The Belgian Film Critics Association has announced that Flemish filmmaker Lukas Dhont's 'Close' is this year's recipient of the André Cavens Award. Each year, the prize is handed out to the best film produced in Belgium and released during the preceding calendar year.
Dhont's second feature film 'Close,' which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and won their Grand Prix, has been lauded at various international film festivals.
This film has also been nominated at the Golden Globe Awards and is the Belgian representative for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.
On Tuesday evening, the Belgian Film Critics Association, somewhat unsurprisingly, named 'Close' as the winner of this year's André Cavens Award for the best Belgian film of 2022.
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Furthermore, the association's president, Marc Bussens, indicated that "it is not implausible" that 'Close' will also win their annual Grand Prix, which is given to the film deemed best from all countries released in 2022.
