Lukas Dhont

Lukas Dhont

Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019. Dhont was born in Ghent, Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art school. He has a younger brother Michiel who is a producer. As a teenager, Dhont worked as a costume design assistant on film and television sets. He made his feature-length debut in 2018 with Girl, a drama film inspired by the story of Nora Monsecour which focuses on a trans girl pursuing a career as a ballerina. Girl premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm. It received the André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC) and was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. It received nine nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards and won four, including Best Flemish Film and Best Screenplay for Dhont. Dhont's second feature, Close, starring Emilie Dequenne and Léa Drucker, premiered in competition at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, where he shared the Grand Prix with Claire Denis' Stars At Noon. It also won the Sydney Film Prize in June 2022. The film is based on his own experiences at school, and tells the story of the friendship between two boys in their early teens. As of July 2021 Dhont is developing an untitled film with screenwriter Laurent Lunetta. - IMDb Mini Biography By: yusufpiskin

  • Title: Lukas Dhont
  • Popularity: 2.465
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1991-06-11
  • Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
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  • Also Known As: Лукас Донт
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Lukas Dhont Movies

  • 2024
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    Chantal Akerman - Always on the Move

    Chantal Akerman - Always on the Move

    1 2024 HD

    Chantal Akerman is only 25 when her acclaimed film 'Jeanne Dielman' is released in 1975. It is a bold film, with which she immediately makes a name...

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  • 2010
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    Either/Or

    Either/Or

    1 2010 HD

    A serial killer goes out in a regular day to do errands, which include, find his next victim.

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  • 2012
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    Skin Of Glass

    Skin Of Glass

    1 2012 HD

    I started from a place on Left Bank where the children of parents who are absent for an unknown period of time (sailors, immigrants) live together,...

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  • 2012
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    Skin Of Glass

    Skin Of Glass

    1 2012 HD

    I started from a place on Left Bank where the children of parents who are absent for an unknown period of time (sailors, immigrants) live together,...

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  • 2021
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    Our Nature

    Our Nature

    5 2021 HD

    A poetic and bittersweet codetta. Themes such as the craving for human contact and the impossibility to come together are central to this miniature...

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  • 2012
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    Skin Of Glass

    Skin Of Glass

    1 2012 HD

    I started from a place on Left Bank where the children of parents who are absent for an unknown period of time (sailors, immigrants) live together,...

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  • 2021
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    Our Nature

    Our Nature

    5 2021 HD

    A poetic and bittersweet codetta. Themes such as the craving for human contact and the impossibility to come together are central to this miniature...

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  • 2012
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    Skin Of Glass

    Skin Of Glass

    1 2012 HD

    I started from a place on Left Bank where the children of parents who are absent for an unknown period of time (sailors, immigrants) live together,...

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  • 2012
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    De Lucht in mijn Keel

    De Lucht in mijn Keel

    1 2012 HD

    'The Air in My Throat' shows a summer day in the life of Elle (12), but what has taken place in the previous months, shimmers through the house....

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  • 2012
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    Headlong

    Headlong

    7 2012 HD

    On the occasion of a dance competition a young ballet dancer is in a foreign place. Alone in his hotel room loneliness overpowers him, until he meets...

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  • 2022
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    Close

    Close

    7.8 2022 HD

    Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi have always been close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by...

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  • 2022
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    Close

    Close

    7.8 2022 HD

    Thirteen-year-olds Léo and Rémi have always been close, but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by...

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  • 2013
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    Boys On Film X

    Boys On Film X

    6.5 2013 HD

    Boys On Film presents the tenth volume in the world's most successful short film series. All boundaries will be broken as Boys On Film X promises to...

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  • 2014
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    Infinity

    Infinity

    6 2014 HD

    The story is about a boy who is bouncing back and forth between different stages of life, but it is also a story between man and child.

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  • 2014
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    Infinity

    Infinity

    6 2014 HD

    The story is about a boy who is bouncing back and forth between different stages of life, but it is also a story between man and child.

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  • 2020
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    The Revelations 2020

    The Revelations 2020

    1 2020 HD

    This year, 36 actresses are being highlighted by the Revelations Committee of the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. Lukas Dhont, a true...

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  • 2020
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    The Revelations 2020

    The Revelations 2020

    1 2020 HD

    This year, 36 actresses are being highlighted by the Revelations Committee of the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. Lukas Dhont, a true...

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  • 2018
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    Girl

    Girl

    7.173 2018 HD

    A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

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  • 2018
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    Girl

    Girl

    7.173 2018 HD

    A promising teenage dancer enrolls at a prestigious ballet school while grappling with her gender dysphoria.

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  • 2012
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    Headlong

    Headlong

    7 2012 HD

    On the occasion of a dance competition a young ballet dancer is in a foreign place. Alone in his hotel room loneliness overpowers him, until he meets...

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  • 2013
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    Boys On Film X

    Boys On Film X

    6.5 2013 HD

    Boys On Film presents the tenth volume in the world's most successful short film series. All boundaries will be broken as Boys On Film X promises to...

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  • 2012
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    The Broken Circle Breakdown

    The Broken Circle Breakdown

    7.702 2012 HD

    The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

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