, Stevenson Lacroes, Gilles Vink
Supervising Sound Editor Jesse Enzler
Geluidsontwerp Tauro ter Horst
Mixage Felicia Koolhoven
Geluidsopname Nancy Konijn
Componist Mojan Alaiyeh

 

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]]> LUKAS DHONT’S CLOSE SELECTED FOR PALM D’OR COMPETITION https://topkapifilms.nl/lukas-dhonts-close-selected-for-palm-dor-competetion/ Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:10:53 +0000 https://topkapifilms.nl/?p=5195 LUKAS DHONT’S CLOSE SELECTED FOR PALM D’OR COMPETETION We are proud to announce that our Flemish co production CLOSE is...

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We are proud to announce that our Flemish co production CLOSE is selected for the main competition at the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.

Close is the second collaboration between Lukas Dhont and Topkapi Films. His debut film GIRL won Camera d’Or at the festival of Cannes in 2018.

CLOSE tells the story of Leo and Remi.  They’ve been friends since forever. Until an unthinkable event drives them apart. Rattled with disbelief, Leo seeks rapprochement with Sophie, Remi’s mother. CLOSE is a film about friendship and responsibility.

Director: Lukas Dhont
Screenwriters:  Angelo Tijssens and Lukas Dhont
Cast: Emilie Dequenne, Kevin Janssens, Léa Drucker

Production companies: Menuet bv in co production with Topkapi films, Versus productions and Diaphana films.

Close is supported by the Netherlands Film Fund and Netherlands Film Production Incentive.

Lumiere will distribute the film late 2022.

 

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Lukas Dhonts GIRL first feature film won The European Discovery Award – Prix FIPRESCI during the European Film Awards 2018 in Sevilla. 

Director Lukas Dhont: “I want to dedicate this film to 2 people that are very special. One is Victor Polster. He has the biggest power of any artist, empathy. This brings me to the other, Nora Monsecour. She’s a young trans girl who is at the base of the film. She became my hero.”

The film is also nominated for a Golden Globe in the category Foreign Language Film. The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on January 6.

GIRL tells the story of 15-year-old Lara who wants to become a ballerina, with a classical training for female dancers. Lara is accepted in a ballet school and her dream seems closer than ever. But there is one problem: Lara was born into the body of a boy. A body that she will push to its limits in order for her to succeed.

The film is produced by Menuet (BE) in co-production with Topkapi Films (NL) and Frakas Productions (BE). Girl received support from Belgium’s Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Netherlands Film Fund.

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Lukas Dhonts first feature film GIRL is nominated for the Foreign Language Film category in the 2019 Golden Globe Awards.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced its nominees this Thursday in Hollywood. Nominees are put forward in 25 award categories, with the winners selected by HPFA members, who are drawn from over 40 countries around the world. “I am very grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, it is such an honour to be nominated together with such great filmmakers.” says director Lukas Dhont. The 76th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on January 6.

GIRL has already received multiple awards. Not only has Girl been awarded with the prestigieus Camera d’Or at the Cannes film festival, it also won the Queer Palm, got awarded with the Prix FIPRESCI by the international press, won the price for best film and the audience award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, got awarded with the Golden Eye at the Zurich Film Festival for Best International Feature Film and the Knack Focus Jo Röpcke Award during Film Festival Ghent. Lead actor Victor Polster also scored the Best Performance nod in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Actor at the Stockholm Film Festival. The film also received 3 nominations for the European Film Awards: Best European Film, Best European Actor (Victor Polster) and Best European Discovery 2018.

The film is produced by Menuet (BE) in co-production with Topkapi Films (NL) and Frakas Productions (BE). Girl received support from Belgium’s Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Netherlands Film Fund.

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Lukas Dhont received The Caméra d’Or for his debut Girl. The film premiered in the section: Un Certain Regard, where   Victor Polster won Best Performance. Girl also received the Queer Palm Award as the best of LGBTQ films across the official selection and was awarded with The International Critics Prize (FIPRESCI Prize).

Girl tells the story of 15-year-old Lara who wants to become a ballerina, with a classical training for female dancers. Lara is accepted in a ballet school and her dream seems closer than ever. But there is one problem: Lara was born into the body of a boy. A body that she will push to its limits in order for her to succeed.

Lukas Dhont is a young cinematographer who graduated from KASK art academy (Ghent). With his short films Corps perdu and L’infini, he has won several awards including Ghent Film Festival and Leuven International Short Film Festival, qualifying L’infini for Oscar selection in 2015. In addition to his short films, Lukas has directed several music videos, in which he displays his unique filmic style and his strong interest in visualizing themes related to youth. In 2014, Lukas was nominated for a prestigious MIA for his music video for Oscar and The Wolf’s Strange Entity.

The film is produced by Menuet (BE) in co-production with Topkapi Films (NL) and Frakas Productions (BE). Girl received support from Belgium’s Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Netherlands Film Fund.

Girl is the 9th collaboration of Topkapi Films and Menuet, after previous co-productions like A Noble Intention, Belgica, Layla M. and The Broken Circle Breakdown.

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GIRL, the first feature film by Lukas Dhont and Belgian-Dutch co-production by Menuet, Frakas Productions and Topkapi Films is selected for the prestigious Cannes section Un Certain Regard.

GIRL tells the story of the determined 15-year-old Lara who is committed to becoming a professional ballerina. With the support of her father, she throws herself into this quest for the absolute at a new school. Lara’s adolescent frustrations and impatience are heightened as she realizes her body does not bend so easily to the strict discipline because she was born a boy.

“I am incredibly happy with the freedom I have had making Girl and the trust that so many people placed in me to develop my first feature in this way,” said Dhont. “To be able to present Girl in world premiere at the Cannes Festival is just… unbelievable.”

The film is produced by Menuet (BE) in co production with Topkapi Films (NL) and Frakas Productions (BE). Girl received support from Belgium’s Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) and the Netherlands Film Fund.

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