Oscars: Belgium Picks Lukas Dhont’s ‘Coward’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission

The queer WWI drama won best acting honors in Cannes for leads Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne.

Lukas Dhont’s “Coward,” which won the best actor prize at Cannes for Emmanuel Macchia and Valentin Campagne, will represent Belgium in the international feature film race at the 99th Academy Awards. The selection marks the third time Belgium has submitted a film by Dhont to the Oscars. His 2018 debut “Girl” – which won

Lukas Dhont’s latest feature, Coward, has been selected as Belgium’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards. Directed by Dhont from a screenplay he wrote with Angelo Tijssens, Coward is set at the height of the First World War and follows Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the