Magritte Award for Best Sound explained

Magritte Award for Best Sound
Presenter:Académie André Delvaux
Year:2011
Holder:Playground (2021)
Website:lesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Award for Best Sound (French: Magritte du meilleur son) 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 Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie receiving the award for their work in A Town Called Panic.[2] As of the 2022 ceremony, Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, and David Vranken are the most recent winners in this category for their work in Playground.

Winners and nominees

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

2010s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleSound mixers
A Town Called Panic Panique au village Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie
Illegal Illégal Marc Bastien, François Dumont, and Thomas Gauder
Mr. Nobody Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Demolder, and Dominique Warniert
The Fairy La Fée Emmanuel de Boissieu, Fred Meert and Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau
Bullhead Rundskop Benoît De Clerck, Yves De Mey, Quentin Collette, Christine Verschorren and Benoît Biral
The Giants Les Géants Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder
The Minister L'Exercice de l'État Julie Brenta and Olivier Hespel
One Night 38 témoins Henri Morelle, Luc Thomas, and Aline Gavroy
Our Children À perdre la raison Ingrid Simon and Thomas Gauder
Ernest & Celestine Ernest et Célestine Frédéric Demolder, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Luc Thomas, and Franco Piscopo
In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils Philippe Charbonnel, Guilhem Donzel, and Matthieu Michaux
Tango libre Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder
Not My Type Pas son genre Henri Morelle and Luc Thomas
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps Dan Bruylandt, Mathieu Cox, and Olivier Thys
Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Benoît De Clerck and Thomas Gauder
Alleluia Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Meert, and Ludovic Van Pachterbeke
The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament François Dumont, Michel Schillings, and Dominique Warnier
I'm Dead but I Have Friends Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis Marc Bastien, Marc Engels, and Franco Piscopo
The Red Turtle La Tortue rouge Nils Fauth and Peter Soldan
Death by Death Je me tue à le dire Arnaud Calvar, Julien Mizac, and Philippe Charbonnel
Keeper Virginie Messiaen and Franco Piscopo
Insyriated Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse
A Wedding Noces Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings
Sonar Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert
Let the Corpses Tan Laissez bronzer les cadavres Yves Bemelmans, Dan Bruylandt, Olivier Thys, Benoit Biral
Above the Law Tueurs Marc Engels, Thomas Gauder, Ingrid Simon
Girl Yanna Soentjens
Mothers' Instinct Duelles Olivier Struye, Marc Bastien, Héléna Réveillère, Thomas Gauder
Atlantics Atlantique Benoît De Clerck, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Claude Gillet
Our Mothers Nuestras madres Emmanuel de Boissieu and Vincent Nouaille

2020s

YearEnglish titleOriginal titleSound mixers
Playground Un monde Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, and David Vranken
Madly in Life Une vie démente Bruno Schweisguth, Julien Mizac, Philippe Charbonnel
Titane Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, Stéphane Thiébaut

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.