12th Magritte Awards

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The 12th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2022 in Belgium. It took place on 4 March 2023, at the Théâtre National, in the historic site of Marais-Jacqmain, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Trois. Actress Lubna Azabal presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the first time.[1]

The nominees for the 12th Magritte Awards were announced on 10 February 2023.[2] Films with the most nominations were Close with ten, followed by Zero Fucks Given with nine and Nobody Has to Know with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 4 March 2023.[3] Nobody Has to Know won two awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Close with seven, Zero Fucks Given with three, and The Night of the 12th with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

  • Nobody Has to Know
    • Animals
    • The Hive (La Ruche)
    • Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)
    • Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Most Promising Actor

  • Eden Dambrine – Close
    • Gustav De Waele – Close
    • Gianni Guettaf – Animals
    • Pablo Schils – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)

Most Promising Actress

  • Sophie Breyer – The Hive (La Ruche)
    • Elsa Houben – Dark Heart of the Forest (Le Cœur noir des forêts)
    • Joely Mbundu – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)
    • Mara Taquin – The Hive (La Ruche)

Best Screenplay

Best First Feature Film

  • Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)
    • Aya
    • The Hive (La Ruche)
    • Yuku and the Himalayan Flower (Yuku et la Fleur de l'Himalaya)

Best Flemish Film

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

  • Close – Eve Martin
    • Nobody Has to Know – Paul Rouschop
    • Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Anna Falguères

Best Costume Design

  • Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Prunelle Rulens
    • Close – Manu Verschueren
    • Nobody Has to Know – Élise Ancion

Best Original Score

  • Rebel – Hannes De Maeyer, Oum, Aboubakr Bensaihi
    • The Hive (La Ruche) – Fabian Fiorini
    • Inexorable – Vincent Cahay

Best Sound

  • Animals – François Aubinet, Mathieu Cox, Pierre Mertens, David Vranken, Philippe Van Leer
    • The Night of the 12th (La Nuit du 12) – François Maurel, Olivier Mortier, Luc Thomas
    • Nobody Has to Know – Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder, Etienne Carton, Cameron Mercer, Philippe Van Leer

Best Editing

Best Fiction Short Film

  • Ma Gueule – Gregory Carnol, Thibaut Wohlfahrt
    • Drame 71 – Guillaume Lion
    • Oysters (Les Huîtres) – Maïa Descamps
    • Patanegra – Méryl Fortunat-Rossi

Best Animated Short Film

  • Cuddle (Câline) – Margot Reumont
    • The Big Tantrum (Grosse Colère) – Célia Tisserant and Arnaud Demuynck
    • Inglorious Liaisons (Les Liaisons Foireuses) – Chloé Alliez and Violette Delvoye
    • The Summer Holidays (Les Grandes Vacances) – Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier

Best Documentary Film

  • Soy libre – Laure Portier
    • Dreaming Walls – Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier
    • Empire of Silence (L'Empire du silence) – Thierry Michel
    • The End of Innocence (Petites) – Pauline Beugnies
    • I Am Chance – Marc-Henri Wajnberg

Best Documentary Short Film

  • Arbres – Jean-Benoît Ugeux
    • Call It the Burning (On la nomme la brûlure) – Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jimenez
    • Dernier Voyage au Laos – Manon Saysouk
    • Masks (Masques) – Olivier Smolders

Honorary Magritte Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations.


The following four films received multiple awards.

See also

  • Film portal

References

  1. ^ "28 docs pré-sélectionnés pour les Magritte 2023". Cinevox (in French). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ Bradfer, Fabienne (10 February 2023). "Close arrive en tête des nominations des Magritte 2023". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ Heyrendt, Hubert (5 March 2023). "Close et Bouli Lanners, grands gagnants des Magritte 2023". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2023.

External links

  • Official website
  • 12th Magritte Awards at IMDb