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Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

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Jean Pierre Dardenne was born in Engis on 21 April 1951 and Luc Dardenne in Awirs, 10 March 1954.

Jean Pierre studied the dramatic arts at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (Institute of Broadcasting Arts) in Brussels where he was taught by the director and poet Armand Gatti, thanks to whom he, and his brother Luc, would begin directing their first films.

Luc, for his part, had studied philosophy and sociology. During the 1970s they would make a series of politically engaged documentary films before founding their own production company in 1975: “Dérives”. Some years later, in 1994, they would found their film company: “Les Films du Fleuve”. They made their first full-length film, “Falsch”, in 1987; it was an adaptation of a theatre play concerning the last surviving member of a Jewish family exterminated by the Nazis. The film would mark a major turning point in their career as their first fictional work.

In 1992 they directed “Je pense à vous”, but would have to wait until 1996 before receiving wider recognition at the ‘Directors Fortnight’ in Cannes with “La Promesse” (The Promise). They received their first Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival for “Rosetta” in 1999. Three years later Olivier Gourmet received the Festival’s Best Actor award for his role in “Le Fils” (The Son). In 2005 the brothers received another Palme d’Or for “L’Enfant” (The Child), thus joining the very exclusive club of filmmakers to have won the Palme d’Or on two occasions. Furthermore at Cannes, they would also receive the 2008 Best Screenplay award for “Le Silence de Lorna” (Lorna’s Silence)”, a drama about clandestine immigrants; and the 2011 Grand Prix award for “Le Gamin au Vélo” (Kid With a Bike).

After this they went on to make “Deux jours, une nuit” (Two Days, One Night) with the actress Marion Cotillard and “La Fille inconnue” (The Unknown Girl) with Adèle Haenel. In 2019 they received the Cannes Film Festival’s Best Director award for “Le Jeune Ahmed” (Young Ahmed), a film about the destiny of a teenager embracing Islamic extremism. In 2022, they were awarded the prize of the 75th Cannes Film Festival for their film “Tori et Lokita” (Tori and Lokita), which tells the story of the friendship between two young migrants who came alone in Europe from Africa.

Since 2001, their French production associate has been Archipel 35, owned by their friend Denis Freyd.

2022

Tori and Lokita

2022

Feature Film (Fiction, HD, color, 88 min)

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- Sélection en Compétition Officielle au Festival de Cannes 2022
- Prix spécial du 75ème - Festival de Cannes 2022
- Prix de l'Agenda 2030 Pays Basque Euskadi
- Prix du scénario - OUFF27 2022
- LUCAS Youngsters Award - International Festival for Young Film Lovers #45
- Grand prix du public (sélection ALE) - Festival du film européen de Séville
- Castello d'Onore - Festival Castellinaria 2022
2019

Young Ahmed

2019

Feature Film (Fiction, HD, color, 84 min)

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- Prix de la mise en scène - Cannes Film Festival 2019
- Best Screenplay Award and The Green Spike for The Best Editing - Valladolid International Film Festival - Spain 2019
- Out off competition - New York Film Festival - US 2019
- Cesar Nomination - Best Foreign Film - France 2020
2016

The Unknown Girl

2016

Feature Film (Fiction, HD, color, 106 min)

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- Sélection officielle - Cannes Film Festival 2016
- OFCS Award - Best Film Non-US - Online Film Critics Society Awards - 2017
- Audience Award - Best Foreign Actress Adèle Haenel - SESC Film Festival - Brazil 2018
- Cesar Nomination - Best Foreign Film - France 2017
- Nomination - The Best French-language Film - Lumiere Awards - France 2017
- Nomination - TV5 Monde prize : Film By the Sea International Film Festival - 2016
2014

Two Days, one Night

2014

Feature Film (Fiction, digital, color, 95 min)

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- Sélection officielle - Cannes Film Festival - France 2014
- Lumiere Award - Best French-Language Foreign Film - Lumiere Awards - France 2015
- Sydney Film Prize - Australia 2014
- Best Foreign Language Film - Indiana Film Journalists Association - US 2014
- Best European Actress Marion Cotillard - European Film Awards - 2014
- Best Foreign Language Film - Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - US 2014
- Andre Cavens Prize - UCC - Belgium 2014
- Best Actress Marion Cotillard - San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - US 2014
- Karen Morley Award Best Actress Marion Cotillard - Progressive Awards
- Best Foreign Language Film - Denver Films Critics Society - US 2015
- Best Actress Marion Cotillard - Georgia Film Critics Circle - Ireland 2015
- Best Foreign Film -Guldbagge Awards - Sweden 2015
- Magritte Award Best Film - Magritte Awards - Belgium 2015
- Magritte Award Best Directors - Magritte Awards - Belgium 2015
- Magritte Award Best Actor Fabrizio Rongione - Magritte Awards - Belgium 2015
- ACCA Prize - Best Foreign Language Film - Awards Circuit Community Awards - UK 2014
- AFCA Award - Best International Film - Australian Film Critics Association Awards - Australia 2015
- BOFCA Award - Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Best Foreign Language Film, Ten Best Film of the Year (6th place) - Boston Online Film Critics Association - Boston 2014
- BSFC Award - Best Actress - Boston Society of Film Critics Awards - Boston 2014
- Silver Condor Prize - Best Foreign Film - Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards - 2016 Argentine
- CinEuphoria Prize - Top Ten of The Year, Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Freedom of Expression - CinEuphoria Awards - 2015
- CCOP Prize - Best Film Not in the Portuguese - Criticos de Cinema Online Portugueses Awards - Portugal 2015
- NBR Award - Top Five Foreign Language Films - National Board of Review - US 2014
- NYFCO Award - Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Best Foreign Language Film - New York Film Critics Online - NY 2014
- OFCS Award - Best Foreign Film, Best Directors, Best Picture - Online Film Critics Society Awards - 2014
- ICP Award- Best Actress Marion Cotillard - Indiewire Critics'Poll - 2014
- ICS Award - Best Film Non-English Language Film, Best Actress Marion Cotillard - International Cinephile Society Awards - 2015
- INOCA Prize - Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Best Non-English Language Film - International Online Cinema Awards - 2015
- Critics Award - Best Foreign Actress Marion Cotillard - SESC Film Festival - Brazil 2016
- Turkish Cinema Award - Best Foreign Language Film - SIYAD Turkish Film Critics Association Award - Turkey 2014
- Founders Prize - Best Drama- Traverse City Film Festival - Michigan 2015
- WFCC Award - Best Foreign Film by or About Women - Women Film Critics Circle Awards - 2014
- Oscar nomination Best Actress in a Leading Role for Marion Cotillard - US 2015
- BAFTA Nomination - Best Film Not in the English Language - UK 2015
- Cesar Nomination - Best Foreign Film - France 2015
- Cesar Nomination - Best Actress Marion Cotillard - 2015 France
- Nomination ASECAN Award - Best Foreign Film - ASECAN - Spain 2015
- Nomination Audience Award Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - European Film Award - 2014
- Nomination Best Screenplay Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne - European Film Award - 2014
- Nomination EDA Award - Best Film, Best Actress Marion Cotillard - Alliance of Women Film Journalists - Alliance of Women Film Journalists - NY 2015
- Nomination Bodil - Best Non-American Film - Bodil Awards - Denmark 2015
- Nomination CFCA Award - Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Best Foreign Film- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards - Chicago 2014
- Nomination COFCA Award - Best Foreign Film - Central Ohio Film Critics Association - US 2015
- Nomination Critics Choice Award - Best Actress Marion Cotillard, Best Foreign Film - Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards - US 2015
- Nomination Gold Derby Award - Gold Derby Awards - Best Actress, Best Foreign Film - US 2015
- Crystal Globe nomination - Best Film, Best Actress - Crystal Globe - France 2015
- Nomination ARRI - Munich Film Festival - Best International Film - Munich 2014
- Nomination NCFCA - North Carolina Film Critics Association - Best Foreign Film, Best Actress - North Carolina 2015
- Nomination Trophée Francophone - Trophée Francophone for the Best Directors and the Best Actress Marion Cotillard - Trophées Francophones du Cinema - France 2015
- Golden Spike Nomination - Best Film- Valladolid International Film Festival - Spain 2014
2011

The Kid with the bike

2011

Feature Film (Fiction, digital, color, 95 min)

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- Grand Prix du jury- Cannes Film Festival - France 2011
- Prize Robert Bresson - Italy 2011
- Best Actor Thomas Doret - Texture Film Festival - Russia
- Golden Flaiano Prize - Italie 2011
- Magritte Award - Best Film, Best Actor for Thomas Doret, Best Directors, Best Script - Magritte Awards - Belgium 2012
- European Screenwriter - European Film Awards - 2011
- Honorable Mention - Semana International de Cine Valladolid - Seminci - 2011
- European Directors - European Film Awards - EU 2011
- Golden Pegasus - Best Film - Flaiano International Prizes - Italy 2011
- ICS award - International Cinephile Society Awards - Best Picture Not Released in 2011 - US 2012
- NBR Award - Top Five Foreign Language Films - National Board of Review - US 2012
- SDFCS Award - Best Foreign Language Film - San Diego Film Critics Society Awards - San Diego 2012
- Honorable Mention for Thomas Doret - Valladolid International Film Festival - Spain 2011
- Golden Globes Award nomination - Best Foreign Film - US 2012
- Cesar Nomination - Best Foreign Film - France 2011
- Nomination Best International Film - Independant Spirit Awards - 2012
2008

Lorna's Silence

2008

Feature Film (Fiction, 35 mm, color, 105 min)

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- Prix du scénario - Cannes Film Festival - France 2008
- Lumiere Award - Best French Language Film -Lumiere Awards- France 2009
- Lux prize - European Parliament - 2008
- Cesar nomination - The Best Foreign Film- France 2009
- Nomination European Film Award - European Actress Arta Dobroshi - 2008
- Nomination Gopos Award - Best European Film - Gopo Awards - Roumania 2010
- Nomination ICP Award - Best Lead Performance Arta Dobroshi - Indiewire Critics' Poll - 2009
- Nomination ICS Award - Best Supporting Actor Jérémie Renier, Best Film Not in the English Language - International Cinephile Society Awards - 2010
- Nomination TFCA Award - Best Actress Arta Dobroshi - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards - Toronto 2009
- Nomination VVFP Award - Best Actress Arta Dobroshi - Village Voice Film Poll - NY 2009
2007

In Darkness

2007

Short Film (made for the 60th anniversary of the 2007 Cannes Film Festival)

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2005

The Child

2005

Feature Film (Fiction, 35mm, color, 95 min)

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- Palme d'or - Cannes Film Festival - France 2005
- Lumiere Award - Best French-Language Film - Lumiere Awards - France 2006
- Joseph Plateau Award - Best Film, Best Directors, Best Screenplay, Best Actress Déborah François, Best Actor Jérémie Rénier - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 2005
- Golden Aries - Best Foreign Film - Russian Guild of Film Critics - Russia 2005
- Best Film - Valdivia International Film Festival - Chili 2006
- TFCA Award - Best Directors, Best Foreign-Language Film - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards - Toronto 2006
- Best Film, Best Directors, Best Actor - Pune International Film Festival - India 2005
- Guldbagge Award - Best Foreign Film - Guldbagge Awards - Sweden 2006
- Nomination Silver Condor - Best Foreign Film - Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards - Argentina 2007
- Nomination the Bodil - Best Non-American Film - Bodil Awards - Danmark 2007
- Cesar Nomination - The Best Film, Best Directors, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay - Cesar Awards - France 2006
- Nomination The David - Best European Film - David di Donatello Awards- Italy 2006
- Nomination Audience Award of The Best European Film - European Film Awards - 2006
- Nomination Best European Film and Best European Actor Jérémie Renier - European Film Awards - 2005
- Nomination Gopos Award - Best European Film - Gopo Awards - Roumania 2007
- Nomination ICP Award - Best Film, Best Directors - Indiewire Critics' Poll - USA 2006
- Nomination ICS Award - Best Picture (10th place)- International Cinephile Society Awards - 2007
- Nomination The INOCA - Best Non-English Languages Film - 2007
- Nomination The ALFS Award of The Foreign Language Film of the Year - London Critics Circle Film Awards - London 2007
- Nomination OFTA Film Award - Best Foreign Language Film - Online Film & Television Association - 2007
- Nomination VVFP Award - Best Film - Village Voice Film Poll - NY 2006
2002

The Son

2002

Feature Film (Fiction, 16mm, color, 103 min)

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- Prix d'interprétation masculine Olivier Gourmet - Cannes Film Festival - France 2002
- Best Film - Fajr Film Festival - Iran 2002
- Best Actor Award Olivier Gourmet - Fajr Film Festival - Iran 2002
- Joseph plateau Award for The Best Belgian Film and Best Belgian Directors- Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 2002
- Joseph Plateau Award for The Best Belgian Actor Olivier Gourmet - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 2002
1999

Rosetta

1999

Feature Film (Fiction, 35mm, color, 95 min)

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- Palme d'or - Cannes Film Festival - France 1999
- Award for Best Actress for Emilie Dequenne - Cannes Film Festival - France 1999
- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury- Cannes Film Festival - France 1999
- Golden Flaiano Award - Premi Internazionali E. Flaiano - Italy 2000
- Best Actress Emilie Dequenne - Film Critics Association Awards - Chicago 2000
- Golden Pegasus - Best Director - Flaiano International Prizes - Italy 2000
- Box Office Award - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 2000
- Joseph Plateau Award - Best Belgian Film - Best Belgian Directors - Best Belgian Actress Emilie Dequenne - Joseph plateau Awards - Belgium 2000
- Nomination - Best Actress Emilie Duquenne - Cesar Awards - France 2000
- Nomination - Best European Actress - European Film Awards - 1999
- Nomination - Best European Film - European Film Awards - 1999
- Nomination - Best Foreign Film - Film Independent Spirit Awards - US 2000
1996

The Promise

1996

Feature Film (Fiction, 35mm, color, 94 min)

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- Quinzaine des réalisateurs- Cannes Film Festival - France 1996
- Best Foreign Language Film - Seattle Society of Film Critics - US 1997
- FIPRESCI Prize - Valladolid Internaional Film Festival- Spain 1996
- Golden Spike - Valladolid Internaional Film Festival- Spain 1996
- Prize of the International Confederation of Cinemas of Art and Essay (C.I.C.A.E) - 1996
- Best Belgian Film - Brussels International Film Festival Joseph Plateau - Belgium 1997
- Best Belgian Actress Sophie Leboutte - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 1997
- Best Belgian Directors - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 1997
- International Competition - Best Film - Fajr International Film Festival - Iran 1998
- C.I.F.E.J. Award - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People - Lucas 1997
- Golden Bayard - Best Film French - Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Belgium 1996
- Audience Award - Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Belgium 1996
- Bayard of the Bayards - Namur International Festival of French-Speaking Film - Belgium 2000
- Top Foreign Films - National Board of Review - US 1997
- Best Foreign Language Film - National Society of Film Critics Awards - US 1998
- Nomination - Best Foreign Film - Cesar Awards - France 1997
- Nomination (Focus Country) Festival of European Cinema of Arcs - 2012
- Nomination - Best Foreign Film - Guldbagge Awards - Sweden 1998
- Nomination - Best Belgian Screenplay - Joseph Plateau Awards - Belgium 1999
- Nomination - Best Foreign language Film - Online Film Critics Society Awards - 1998
- Nomination - Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language - Golden Satellite Award - US 1998
1992

I think of you

1992

Feature Film (Fiction, 35mm, color, 85 min)

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- Public Prize at the Namur International Francophone Film Festival - 1992
1987

He runs, He runs the world

1987

Short Film (Fiction, 35mm, color, 10 min)

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1986

Falsch

1986

Feature Film (Fiction, 35 mm, color, 82 min)

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- SACD Prize (Belgium 1987)
1983

Look at Jonathan, Jean Louvet, his work

1983

Feature Film (Documentary, color, U-matic BVU, 57 min)

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1982

Lessons from a flying university

1982

Feature Film (Documentary, color, Vidéo BVU, 50 min)

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1981

R ... does not respond anymore

1981

Feature Film (Documentary, color, Vidéo U-matic, 52 min)

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1980

For the war to end, the walls had to collapse (Le Journal)

1980

Feature Film (Documentary, Color, Video U-matic, 50 min)

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1979

When Léon M.'s boat descended the Meuse for the first time

1979

Feature Film (Documentary, B&W, Half inch Video, 44min)

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1978

The Song of Rossignol

1978

Feature Film (Documentary, B&W, Half inch Video, 52min)

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Luc Dardenne

Luc DARDENNE is running a screenwriting course at the Free University of Brussels. In 2005, he published the journal of the brother’s cinematographic work: « Au dos de nos images », éditions du Seuil. The book is followed by the screenplay of « Le Fils » -The Son-, « L’Enfant » -The Child- by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The paperback edition (Le Seuil, Points n°601) from 2008 is also followed by the screenplay of « Le silence de Lorna » -Lorna’s Silence- by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The book has been translated into Spanish, Italian, Finnish and will soon be into Chinese.

Luc Dardenne has published an essay at edition du seuil, “Sur l’Affaire humaine”. A third book, “On the back of our images II”, has just been published by Seuil. Luc DARDENNE continues his work of reflection on cinematography, and the reader will also find the scenarios of their two most recent films: “The Kid on the bike” and “Two days, one night”. This book has also been translated into English and Russian.

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne

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Tori and Lokita

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Young Ahmed

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The Unknown Girl

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Two Days, one Night

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The Kid with the bike

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Lorna's Silence

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In Darkness

The Child

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The Son

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Rosetta

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The Promise

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I think of you

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He runs, He runs the world

Falsch

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Look at Jonathan, Jean Louvet, his work

Lessons from a flying university

R ... does not respond anymore

For the war to end, the walls had to collapse (Le Journal)

When Léon M.'s boat descended the Meuse for the first time

The Song of Rossignol

Luc Dardenne

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