8th Magritte Awards explained

Number:	8
Award:	Magritte Awards
Site:	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Host:	Fabrizio Rongione
Producer:	Olivier Auclair
Director:	Vincent J. Gustin
Best Film:	Insyriated
Most Wins:	Insyriated (6)
Most Nominations:	A Wedding (8)
Network:	RTBF
Last:	7th
Next:	9th

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

• Insyriated
  • Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
  • Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • A Wedding (Noces)

Best Director

• Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated
  • Lucas Belvaux – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • Nabil Ben Yadir – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
  • Stephan Streker – A Wedding (Noces)

Best Actor

• Peter Van den Begin – King of the Belgians
  • François Damiens – Just to Be Sure (Ôtez-moi d'un Doute)
  • Jérémie Renier – L'Amant double
  • Matthias Schoenaerts – Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)

Best Actress

• Émilie Dequenne – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • Cécile de France – Just to Be Sure (Ôtez-moi d'un Doute)
  • Lucie Debay – King of the Belgians
  • Fiona Gordon – Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)

Best Supporting Actor

• Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)
  • Laurent Capelluto – Don't Tell Her (Faut pas lui dire)
  • Patrick Descamps – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • David Murgia – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)

Best Supporting Actress

• Aurora Marion – A Wedding (Noces)
  • Isabelle de Hertogh – 150 Milligrams (La Fille de Brest)
  • Lucie Debay – The Confession (La Confession)
  • Yolande Moreau – A Woman's Life (Une vie)

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

• Maya Dory – Angel (Mon ange)
  • Adriana de Fonseca – Even Lovers Get the Blues
  • Fantine Harduin – Happy End
  • Lena Suijkerbuik – Home

Best Screenplay

• Insyriated – Philippe Van Leeuw
  • King of the Belgians – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Lucas Belvaux
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Stephan Streker

Best First Feature Film

• Don't Tell Her (Faut pas lui dire)
  • Even Lovers Get the Blues
  • Sonar
  • Spit 'n' Split
  • Staying in the Woods (Je suis resté dans les bois)

Best Flemish Film

• Home
  • Cargo
  • King of the Belgians
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

• Raw (Grave)
  • Graduation (Bacalaureat)
  • I, Daniel Blake
  • Loveless (Nelyubov)

Best Cinematography

• Insyriated – Virginie Surdej
  • Angel (Mon ange) – Juliette Van Dormael
  • Raw (Grave) – Ruben Impens

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

• Insyriated – Jean-Luc Fafchamps
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) – Raf Keunen
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Frédéric Vercheval

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

• Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) – Sandrine Deegen
  • Home – Nico Leunen
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) – Alain Dessauvage
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Ludo Troch
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Jérôme Guiot

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

• Sandrine Bonnaire

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following fourteen films received multiple nominations.

• Eight: A Wedding
• Seven: This Is Our Land
• Six: Insyriated
• Five: King of the Belgians, Racer and the Jailbird
• Four: Blind Spot, Home, Raw
• Three: Angel, Lost in Paris, Sonar
• Two: Don't Tell Her, Even Lovers Get the Blues, Just to Be Sure

The following three films received multiple awards.

• Six: Insyriated
• Two: Raw and A Wedding

See also

• 43rd César Awards
• 23rd Lumières Awards
• 2017 in film

Notes and References

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