She made her feature-length debut in 2021 with
Playground, a drama film following the life of a seven-year-old girl dealing with the children's and adult's worlds.
Playground premiered at the
2021 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the
Caméra d'Or award for best first feature film, winning the
FIPRESCI Prize. It received the
André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the
Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC) and was selected as the Belgian entry for the
Best International Feature Film at the
94th Academy Awards. At the
11th Magritte Awards,
Playground was nominated for ten awards and won seven, including
Best First Feature Film and
Best Director for Wandel. In 2025, Wandel's second feature ''
Adam's Interest'' starring
Léa Drucker and
Anamaria Vartolomei will have its world premiere at the
2025 Cannes Film Festival in the
Critics' Week section. ==References==