11th Magritte Awards explained
The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2020 and 2021 in Belgium. It took place on 12 February 2022, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. It was the first ceremony in two years after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by La Trois, was produced by Leslie Cable and Tanguy Cortier and was directed by Benoît Vlietinck.[2] Film director Thierry Michel presided the ceremony, while comedians Laurence Bibot, Dena, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Achille Ridolfi and Bwanga Pilipili co-hosted the show.[3]
The nominees for the 11th Magritte Awards were announced on 12 January 2022.[4] Films with the most nominations were Madly in Life with twelve, followed by Playground with ten, and Adoration and The Restless with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 February 2022.[5] Madly in Life won seven awards, including Best Film. Other multiple winners were Playground with seven awards and Titane with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Most Promising Actor
Most Promising Actress
Best Screenplay
Best First Feature Film
Best Flemish Film
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
Best Cinematography
Best Production Design
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score
- Adoration – Vincent Cahay
- My Voice Will Be with You (Ma voix t'accompagnera) – Loup Mormont
- Rookie – DAAN
Best Sound
- Playground (Un monde) – Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, David Vranken
- Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Bruno Schweisguth, Julien Mizac, Philippe Charbonnel
- Titane – Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, Stéphane Thiébaut
Best Editing
Best Fiction Short Film
- Squish (Sprötch) – Xavier Seron
- The Salamander Child (L'enfant salamandre) – Théo Degen
- Titan – Valéry Carnoy
- You're Dead Hélène (T'es morte Hélène) – Michiel Blanchart
Best Animated Short Film
- And Yet We're Not Superheroes (On est pas près d'être des super héros) – Lia Bertels
- Amours Libres – Emily Worms
- Le Quatuor à cornes : là-haut sur la montagne – Benjamin Botella and Arnaud Demuynck
- Tête de linotte ! – Gaspar Chabaud
Best Documentary Film
- Petit Samedi – Paloma Sermon-Daï
- #salepute – Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy
- Chasing the Dragons (Chasser les dragons) – Alexandra Kandy-Longuet
- My Voice Will Be with You (Ma voix t'accompagnera) – Bruno Tracq
Best Documentary Short Film
- Mother's – Hippolyte Leibovici
- Belgium-20 – Jean-Benoît Ugeux
- Juliette the Great – Alice Khol
- Maîtresse – Linda Ibbari
Honorary Magritte Award
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following eleven films received multiple nominations.
The following three films received multiple awards.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . Belgium's Magritte Awards cancels 2021 edition due to Covid-19 . Screen International . 12 January 2022 . 7 October 2020.
- Web site: Loader . Maureen . Le grand retour des Magritte du Cinéma : la RTBF soutient le cinéma belge plus que jamais . RTBF . 12 February 2022 . French . 7 February 2022.
- Web site: Degré . Michaël . Des magrittes d'un genre nouveau . L'Avenir . 12 February 2022 . French . 12 February 2022.
- Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . 'Madly In Life', 'Playground' lead Belgium's Magritte nominations . Screen International . 12 January 2022 . 12 January 2022.
- Web site: "Un monde" et "Une vie démente" grands vainqueurs des Magritte du cinéma 2022: découvrez l'ensemble du palmarès . 7sur7 . 12 February 2022 . French . 12 February 2022.
