Belgian writer-director Lukas Dhont sat down with HFPA journalist Greet Raemekers to discuss his latest film Close, which premiered in competition at the 2022 Cannes film festival and tied for the Grand Prix. They also discuss his first feature film Girl, how to portray different types of intimate male relationships in our modern society, how his mother seeing the movie Titanic taught him about the power of film and made him want to be a filmmaker, and more.