1st Magritte Awards

1st Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	February 5, 2011
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Host	Helena Noguerra
Producer	José Bouquiaux
Director	Vincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best Film	Mr. Nobody
Most awards	Mr. Nobody (6)
Most nominations	Illegal (8)
Television coverage
Network	BeTV

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2010 in Belgium and took place on February 5, 2011, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 7:30 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by BeTV, was produced by José Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J. Gustin.^[1] Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening.^[2] The pre-show ceremony was hosted by film director Fabrice Du Welz.^[1]

Mr. Nobody won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Jaco Van Dormael.^[3] Other winners included Illegal, Private Lessons, and A Town Called Panic with two awards each, and The Barons, The Boat Race, Looking for Eric, Paths of Memory, Sleepless Night, and Soeur Sourire with one.

Background

In 2010, the Académie André Delvaux was established by Patrick Quinet, president of the Francophone Film Producers Association (UPFF), and Luc Jabon, president of Pro Spère, to unite the five branches of the film industry: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.^[4] It aims to recognize excellence in Belgian francophone cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart of the French César Awards.^[5] Charly Herscovici, who created the Magritte Foundation, allowed the academy to use the name of the Belgian artist René Magritte.^[6]

Overseen by the Académie André Delvaux, the Magritte Awards replace the Joseph Plateau Awards, which were disestablished in 2007.^[7] During the first ceremony, 18 merit categories and two special awards were presented, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the film industry for their works during the 2009–2010 period.^[5]

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 1st Magritte Awards were announced on January 13, 2011, at the Square in Mont des Arts, Brussels, by Patrick Quinet and Luc Jabon, co-presidents of the Académie André Delvaux.^[8] Illegal received the most nominations with eight total, followed by Mr. Nobody and Private Lessons with seven each.^[9] The nominees for the Magritte Awards for Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film were announced on December 29, 2010.^[10]

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 5, 2011.^[11] Mr. Nobody won six awards, the most for the ceremony: Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Jaco Van Dormael, Best Cinematography for Christophe Beaucarne, Best Original Score for Pierre Van Dormael, and Best Editing for Matyas Veress. Illegal and Private Lessons received two acting awards apiece. A Town Called Panic received two technical awards. On January 25, 2011, the Honorary Magritte Award was bestowed posthumously to André Delvaux.^[12]

Awards

Jaco Van Dormael, Best Director and Best Screenplay winner

Jan Decleir, Best Supporting Actor winner

Joffrey Verbruggen, Most Promising Actor winner

Pauline Étienne, Most Promising Actress winner

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[13]

Best Film	Best Director
Mr. Nobody Amer The Barons Illegal	Jaco Van Dormael – Mr. Nobody Nabil Ben Yadir – The Barons Joachim Lafosse – Private Lessons Olivier Masset-Depasse – Illegal
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jonathan Zaccaï – Private Lessons as Pierre Mounir Ait Hamou – The Barons as Aziz Olivier Gourmet – Angel at Sea as Bruno Thierry Hancisse – The Boat Race as Thierry	Anne Coesens – Illegal as Tania Cécile de France – Soeur Sourire as Jeanine Deckers Yolande Moreau – Mammuth as Catherine Pilardosse Aylin Yay – Motherly as Viviane
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Jan Decleir – The Barons as Lucien Laurent Capelluto – OSS 117: Lost in Rio as Kutner François Damiens – Heartbreaker as Marc Benoît Poelvoorde – Coco Before Chanel as Étienne Balsan Yannick Renier – Private Lessons as Didier	Christelle Cornil – Illegal as Lieve Sandrine Blancke – Soeur Sourire as Annie Pécher Claire Bodson – Private Lessons as Nathalie Yolande Moreau – Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life as Fréhel
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Joffrey Verbruggen – The Boat Race as Alexandre Jonas Bloquet – Private Lessons as Jonas Amir Ben Abdelmoumen – Oscar and the Lady in Pink as Oscar Martin Nissen – Angel at Sea as Louis	Pauline Étienne – Private Lessons as Delphine Stéphanie Blanchoud – The Boat Race as Læticia Anna Fransiska Jager – My Queen Karo as Karo Chloé Struvay – Motherly as Zoé
Best Film in Coproduction	Best Screenplay
Looking for Eric Altiplano Le Concert My Queen Karo	Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael The Barons – Nabil Ben Yadir and Laurent Brandenbourger with Sébastien Fernandez Illegal – Olivier Masset-Depasse Private Lessons – Joachim Lafosse and François Pirot
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Mr. Nobody – Christophe Beaucarne Amer – Manuel Dacosse The Boat Race – Alain Marcoen	Mr. Nobody – Matyas Veress Le Concert – Ludo Troch Illegal – Damien Keyeux
Best Production Design	Best Costume Design
A Town Called Panic – Eric Blesin and Marc Nis The Barons – Mohammed Ayada Illegal – Patrick Dechesne and Alain-Pascal Housiaux	Soeur Sourire – Christophe Pidre and Florence Scholtes Altiplano – Anne Fournier My Queen Karo – Bernadette Corstens
Best Original Score	Best Sound
Mr. Nobody – Pierre Van Dormael Diamant 13 – Frédéric Vercheval A Town Called Panic – Bernard Plouvier	A Town Called Panic – Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie Illegal – Marc Bastien, François Dumont, and Thomas Gauder Mr. Nobody – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Demolder, and Dominique Warniert
Best Short Film	Best Documentary Film
Sleepless Night For You I Will Fight So Close The Swing Under Blue Skies	Paths of Memory Dreaming Films Katanga Business Terre d'usage Winds of Sand, Women of Rock

Honorary Magritte Award

• André Delvaux

Audience Award

• Benoît Poelvoorde

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following 13 films received multiple nominations. Eight: Illegal Seven: Mr. Nobody and Private Lessons Six: The Barons Four: The Boat Race Three: My Queen Karo, Sister Smile, and A Town Called Panic Two: Altiplano, Amer, Angel at Sea, Le Concert, and Motherly

The following four films received multiple awards. Six: Mr. Nobody Two: Illegal, Private Lessons, and A Town Called Panic

See also

• 36th César Awards
• 83rd Academy Awards
• 2010 in film

References

1. "Une grande salle et un petit écran" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. February 4, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
2. "Magritte du cinéma: les nominés sont connus". L'Avenir (in French). January 14, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
3. "Le cinéma belge était à l’honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
4. Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l’œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2014.
5. Bradfer, Fabienne (January 14, 2011). "Les Magritte du cinéma à l'image des César". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2014.
6. "Les Magritte du cinéma" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
7. Engelen, Aurore (October 1, 2010). "Race is on for Magritte Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
8. "Le cinéma belge à l'honneur lors de la 1ère Cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 13, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
9. Engelen, Aurore (January 14, 2011). "Magritte Awards shine spotlight on Belgian Francophone cinema". Cineuropa. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
10. "Les courts métrages et documentaires sont en ligne!" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. December 29, 2010. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
11. ""Mr. Nobody" sacré lors des premiers "Magritte du Cinéma"". La Libre Belgique (in French). February 5, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
12. "Un Magritte d’honneur pour Delvaux". La Libre Belgique (in French). February 2, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
13. Lamourette, Camille (February 7, 2011). "Les "Magritte" du cinéma: première édition" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved January 11, 2014.

External links

• Official website