In 2002 , Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes ' '' Le Fils '' ( '' The Son '' ) . In 2005 , they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film '' L’Enfant '' ( '' The Child '' ) , putting them in an elite club , at the time , of only seven . Their film , '' Le Silence de Lorna '' ( '' Lorna 's Silence '' ) , won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall . Their film '' The Kid with a Bike '' won the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival , received one Golden Globe nomination and eight Magritte Award nominations . Jean-Pierre was the jury president for the Cinéfoundation and Short Films sections of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . In 2015 , their film '' Deux jours , une nuit '' ( '' 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 them the Best Director Award at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival . Creators of intensely naturalistic films about working class life in Belgium , brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne have created a notable body of work since 1996 . With '' La Promesse '' ( '' The Promise '' ) ( 1996 ) , '' Rosetta '' ( 1999 ) , '' Le Fils '' ( '' The Son '' ) ( 2002 ) , and '' L'Enfant '' ( '' The Child '' ) ( 2005 ) , the Dardennes ’ films show young people at the fringes of society – immigrants , the unemployed , the inhabitants of shelters . Both '' Rosetta '' and '' L'Enfant '' were awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival , the only two Belgian films ever to earn the honor
2012 Cannes Film Festival
2012 Cannes Film Festival
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