CLOSE (F/F) (2023) 

Synopsis

Leo and Remi are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their schoolmates notice their intimacy, causing a rift between them. When their seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart, Leo struggles to understand what has happened. Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing. Sensitively directed by Lukas Dhont, Close was winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, following on Dhont’s 2018 success with Girl, also a big winner at Cannes. Close took seven prizes at Belgium’s Magritte Awards, amongst others, and went on to earn an Oscar nomination at the 2023 Academy Awards. In June, Close won the Lux European Audience Film Award following more than 500 screenings set up for the event across the European Union.