‘Un monde’, the first feature film by Brussels director Laura Wandel, is the official Belgian entry for the Oscars. If the film survives the selection, it will compete for the Oscar for Best International Film.
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On March 27, 2022, during the 94th Oscar ceremony, the Belgian film A world can be awarded an Oscar. Wallonie Bruxelles Images announced on Thursday that the film will be the Belgian entry. There is certainly a chance that the film, which has already won several awards, will survive the selection and end up on the shortlist in February.
With her debut, Wandel is on a triumphant march through large and smaller film festivals: the drama recently received the prize for the best debut at the famous BFI London Film Festival. Earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, the film won the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) prize in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section. After the screening there, the filmmaker and the cast received a standing ovation. A world was also nominated in the European Discovery category at the European Film Awards in December.
The 37-year-old Wandel is very proud of the choice for her film: ‘This selection is also very important to me because the film was produced and directed entirely in Belgium, with a French and Dutch-speaking team and producers.’
A world is indeed a Belgian production, with Dragons Films as main producer and co-producer the Ghent production house Lunanime, with the support of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund and the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles.
A world, released in English as Playground, tells the story of Nora and her big brother Abel. When Nora goes to first grade, she sees her big brother Abel being bullied on the playground. While her father wants her to speak, her brother wants her to be silent. Nora mainly hopes to make new friends, which leaves her with a devastating choice.
A world was screened in world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and has already been sold to fifteen countries, including the United States. In Belgium it came out on Wednesday, in France for example it is January 5, 2022.
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