On Tuesday 27 June, the European Parliament presented the LUX Audience Award 2023 to the film “Close” by Lukas Dhont (see EUROPE B13210A34). It was an opportunity for the director, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and MEPs to stress the importance of defending European values.
Anti-LGBT stances
Mr Dhont denounced the anti-LGBT demonstrations that forced two Bulgarian cinemas to stop showing his film in June. “When your film has difficulties to be shown just in a smooth way...