The film “Tori and Lokita,” directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and starred by the well-known Kosovar actor Alban Ukaj, has just won the “Grand Prix” award at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

A special prize in honor of Cannes’ 75th anniversary was awarded to Belgian directors Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne for their social realist drama Tori et Lokita, the story of two teenage immigrants from Benin who face a desperate situation as refugees in Europe. The Dardenne brothers are two-time Palme d’Or winners, having taken Cannes’ top prize for The Son (2005) and Rosetta (1999).

After winning two Golden Palms with Rosetta in 1999 and L’enfant in 2005, the brothers returned to Cannes. They later won the Best Screenplay Award and the 2008 Grand Prix for The Silence of Lorna. “In 2011, they received the Best Screenplay Award and the Grand Prix for “Le Gamin au Velo.”