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9th Magritte Awards
The 9th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2018 in Belgium and took place on 2 February 2019 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:00 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. Directors Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier presided the ceremony, while comedian Alex Vizorek hosted the show for the first time. The nominees for the 9th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2019. Films with the most nominations were '' Above the Law'' and ''Girl'' with nine, followed by ''Let the Corpses Tan'' with eight, and ''The Benefit of the Doubt'' and '' Our Struggles'' with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 2 February 2019. ''Our Struggles'' won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Guillaume Senez. Other multiple winners were '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square – Brussels Meeting Centre
Square – Brussels Convention Centre (previously Square – Brussels Meeting Centre) is the name of a convention centre in Brussels, Belgium. It is run by the GL Events group and situated in cultural and historic district of Brussels near the national and international institutions, overlooking the city from the hillside of the Mont des Arts. History Square – Brussels Convention Centre is housed in the former Palace of Congress, which was designed by Jules Ghobert and Maurice Hoyoux and built in 1958 for the World's fair. Managed at the time by the National Congresses Service, the Palace of Congress consisted of several subterranean spaces, including 1,200-seat and 300-seat auditoria, plus rudimentary exhibition spaces. Although upgraded both technologically and aesthetically in 1978, the infrastructure of the Palace aged through the 1980s and 1990s. Several financial difficulties, together with the discovery of asbestos, eventually closed the Palace’s doors in 2003. In lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Benefit Of The Doubt
''The Benefit of the Doubt'' (french: Une Part d'ombre) is a 2017 Belgian thriller film directed and written by Samuel Tilman in his directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur on 3 October 2017. It received seven nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards, including Best First Feature Film and Best Actress for Natacha Régnier. Cast * Fabrizio Rongione as David * Natacha Régnier as Julie * Baptiste Lalieu as Noël * Myriem Akheddiou as Cathy * Christophe Paou as Marco * Yoann Blanc as Fabian * Steve Driesen as Simon * Erika Sainte as Maud * Naïma Ostrowski as Jeanne * Gilles Remiche Gilles Remiche (1979 – 17 April 2022) was a Belgian director and actor. He studied at the University of East London and began working as an assistant director in 2006. He made his acting debut in 2017 with a minor role in '' The Benefit of the ... as Vendeur Accolades References External links * 2017 films 2017 thrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (, ; born 22 September 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian. Early life His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a minor. He attended the Jesuit Boarding School of Godinne before he left home at 17 to take classes at the Félicien Rops Technical Institute in Namur (Belgium) where he met Rémy Belvaux. He developed a passion for theater and became noted for his atypical interpretations. Not only was he destined to become a draughtsman, he also developed professionality as a photographer. During his graphic design studies at the École de recherche graphique in Brussels, he also became friends with André Bonzel and, together with Rémy Belvaux, directed in 1988 ''Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel'', his first movie, a student short film (which he co-directed and co-wrote). It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film. Career In 1992, Poelvoorde, Belvaux and Bonzel wrote, produced and directed together their first long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgian actor. Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in '' Le Fils'' by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in ''La Promesse'', ''Rosetta Rosetta or Rashid (; ar, رشيد ' ; french: Rosette ; cop, ϯⲣⲁϣⲓⲧ ''ti-Rashit'', Ancient Greek: Βολβιτίνη ''Bolbitinē'') is a port city of the Nile Delta, east of Alexandria, in Egypt's Beheira governorate. The Ro ...'' and '' L'Enfant''. Selected filmography References External links * 20th-century Belgian male actors 1963 births Living people Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Magritte Award winners Belgian male film actors 21st-century Belgian male actors People from Namur (city) Royal Conservatory of Liège alumni Royal Conservatory of Liège faculty Cours Florent alumni Best Actor Jutra and Iris Award winners {{Belgium-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Damiens
François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in Belgium. He gained great popularity in Belgium and had to stop filming in 2004 because he could no longer play without being recognized; he then came to France to continue his activity. There, as in Switzerland, he acquired a certain celebrity thanks to the dissemination of his hoaxes on Canal+ and internet. He made his directorial feature debut in 2018 with the drama film ''Mon Ket ''Mon Ket'', also known as ''Dany'', is a 2018 Belgian drama film directed by François Damiens in his directorial debut. It was written by Damiens with Benoît Mariage. It was screened at the 2018 CPH PIX Film Festival. It received three nomin ...''. Personal life He has two sons: Jack & Jimmy. He is trilingual, in addition to French, he speaks Dutch and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Polster
Victor Ketelslegers (born 2002 in Brussels), known professionally as Victor Polster, is a Belgian actor and dancer. Career After developing an interest in dancing, Polster enrolled at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp. He appeared in a number of television commercials and music videos, before making his film debut in ''Girl'', in which he played the role of Lara, a trans girl who pursues a career as a ballerina. The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Polster won the Un Certain Regard Jury Award for Best Performance. His portrayal received general acclaim from film critics, resulting in numerous accolades. At the 9th Magritte Awards, ''Girl'' received nine nominations and won four, including Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ... for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-François Hensgens
Jean-François is a French given name. Notable people bearing the given name include: * Jean-François Carenco (born 1952), French politician * Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist * Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958), French engineer and astronaut * Jean-François Corminboeuf (born 1953), Swiss sport sailor * Jean-François Dagenais (born 1975), Canadian music producer * Jean-François David (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player * Jean-François Gariépy (born 1984), Canadian alt-right political commentator and former neuroscientist * Jean-François Garreaud (1946–2020), French actor * Jean-François de La Harpe (1739–1803), French critic * Jean-François Lyotard (1924-1998), French philosopher * Jean-François Marceau (born 1976), Canadian judoka * Jean-François Marmontel (1723–1799), French historian and writer * Jean-François Martial (1891–1977), Belgian actor * Jean-François Millet (1814–1875), French painter * Jean-François Papillon (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Troukens
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck *François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos *François Boucher (other), several people *François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American actor * Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Meys
Olivier Meys is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He studied film and radio production at the Institute of Broadcasting Arts in Belgium and graduated from there in 2000. His first works were short films and documentary films which earned him the First Film Prize at the 2005 Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival and the Scam International Prize at the 2008 Cinéma du Réel. He made his feature-length debut in 2017 with '' Bitter Flowers''. The film received four nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ... for Meys. References External links * Living people Belgian film directors 21st-century Belgian screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian male screenwriters {{Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène Cattet And Bruno Forzani
Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani are husband-and-wife filmmakers based in Brussels, Belgium. They have worked as a writing and directing team for their entire professional film careers. Their most acclaimed works include ''Amer (film), Amer'' (2009), ''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' (2013), and ''Let the Corpses Tan'' (2017). Career Hélène Cattet, born in 1976 in Paris, and Bruno Forzani, born in the same year in Menton, France, met in Brussels in 1997 and moved there. After developing an interest in filmmaking, the couple directed a number self-produced short films, gaining critical attention in the independent festival circuit. Cattet and Forzani made their full-length debut in 2009 with ''Amer (film), Amer'', an international coproduction between France and Belgium that was described as a Postmodernism, postmodern homage to giallo films. The film received general acclaim from critics and earned the couple a Magritte Award nomination in the category of Magritte Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Ket
''Mon Ket'', also known as ''Dany'', is a 2018 Belgian drama film directed by François Damiens in his directorial debut. It was written by Damiens with Benoît Mariage. It was screened at the 2018 CPH PIX Film Festival. It received three nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards in the categories of Best Film, Best Actor for François Damiens, and Most Promising Actor for Matteo Salamone. In France, the film finished third at the box office in its opening weekend, behind '' Solo: A Star Wars Story'' and ''Deadpool 2''. Cast * François Damiens as Daniel "Dany" Versavel * Matteo Salamone as Sullivan Versavel * Tatiana Rojo Tatiana (or Tatianna, also romanized as Tatyana, Tatjana, Tatijana, etc.) is a female name of Sabine-Roman origin that became widespread in Eastern Europe. Variations * be, Тацця́на, Tatsiana * bg, Татяна, Tatyana * germa ... as Patience * Christian Brahy as the godfather * Nancy Sluse as Nancy References External links * 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitter Flowers (2017 Film)
''Bitter Flowers'' is a 2017 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Olivier Meys in his directorial debut. It was written by Meys with Maarten Loix. The film had its world premiere at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival. It was later screened at the Chicago International Film Festival and the Palm Springs International Film Festival before its theatrical release. Plot 35-year old Lina, has the dream of a better life, so she leaves her husband and son in China to go to Paris.She wants to find work as a nanny and hopes to make about 2.000 Euros a month, to paid for her travel expenses and help her family at home. However after her arrival she soon finds out that she can only make a fraction of what she thought and she is forced to work as a prostitute to send money to her family. She lies about what she does, since she does not to give up on her dream of opening her own restaurant. But when a young relative arrives in France, hoping for easy money in childcare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
