11th Magritte Awards

The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2020 and 2021 in Belgium. It took place on 12 February 2022, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. It was the first ceremony in two years after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by La Trois, was produced by Leslie Cable and Tanguy Cortier and was directed by Benoît Vlietinck.^[2] Film director Thierry Michel presided the ceremony, while comedians Laurence Bibot, Dena, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Achille Ridolfi and Bwanga Pilipili co-hosted the show.^[3]

11th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Produced by	Leslie Cable Tanguy Cortier
Directed by	Benoît Vlietinck
Highlights
Best Film	Madly in Life
Most awards	Madly in Life and Playground (7)
Most nominations	Madly in Life (12)
Television coverage
Network	RTBF
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The nominees for the 11th Magritte Awards were announced on 12 January 2022.^[4] Films with the most nominations were Madly in Life with twelve, followed by Playground with ten, and Adoration and The Restless with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 February 2022.^[5] Madly in Life won seven awards, including Best Film. Other multiple winners were Playground with seven awards and Titane with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Adoration
- Playground (Un monde)
- The Restless (Les Intranquilles)
- Working Girls (Filles de joie)

Best Director

Laura Wandel – Playground (Un monde)
- Fabrice Du Welz – Adoration
- Joachim Lafosse – The Restless (Les Intranquilles)
- Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni – Madly in Life (Une vie démente)

Best Actor

Jean Le Peltier – Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Bouli Lanners – Love Song for Tough Guys (Cette musique ne joue pour personne)
- Jérémie Renier – Slalom
- Arieh Worthalter – Hold Me Tight (Serre moi fort)

Best Actress

Jo Deseure – Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Lubna Azabal – Adam
- Lucie Debay – Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Virginie Efira – Bye Bye Morons (Adieu les cons)

Best Supporting Actor

Gilles Remiche – Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Patrick Descamps – The Restless (Les Intranquilles)
- Sam Louwyck – Jumbo
- Benoît Poelvoorde – Adoration

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Verlinden – Playground (Un monde)
- Myriem Akheddiou – Titane
- Claire Bodson – Mother Schmuckers (Fils de plouc)
- Émilie Dequenne – Love Affair(s) (Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait)

Most Promising Actor

Günter Duret – Playground (Un monde)
- Roméo Elvis – Mandibles (Mandibules)
- Basile Grunberger – SpaceBoy
- Yoann Zimmer – Home Front (Des hommes)

Most Promising Actress

Maya Vanderbeque – Playground (Un monde)
- Salomé Dewaels – Lost Illusions (Illusions perdues)
- Fantine Harduin – Adoration
- Daphné Patakia – Benedetta

Best Screenplay

Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni
- Playground (Un monde) – Laura Wandel
- The Restless (Les Intranquilles) – Joachim Lafosse
- Working Girls (Filles de joie) – Anne Paulicevich

Best First Feature Film

Playground (Un monde)
- Jumbo
- Madly in Life (Une vie démente)
- Mother Schmuckers (Fils de plouc)

Best Flemish Film

La Civil
- The Barefoot Emperor
- Dealer
- Rookie

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Titane
- Adam
- The Man Who Sold His Skin
- Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (Onoda, 10 000 nuits dans la jungle)

Best Cinematography

Titane – Ruben Impens
- Adoration – Manuel Dacosse
- Playground (Un monde) – Frédéric Noirhomme

Best Production Design

Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Lisa Etienne
- The Restless (Les Intranquilles) – Anna Falguères
- Titane – Laurie Colson and Lise Péault

Best Costume Design

Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Frédérick Denis
- Our Men (Mon légionnaire) – Catherine Cosme
- Working Girls (Filles de joie) – Ann Lauwerys

Best Original Score

Adoration – Vincent Cahay
- My Voice Will Be with You (Ma voix t'accompagnera) – Loup Mormont
- Rookie – DAAN

Best Sound

Playground (Un monde) – Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, David Vranken
- Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Bruno Schweisguth, Julien Mizac, Philippe Charbonnel
- Titane – Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, Stéphane Thiébaut

Best Editing

Playground (Un monde) – Nicolas Rumpl
- Madly in Life (Une vie démente) – Sophie Vercruysse and Raphaël Balboni
- The Restless (Les Intranquilles) – Marie-Hélène Dozo

Best Live Action Short Film

Squish (Sprötch) – Xavier Seron
- The Salamander Child (L'enfant salamandre) – Théo Degen
- Titan – Valéry Carnoy
- You're Dead Hélène (T'es morte Hélène) – Michiel Blanchart

Best Animated Short Film

And Yet We're Not Superheroes (On est pas près d'être des super héros) – Lia Bertels
- Amours Libres – Emily Worms
- Le Quatuor à cornes : là-haut sur la montagne – Benjamin Botella and Arnaud Demuynck
- Tête de linotte ! – Gaspar Chabaud

Best Documentary Film

Petit Samedi – Paloma Sermon-Daï
- #salepute – Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy
- Chasing the Dragons (Chasser les dragons) – Alexandra Kandy-Longuet
- My Voice Will Be with You (Ma voix t'accompagnera) – Bruno Tracq

Best Documentary Short Film

Mother's – Hippolyte Leibovici
- Belgium-20 – Jean-Benoît Ugeux
- Juliette the Great – Alice Khol
- Maîtresse – Linda Ibbari

Honorary Magritte Award

Marion Hänsel

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations.

Twelve: Madly in Life
Ten: Playground
Six: Adoration, The Restless
Five: Titane
Three: Working Girls
Two: Adam, Jumbo, Mother Schmuckers, My Voice Will Be with You, Rookie

The following three films received multiple awards.

Seven: Madly in Life, Playground
Two: Titane

References

^ Goodfellow, Melanie (7 October 2020). "Belgium's Magritte Awards cancels 2021 edition due to Covid-19". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ Loader, Maureen (7 February 2022). "Le grand retour des Magritte du Cinéma : la RTBF soutient le cinéma belge plus que jamais" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Degré, Michaël (12 February 2022). "Des magrittes d'un genre nouveau". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 January 2022). "'Madly In Life', 'Playground' lead Belgium's Magritte nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ ""Un monde" et "Une vie démente" grands vainqueurs des Magritte du cinéma 2022: découvrez l'ensemble du palmarès". 7sur7 (in French). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

External links

Official website
11th Magritte Awards at IMDb

[1] Goodfellow, Melanie (7 October 2020). "Belgium's Magritte Awards cancels 2021 edition due to Covid-19". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[2] Loader, Maureen (7 February 2022). "Le grand retour des Magritte du Cinéma : la RTBF soutient le cinéma belge plus que jamais" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[3] Degré, Michaël (12 February 2022). "Des magrittes d'un genre nouveau". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2022.

[4] Goodfellow, Melanie (12 January 2022). "'Madly In Life', 'Playground' lead Belgium's Magritte nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[5] ""Un monde" et "Une vie démente" grands vainqueurs des Magritte du cinéma 2022: découvrez l'ensemble du palmarès". 7sur7 (in French). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.

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