Lukas Dhont is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. 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.
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.
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