Laura Wandel is a Brussels-based director who studied film at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD). She began her career in 2007 with her graduation short film Walls, which was selected at numerous festivals, followed by her second short film, O négatif (2011). Her first feature film, Un monde, was presented in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival in 2021, where it won the FIPRESCI Prize. The film also received the Sutherland Trophy at the BFI London Film Festival, as well as several Magritte Awards.