Laura Wandel
{{Short description|Belgian film director and screenwriter}}
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| birth_date = 1984
| birth_place = Brussels, Belgium
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| occupation = Director, screenwriter
| years_active = 2007–present
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Laura Wandel is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
Biography
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/culture/entertainment/hk-cannes-2021-list-winners |title=Cannes Film Festival 2021: Full Winners List |work=Asia Tatler |date=18 July 2021 |access-date=18 July 2021}} 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.{{cite web|first=Eric|last=Van Cutsem|url=https://www.cinopsis.be/potins/la-selection-2021-de-lucc/amp/|title=La sélection 2021 de l’UCC|work=Cinopsis|date=19 December 2021|accessdate=19 December 2021|language=French}}
At the 11th Magritte Awards, Playground was nominated for ten awards and won seven, including Best First Feature Film and Best Director for Wandel.{{cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=‘Playground’, ‘Madly In Life’ top Belgium’s Magritte Awards |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/playground-madly-in-life-top-belgiums-magritte-awards/5167642.article |website=Screen Daily |access-date=13 February 2022 |date=13 February 2022}}
In 2025, Wandel's second feature Adam's Interest starring Léa Drucker and Anamaria Vartolomei will have its world premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in the Critics' Week section.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/cannes-critics-week-2025-selection-with-full-list-1236367514/|title=Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2025 Selection – Full List & Details|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Melanie|last=Goodfellow|date=14 April 2025|access-date=14 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/464727/|title=Léa Drucker and Anamaria Vartolomei lead the cast of Laura Wandel’s L’Intérêt d’Adam|website=CineEuropa|first=Aurore|last=Engelen|date=25 July 2024|access-date=14 April 2025}}
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century Belgian screenwriters
Category:21st-century Belgian women writers
Category:Belgian film directors
Category:Belgian women film directors
Category:Magritte Award winners
Category:Writers from Brussels
Category:Belgian women screenwriters
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