The 7th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the
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, honored the best
films of 2016 in Belgium and took place on 4 February 2017 at the
Square
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in the historic site of
Mont des Arts
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,
Brussels
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, beginning at 8:00 p.m.
CET
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. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented
Magritte Awards
A Magritte Award (french: ) is an accolade presented by the Académie André Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry. Modelled after the French César Award, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presente ...
in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by
BeTV. Actress
Virginie Efira presided the ceremony, while
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 7th Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2017. Films with the most nominations were ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' and ''
Keeper'' with eight, followed by ''
Death by Death'' and ''
Parasol
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'' with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2017.
''The First, the Last'' won five awards, including
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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and
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* BA ...
for
Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were ''Keeper'' with three awards, and ''Death by Death'', ''Parasol'', and ''
The Red Turtle
''The Red Turtle'' (french: La Tortue Rouge; ja, レッドタートル ある島の物語, Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produce ...
'' with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
* ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'')
** ''
After Love'' (''L'Économie du couple'')
** ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'')
** ''
Keeper''
** ''
Parasol
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''
Best Director
*
Bouli Lanners – ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'')
**
Joachim Lafosse
Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film ''Tribu'', a 24-minute short ...
– ''
After Love'' (''L'Économie du couple'')
**
Valéry Rosier – ''
Parasol
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''
**
Xavier Seron – ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'')
Best Actor
*
Jean-Jacques Rausin – ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'')
**
Aboubakr Bensaihi – ''
Black
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''
**
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 B ...
– ''
Les Cowboys''
**
Bouli Lanners – ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'')
Best Actress
*
Virginie Efira – ''
In Bed with Victoria'' (''Victoria'')
*
Astrid Whettnall
Astrid Jadot (née Ullens de Schooten Whettnall, known as Astrid Whettnall; born 17 March 1971) is a Belgian stage and film actress. She studied at the Kleine Academy in Brussels and began working in theatre. Her film credits include ''Capital'' ...
– ''
Road to Istanbul
''Road to Istanbul'' (french: La Route d'Istanbul) is a 2016 French-Algerian drama film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Whettnall received a Magritte Award for ...
'' (''La Route d'Istanbul'')
**
Jo Deseure – ''
Man Overboard
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'' (''Un homme à la mer'')
**
Marie Gillain
Marie Gillain O.M.W. (born 18 June 1975) is a Belgian actress.
In 1996 Gillain received the Prix Romy Schneider. She is single and has two daughters, Dune (born in 2004, with musician Martin Gamet) and Vega (born in 2009, with French-Italian a ...
– ''
Mirage of Love'' (''Mirage d'amour'')
Best Supporting Actor
*
David Murgia
David Murgia (born 16 March 1988) is a Belgian actor. He started his career in theatre in the early 2000s and has since gone on to appear in films.
Theater
Filmography
References
External links
*
1988 births
20th-century Belgian ma ...
– ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'')
**
Laurent Capelluto
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Filmography
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capelluto, Laurent
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Belgian male actors
Magritte Award winners
...
– ''
I Am a Soldier
''I Am a Soldier'' (french: Je suis un soldat) is a 2015 French-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Larivière, starring Louise Bourgoin and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Set in Roubaix, France, the film follows Sandrine, an unemployed young woman w ...
'' (''Je suis un soldat'')
**
Charlie Dupont
Charlie Dupont (born 23 May 1971) is a Belgian actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre.
Charlie Dupont was born in Tournai, Belgium. His acting credits include '' Hard'' (2008), ''Largo Winch II'' (2011), '' Let My People Go!'' (2 ...
– ''
Odd Job
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* ''Oddjob'' (comics), a comic book series
* Oddjobs, a music group
* ''Odd Jobs'' (1986 film), an American comedy film
* ''Odd Jobs'' (1997 film), an American TV movie
...
'' (''Un petit boulot'')
**
Sam Louwyck
Sam Louwyck (born 1966) is a Belgian actor and singer.
Filmography
Theatre
External links
*
1966 births
Living people
Entertainers from Bruges
20th-century Belgian male actors
21st-century Belgian male actors
Belgian male fil ...
– ''
Keeper''
Best Supporting Actress
*
Catherine Salée – ''
Keeper''
**
Anne Coesens – ''
Jailbirds'' (''La Taularde'')
**
Virginie Efira – ''
Elle
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''
**
Julienne Goeffers – ''
Parasol
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''
Most Promising Actor
*
Yoann Blanc – ''
Man Overboard
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'' (''Un homme à la mer'')
**
Lazare Gousseau – ''
Baden Baden''
**
Martin Nissen – ''
Welcome Home''
**
Pierre Olivier – ''
Nous quatre''
Most Promising Actress
*
Salomé Richard
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– ''
Baden Baden''
**
Martha Canga Antonio – ''
Black
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''
**
Ghalia Benali – ''
As I Open My Eyes
''As I Open My Eyes'' (french: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar st ...
'' (''À peine j'ouvre les yeux'')
**
Jade Soentjens and
Margaux Soentjens – ''
After Love'' (''L'Économie du couple'')
Best Screenplay
* ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'') –
Xavier Seron
** ''
After Love'' (''L'Économie du couple'') –
Joachim Lafosse
Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter.
Career
Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film ''Tribu'', a 24-minute short ...
** ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'') –
Bouli Lanners
** ''
Keeper'' –
Guillaume Senez and
David Lambert
Best First Feature Film
* ''
Keeper''
** ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'')
** ''
Parasol
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''
Best Flemish Film
* ''
Belgica''
** ''
Black
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''
** ''
The Land of the Enlightened''
** ''
Problemski Hotel''
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
* ''
The Red Turtle
''The Red Turtle'' (french: La Tortue Rouge; ja, レッドタートル ある島の物語, Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produce ...
'' (''La Tortue rouge'')
** ''
As I Open My Eyes
''As I Open My Eyes'' (french: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar st ...
'' (''À peine j'ouvre les yeux'')
** ''
Eternity
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'' (''Éternité'')
** ''
Les Cowboys''
Best Cinematography
* ''
Parasol
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'' –
Olivier Boonjing
** ''
The Dancer'' (''La Danseuse'') –
Benoît Debie
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** ''
Evolution
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'' –
Manuel Dacosse
** ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'') –
Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
Best Production Design
* ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'') –
Paul Rouschop
** ''
Eternity
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'' (''Éternité'') –
Véronique Sacrez
** ''
Keeper'' –
Florin Dima
Best Costume Design
* ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'' (''Les Premiers, les Derniers'') –
Elise Ancion
** ''
Baden Baden'' –
Sandra Campisi
** ''
Black
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'' –
Nina Caspari
Best Original Score
* ''
Parasol
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'' –
Cyrille de Haes and
Manuel Roland
** ''
Black
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'' –
Hannes De Maeyer
** ''
Rising Voices'' (''Le Chant des hommes'') –
Catherine Graindorge
Best Sound
* ''
The Red Turtle
''The Red Turtle'' (french: La Tortue Rouge; ja, レッドタートル ある島の物語, Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produce ...
'' (''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
Best Editing
* ''
Keeper'' –
Julie Brenta
** ''
Death by Death'' (''Je me tue à le dire'') –
Julie Naas
** ''
Parasol
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'' –
Nicolas Rumpl
Best Live Action Short Film
* ''The Plumber'' (''Le Plombier'')
** ''Lovers'' (''Les Amoureuses'')
** ''Snatched'' (''A l'arraché'')
Best Animated Short Film
* ''Pornography''
** ''Summer'' (''Estate'')
** ''Totems''
Best Documentary Film
* ''Into Battle'' (''En bataille'')
** ''Abandoned Land'' (''La Terre abandonnée)''
** ''Intégration Inch'Allah''
Honorary Magritte Award
*
André Dussollier
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Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve films received multiple nominations.
* Eight: ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
'', ''
Keeper''
* Seven: ''
Death by Death'', ''
Parasol
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''
* Five: ''
Black
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''
* Four: ''
After Love''
* Three: ''
Baden Baden''
* Two: ''
As I Open My Eyes
''As I Open My Eyes'' (french: À peine j'ouvre les yeux) is a 2015 French-Tunisian drama film directed by Leyla Bouzid. It was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Baya Medhaffar st ...
'', ''
Eternity
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'', ''
Les Cowboys'', ''
Man Overboard
"Man overboard!" is an exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that a member of the crew or a passenger has fallen off of the ship into the water and is in need of immediate rescue. Whoever sees the person's fall is to shout, "Man overboa ...
'', ''
The Red Turtle
''The Red Turtle'' (french: La Tortue Rouge; ja, レッドタートル ある島の物語, Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produce ...
''
The following five films received multiple awards.
* Five: ''
The First, the Last
''The First, the Last'' (french: Les Premiers, les Derniers) is a Belgian-French drama film written, directed by and starring Bouli Lanners. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, it won t ...
''
* Three: ''
Keeper''
* Two: ''
Death by Death'', ''
Parasol
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'' and ''
The Red Turtle
''The Red Turtle'' (french: La Tortue Rouge; ja, レッドタートル ある島の物語, Reddo Tātoru: Aru Shima no Monogatari) is a 2016 animated fantasy drama film co-written and directed by Dutch animator Michaël Dudok de Wit and produce ...
''
See also
*
42nd César Awards
The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 24 February 2017, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2016. Jérôme Commandeur hosted the César Awards cerem ...
*
22nd Lumières Awards
*
2016 in film
2016 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and deaths.
Evaluation of the year
In his article highlighting the best films of 2016, Richard Brody of ''The ...
References
External links
*
*
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2016 film awards
2017 in Brussels