André Cavens Award

The André Cavens Award (French: Prix André-Cavens) 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 committee to honor cinematic achievement in Belgium.^[1] The name of the award comes from film director André Cavens.

André Cavens Award
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievement
Presented by	Belgian Film Critics Association
First awarded	1976
Currently held by	Love According to Dalva (2023)

The most awarded filmmakers are Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne with five awards, followed by Jaco Van Dormael, Joachim Lafosse, and Fien Troch with three. Other multiple winners are Jean-Jacques Andrien, André Delvaux, and Lukas Dhont with two awards each. As of 2023, Love According to Dalva is the most recent winner.

Winners

1970s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
1976	The Son of Amir Is Dead	Le Fils d'Amr est mort	Jean-Jacques Andrien	^[2]
1977	In the Name of the Führer	In naam van de Fuehrer	Lydia Chagoll	^[3]
1978	Les Rendez-vous d'Anna		Chantal Akerman	^[4]
1979	Woman Between Wolf and Dog	Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf	André Delvaux	^[5]

1980s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
1980	My Name Is Anna Magnani	Io sono Anna Magnani	Chris Vermorcken	^[6]
1981	Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven		Jean-Jacques Andrien	^[2]
1982	Le Lit		Marion Hänsel	^[7]
1983	Brussels by Night		Marc Didden	^[8]
1985	Permeke		Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck	^[9]
1986	The van Paemel Family	Het gezin van Paemel	Paul Cammermans	^[10]
1987	Wedding in Galilee	Urs al-Jalil	Michel Khleifi	^[11]
1988	The Abyss	L'Œuvre au noir	André Delvaux	^[12]
1989	Wait Until Spring, Bandini		Dominique Deruddere	^[13]

1990s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
1990	Monsieur		Jean-Philippe Toussaint	^[14]
1991	Toto the Hero	Toto le Héros	Jaco Van Dormael	^[15]
1992	Man Bites Dog	C'est arrivé près de chez vous	Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde	^[16]
1993	Just Friends		Marc-Henri Wajnberg	^[17]
1994	The Sexual Life of the Belgians	La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978	Jan Bucquoy	^[18]
1995	Manneken Pis		Frank Van Passel	^[19]
1996	La Promesse		Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	^[20]
1997	Gabriel's Dream	Le rêve de Gabriel	Anne Lévy-Morelle	^[21]
1998	Rosie		Patrice Toye	^[22]
1999	Rosetta		Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	^[20]

2000s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
2000	Lijmen/Het Been		Robbe De Hert	^[23]
2001	No Man's Land	Ničija zemlja	Danis Tanović	^[24]
2002	The Son	Le Fils	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	^[20]
2003	On the Run	Cavale	Lucas Belvaux	^[25]
	An Amazing Couple	Un couple épatant
	After Life	Après la vie
2004	Gilles' Wife	La Femme de Gilles	Frédéric Fonteyne	^[26]
2005	L'Enfant		Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	^[27]
2006	The Only One	Vidange perdue	Geoffrey Enthoven	^[28]
2007	Private Property	Nue propriété	Joachim Lafosse	^[29]
2008	Eldorado		Bouli Lanners	^[30]
2009	Unspoken		Fien Troch	^[31]

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
2010	Mr. Nobody		Jaco Van Dormael	^[32]
2011	Bullhead	Rundskop	Michaël R. Roskam	^[33]
2012	Our Children	À perdre la raison	Joachim Lafosse	^[34]
2013	Kid		Fien Troch	^[35]
2014	Two Days, One Night	Deux jours, une nuit	Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne	^[36]
2015	The Brand New Testament	Le Tout Nouveau Testament	Jaco Van Dormael	^[37]
2016	After Love	L'Économie du couple	Joachim Lafosse	^[38]
2017	Home		Fien Troch	^[39]
2018	Girl		Lukas Dhont	^[40]
2019	Our Mothers	Nuestras madres	César Díaz	^[41]

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)	Ref.
2020	Adoration		Fabrice Du Welz	^[42]
2021	Playground	Un monde	Laura Wandel	^[43]
2022	Close		Lukas Dhont	^[44]
2023	Love According to Dalva	Dalva	Emmanuelle Nicot	^[45]

References

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38. "Le film "L'économie du couple" reçoit le Prix Cavens 2016". 7sur7 (in French). De Persgroep. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
39. "«Home» reçoit le Prix Cavens 2017". Cinevox (in French). December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
40. "L'UCC décerne le prix Cavens à GIRL de Lukas Dhont et a annoncé les 5 finalistes pour le Grand Prix 2019". Cinopsis (in French). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
41. "Le Prix Cavens 2019 attribué au film "Nuestras Madres" de César Diaz" (in French). RTBF. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
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44. "'Close' remporte le prix du meilleur film belge de l'année". Le Soir (in French). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
45. "'Dalva' wint de Andre Cavens-prijs". Fast Forward (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.

External links

• André Cavens Award at RTBF
• Belgian Film Critics Association at IMDb