Magritte Award for Best Screenplay explained

Magritte Award for Best Screenplay
Presenter:Académie André Delvaux
Year:2011
Holder:Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni, Madly in Life (2021)
Website:lesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Award for Best Screenplay (French: Magritte du meilleur scénario original ou adaptation) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.[1]

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Jaco Van Dormael receiving the award for his work in Mr. Nobody.[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni are the most recent winners in this category for their work in Madly in Life.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleScreenwriter(s)
Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael
The Barons Les Barons Nabil Ben Yadir and Laurent Brandenbourger with Sébastien Fernandez
Illegal Illégal Olivier Masset-Depasse
Private Lessons Élève libre Joachim Lafosse and François Pirot
Bullhead Rundskop Michael R. Roskam
The Giants Les Géants Bouli Lanners and Elise Ancion
The Kid with a Bike Le Gamin au vélo Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Romantics Anonymous Les Émotifs anonymes Philippe Blasband
One Night 38 témoins Lucas Belvaux
Dead Man Talking Patrick Ridremont
Mobile Home François Pirot
Our Children À perdre la raison Joachim Lafosse
Tango libre Philippe Blasband and Anne Paulicevich
Kid Fien Troch
The Fifth Season La Cinquième Saison Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
Vijay and I Philippe Blasband and Sam Garbarski
Not My Type Pas son genre Lucas Belvaux
Henri Yolande Moreau
The Marchers La Marche Nabil Ben Yadir
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Jaco Van Dormael and Thomas Gunzig
Alleluia Fabrice Du Welz and Vincent Tavier
I'm Dead But I Have Friends Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin
Prejudice Préjudice Antoine Cuypers and Antoine Wauters
Death by Death Je me tue à le dire Xavier Seron
After Love L'Économie du couple Joachim Lafosse
The First, the Last Les Premiers, les Derniers Bouli Lanners
Keeper Guillaume Senez and David Lambert
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
Girl Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens
Bitter Flowers Olivier Meys and Maarten Loix
Bye Bye Germany Es war einmal in Deutschland... Sam Garbarski
Our Struggles Nos batailles Guillaume Senez
Mothers' Instinct Duelles Olivier Masset-Depasse
Lola Lola vers la mer Laurent Micheli
Our Mothers Nuestras madres César Díaz
Young Ahmed Le Jeune Ahmed Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

2020s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleScreenwriter(s)
Madly in Life Une vie démente Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni
Playground Un monde Laura Wandel
The Restless Les Intranquilles Joachim Lafosse
Working Girls Filles de joie Anne Paulicevich

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: André Delvaux, l’œuvre au jour. La Libre Belgique. Fernand. Denis. October 13, 2010. January 11, 2013. French.
  2. Web site: Le cinéma belge était à l’honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone. Moniteur du film. January 1, 2014. French. https://web.archive.org/web/20121205055415/http://www.moniteurdufilm.be/?article=77&PHPSESSID=d0636412b8c21fa5e4cc15a80ae5ad53. 2012-12-05.