''Dust'' is a 1985 film directed by Marion Hänsel based on the 1977 J. M. Coetzee novel '' In the Heart of the Country''. The film was shot in

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and is a

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production. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the

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at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It won the

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prize, awarded to the best first or second major work by a director, at the 1985

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. The jury recognised Jane Birkin's performance as amongst the best of the year, but decided not to award a best actress prize because all of the actresses they judged to have made the best performances were in films that won major awards.

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