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Laura Wandel
Laura Wandel is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. She made her feature-length debut in 2021 with ''Playground'', a drama film following the life of a seven-year-old girl dealing with the children's and adult's worlds. ''Playground'' premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film, winning the FIPRESCI Prize. 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 International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. At the 11th Magritte Awards, ''Playground'' was nominated for ten awards and won seven, including Best First Feature Film and Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ... fo ...
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Magritte Award For Best Director
The Magritte Award for Best Director ( French: Magritte du meilleur réalisateur) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working within the film industry. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements. The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in '' Mr. Nobody''. As of the 2022 ceremony, Laura Wandel is the most recent winner in this category for her work in '' Playground''. Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. 2010s 2020s References External links Magritte Awards official websiteMagritte Award for Best Directorat '' AlloCiné'' {{Magritte Awards 2011 establishments in Belgium Awards established in 2011 Awards for best director Director Director m ...
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Belgian Screenwriters
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Belgian Women Film Directors
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Belgian Film Directors
Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) Gallia Belgica was a province of the Roman Empire in present-day Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Belgica may also refer to: Places * Belgica Glacier, Antarctica * Belgica Guyot, an undersea tablemount off Antarctica * Belgica Mountain ... * Belgic (other) {{Disambiguation ...
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21st-century Belgian Women Writers
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21st-century Belgian Writers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ...
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1984 Births
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Magritte Award For Best First Feature Film
The Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film ( French: Magritte du meilleur premier film) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux The Académie André Delvaux is a Belgium, Belgian professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Cinema of Belgium, Belgian cinema. Founded in 2010, it is responsible for the annual Magritte Awards, Belgium's principal film .... It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements. It was introduced in 2013 as an audience award. However, its first winner '' Dead Man Talking'' was announced during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, three months later the 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony. In 2016, the Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film became a merit category. As of the 2022 ceremony, '' Playground'' is the most recent winner in this category. Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by t ...
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Playground (2021 Film)
''Playground'' (french: Un monde) is a 2021 Belgian drama film directed by Laura Wandel. In June 2021, the film was selected to compete in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, it won the FIPRESCI Prize in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section. ''Playground'' received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association. At the 11th Magritte Awards, it was nominated for ten awards and won seven, including Best First Feature Film and Best Director for Wandel. It was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. Plot A seven-year-old girl witnesses her older brother being bullied. Though he swears her to secrecy, she tells their father and soon finds herself the victim of bullying as well. Cast * Maya Vanderbeque as Nora * Günter Duret as Abel * Karim Leklou as Finnigan * Laura Verlinden as Agnes * Lena Girard Voss as Clémence * Thao Maerten as David Accolad ...
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