8th Magritte Awards

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The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV.[1] Actress Natacha Régnier presided the ceremony, while Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the third time.[2][3]

The nominees for the 8th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2018.[4] Films with the most nominations were A Wedding with eight, followed by This Is Our Land with seven and Insyriated with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 3, 2018.[5] Insyriated won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Philippe Van Leeuw. Other multiple winners were A Wedding and Raw with two awards each.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Most Promising Actor

  • Soufiane Chilah – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
    • Mistral Guidotti – Home
    • Baptiste Sornin – Sonar
    • Arieh Worthalter – Past Imperfect (Le Passé devant nous)

Most Promising Actress

Best Screenplay

Best First Feature Film

Best Flemish Film

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

  • Raw (Grave) – Laurie Colson
    • Angel (Mon ange) – Luc Noël
    • A Wedding (Noces) – Catherine Cosme

Best Costume Design

  • A Wedding (Noces) – Sophie Van Den Keybus
    • King of the Belgians – Claudine Tychon
    • Raw (Grave) – Elise Ancion

Best Original Score

Best Sound

  • Insyriated – Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse and Chadi Roukoz
    • A Wedding (Noces) – Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings
    • Sonar – Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert

Best Editing

Best Fiction Short Film

  • With Thelma (Avec Thelma)
    • Kapitalistis
    • Little Hands (Les Petites Mains)
    • The Summer Movie (Le Film de l'été)

Best Animated Short Film

  • Le Lion et le Singe
    • 69 sec
    • The Unicorn (La Licorne)
    • The Wind in the Reeds (Le Vent dans les roseaux)

Best Documentary Film

  • Burning Out
    • The Belgian Road to Cannes (La Belge Histoire du festival de Cannes)
    • Children of Chance (Enfants du hasard)
    • Still Alive (Rester vivants)

Honorary Magritte Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following fourteen films received multiple nominations.


The following three films received multiple awards.

See also

  • Film portal
  • flagBelgium portal

References

  1. ^ Belga (July 19, 2017). "La RTBF va produire les Magritte du cinéma". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Bradfer, Fabienne (January 19, 2017). "Natacha Régnier, présidente de la 8e édition des Magritte du Cinéma". Le Soir. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Lecocq, Jean-Jacques (December 15, 2017). "Fabrizio Rongione, maître des Magritte". Ciné Télé Revue (in French). Retrieved December 15, 2017.
  4. ^ Huon, Julie (January 11, 2018). "Les Magritte, nouvelle ère". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  5. ^ Belga (February 3, 2018). "Cérémonie des Magritte: Carton plein pour "Insyriated", élu meilleur film, qui remporte 6 distinctions". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved February 4, 2018.

External links

  • Official website
  • 8th Magritte Awards at IMDb