Philippe Van Leeuw is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He made his feature-length debut in 2009 with ''The Day God Walked Away''. In 2017, he wrote and directed ''

Insyriated ''Insyriated'', released in some territories as ''In Syria'', is a 2017 Belgian drama film directed by Philippe Van Leeuw. It was screened in the Panorama section at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Panoroma Audience ...

'', which premiered at the

67th Berlin International Film Festival The 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 18 February 2017 with Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven as President of the Jury. ''Django (2017 film), Django'', directed by Etienne Comar, opened the festival. The Golden Bear ...

. At the

8th Magritte Awards 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 ...

, the film won all six awards it was nominated for, tying the

Magritte Award 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 presented ...

s record for most awards won (alongside '' Mr. Nobody''), including

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and

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for Van Leeuw.

Filmography

* 2016: ''Une de perdue!'' (Short) * 2016: ''Saigneurs'' (Documentary) * 2013: ''Stable Unstable'' * 2012: ''Asfouri'' * 2009: ''Mouton noir'' * 2008: ''Terre'' (Short) * 2008: ''God's Offices'' * 2007: ''Rock'n Roll Circu'' * 2007: ''Fin'' (Short) * 2007: ''Demented''

References

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* 1954 births Living people Belgian cinematographers Belgian film directors Belgian screenwriters Magritte Award winners {{Belgium-film-director-stub