André Cavens (1 October 1912 – 9 April 1971), born in

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, was a Belgian

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

, film producer and

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. His career started in 1961 as the director and producer of the drama '' A Train Leaves in Every Hour'' (''Il y a un train toutes les heures''). The film starred Evelyne Axell and was nominated for the

Golden Bear The Golden Bear () is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival and is, along with the Palme d'Or and the Golden Lion, the most important international film festival award. The bear is the heraldic an ...

at the

12th Berlin International Film Festival The 12th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 22 June to 3 July 1962. The Golden Bear was awarded to ''A Kind of Loving (film), A Kind of Loving'' directed by John Schlesinger. Juries The following people were announced as ...

. In 1965, he directed the short ''La présence désolée''. Cavens returned to film work in 1968 writing and directing the drama ''Michaella''. Since 1976, the

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presents the

André Cavens Award The André Cavens Award () is an accolade presented annually by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 1976 by the organizing commi ...

to recognize the best Belgian film of the year.

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