Dardenne brothers

Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne CMW (French: [daʁdɛn]; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne CMW (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view in contemporary Europe. They also own the production company Les Films du Fleuve.

The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with La Promesse. They won their first major international film prize when Rosetta won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film L'Enfant, putting them in a small club, at the time, of only seven fimmakers to ever win twice. Lorna's Silence (2008), won the Best Screenplay prize at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.

Their 8th film, The Kid with a Bike, won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film alongside eight Magritte Award nominations. In 2015, their film Two Days, One Night received nine Magritte Award nominations (winning three) and one Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Marion Cotillard. Their 2019 feature Young Ahmed won Best Director at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, their 2022 film Tori and Lokita won the 75th Anniversary Prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and their 2025 film The Young Mother's Home won Best Screeenplay at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.