A Magritte Award (French: Magritte du cinéma) is an accolade presented by the Académie André Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry. Modelled after the French César Award, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Belgium. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette. The awards, first presented in 2011, are considered the Belgian equivalent of the Academy Awards in the United States.
Historically given during the first quarter of the new year, the awards honor achievements for cinematic accomplishments for the preceding year. The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony was held on 12 February 2022 at the Square Meeting Centre, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels.
Founded in 2010, the Académie André Delvaux was established at the request of the Francophone Film Producers Association (UPFF) and Pro Spère, to unite the five branches of the film industry, including actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers.[1] The Académie aims to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart to the César Awards of France. After the cancellation of the Joseph Plateau Awards ceremony, which was absorbed into the Film Fest Ghent in 2007, a national film award was missing in Belgium. This led the Académie André Delvaux to establish the Magritte Award. An accolade for artistic and technical merit in the Flemish film industry was launched a year earlier as part of the Ostend Film Festival and called Ensor Award.[2]
The name of the award comes from the painter René Magritte. Charly Herscovici, who created the Magritte Foundation, allowed the Académie to use the name of the artist.[3] The awarding statuette was created by designer and sculptor Xavier Lust, who drew inspiration from a poster entitled Moments inoubliables du cinema created by René Magritte in 1958 for a film festival.[4] The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony took place on 5 February 2011 at the Square Meeting Centre in Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories. Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening.[5] The ceremony, televised in Belgium by BeTV, was produced by José Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J. Gustin.[6]
At the 2nd ceremony, held on 4 February 2012, the Magritte Award for Best Film in Coproduction was split in Best Foreign Film in Coproduction and Best Flemish Film in Coproduction.[7] The latter was renamed Best Flemish Film in 2015.[8] An Audience Award was presented to a Belgian film personality in 2011 and 2012, before being replaced by Best First Feature Film in 2013; its winner, however, was first announced during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, three months after the Magritte Awards ceremony.[9][10] In 2016, it became a merit category, with the audience award being finally retired. The same year, Best Short Film was split in Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film.[11] The 8th ceremony was the first to be aired on La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV.[12]
Rules and voting
The Académie André Delvaux, a professional honorary organization, maintains a voting membership of 800 as of 2015.[13] It is divided into different branches, with each representing a different discipline in film production. All members must be invited to join by the Board of Directors. Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures. To be eligible for nomination, a film must be a Belgian production and open in the previous calendar year (from October 16 of the previous calendar year to October 15 of the following year) in Belgium and play for seven consecutive days.[14]
In December, the Académie reveals the list of eligible releases; a DVD set with the catalog of films is also sent to the electors.[15] Voters use an instant run-off voting ballot, with potential nominees rewarded in the single transferable vote tally for having strong supporters who rank them first. The winners are then determined by a second round of voting. All members are allowed to vote in most categories, except for the Honorary Magritte Award, whose recipients are determined by the Board of Directors of the Académie.[14] After the nominations are revealed, in January, special screenings of the nominated films are shown.[16]
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A Magritte Award French Magritte du cinema is an accolade presented by the Academie Andre Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry Modelled after the French Cesar Award the formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Belgium The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette The awards first presented in 2011 are considered the Belgian equivalent of the Academy Awards in the United States Magritte AwardCurrent 11th Magritte AwardsAwarded forExcellence in cinematic achievementsCountryBelgiumPresented byAcademie Andre DelvauxFirst awarded2011Websitelesmagritteducinema wbr comHistorically given during the first quarter of the new year the awards honor achievements for cinematic accomplishments for the preceding year The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony was held on 12 February 2022 at the Square Meeting Centre in the historic site of Mont des Arts Brussels Contents 1 History 2 Rules and voting 3 Categories 4 Awards ceremonies 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditFounded in 2010 the Academie Andre Delvaux was established at the request of the Francophone Film Producers Association UPFF and Pro Spere to unite the five branches of the film industry including actors directors producers technicians and writers 1 The Academie aims to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart to the Cesar Awards of France After the cancellation of the Joseph Plateau Awards ceremony which was absorbed into the Film Fest Ghent in 2007 a national film award was missing in Belgium This led the Academie Andre Delvaux to establish the Magritte Award An accolade for artistic and technical merit in the Flemish film industry was launched a year earlier as part of the Ostend Film Festival and called Ensor Award 2 The name of the award comes from the painter Rene Magritte Charly Herscovici who created the Magritte Foundation allowed the Academie to use the name of the artist 3 The awarding statuette was created by designer and sculptor Xavier Lust who drew inspiration from a poster entitled Moments inoubliables du cinema created by Rene Magritte in 1958 for a film festival 4 The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony took place on 5 February 2011 at the Square Meeting Centre in Brussels During the ceremony the Academie Andre Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening 5 The ceremony televised in Belgium by BeTV was produced by Jose Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J Gustin 6 At the 2nd ceremony held on 4 February 2012 the Magritte Award for Best Film in Coproduction was split in Best Foreign Film in Coproduction and Best Flemish Film in Coproduction 7 The latter was renamed Best Flemish Film in 2015 8 An Audience Award was presented to a Belgian film personality in 2011 and 2012 before being replaced by Best First Feature Film in 2013 its winner however was first announced during the 66th Cannes Film Festival three months after the Magritte Awards ceremony 9 10 In 2016 it became a merit category with the audience award being finally retired The same year Best Short Film was split in Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film 11 The 8th ceremony was the first to be aired on La Deux after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV 12 Rules and voting EditThe Academie Andre Delvaux a professional honorary organization maintains a voting membership of 800 as of 2015 13 It is divided into different branches with each representing a different discipline in film production All members must be invited to join by the Board of Directors Membership eligibility may be achieved by a competitive nomination or a member may submit a name based on other significant contribution to the field of motion pictures To be eligible for nomination a film must be a Belgian production and open in the previous calendar year from October 16 of the previous calendar year to October 15 of the following year in Belgium and play for seven consecutive days 14 In December the Academie reveals the list of eligible releases a DVD set with the catalog of films is also sent to the electors 15 Voters use an instant run off voting ballot with potential nominees rewarded in the single transferable vote tally for having strong supporters who rank them first The winners are then determined by a second round of voting All members are allowed to vote in most categories except for the Honorary Magritte Award whose recipients are determined by the Board of Directors of the Academie 14 After the nominations are revealed in January special screenings of the nominated films are shown 16 Categories EditCurrent awardsBest Film since 2011 Best Director since 2011 Best Actor in a Leading Role since 2011 Best Actress in a Leading Role since 2011 Best Actor in a Supporting Role since 2011 Best Actress in a Supporting Role since 2011 Best Animated Short Film since 2016 Best Cinematography since 2011 Best Costume Design since 2011 Best Documentary Film since 2011 Best Editing since 2011 Best First Feature Film since 2013 Best Flemish Film since 2012 Best Foreign Film in Coproduction since 2012 Best Live Action Short Film since 2016 Best Original Score since 2011 Best Production Design since 2011 Best Screenplay since 2011 Best Sound since 2011 Most Promising Actor since 2011 Most Promising Actress since 2011 Honorary Magritte Award since 2011 Retired awardsAudience Award 2011 to 2012 Best Film in Coproduction 2011 only Best Short Film 2011 to 2015Awards ceremonies EditThe following is a listing of all Magritte Awards ceremonies Ceremony Date Best Film winner President s Host1st Magritte Awards 5 February 2011 Mr Nobody Jaco Van Dormael Helena Noguerra2nd Magritte Awards 4 February 2012 The Giants Bertrand Tavernier3rd Magritte Awards 2 February 2013 Our Children Yolande Moreau Fabrizio Rongione4th Magritte Awards 1 February 2014 Ernest amp Celestine Emilie Dequenne5th Magritte Awards 7 February 2015 Two Days One Night Francois Damiens Charlie Dupont6th Magritte Awards 6 February 2016 The Brand New Testament Marie Gillain7th Magritte Awards 4 February 2017 The First the Last Virginie Efira Anne Pascale Clairembourg8th Magritte Awards 3 February 2018 Insyriated Natacha Regnier Fabrizio Rongione9th Magritte Awards 2 February 2019 Our Struggles Vincent Patar and Stephane Aubier Alex Vizorek10th Magritte Awards 1 February 2020 Mothers Instinct Pascal Duquenne Kody11th Magritte Awards 12 February 2022 Madly in Life Thierry Michel Achille RidolfiSee also Edit Film portal Belgium portalEnsor Award Flemish equivalent Cesar Award French equivalent Lumieres Award Joseph Plateau AwardReferences Edit Denis Fernand October 13 2010 Andre Delvaux l œuvre au jour La Libre Belgique in French Retrieved January 11 2014 Bradfer Fabienne February 4 2015 Revivez la ceremonie des Magritte du cinema belge en direct commente Le Soir in French Archived from the original on October 16 2015 Retrieved January 15 2016 De Clercq Charles January 23 2015 Les Magritte du Cinema le 7 fevrier 2015 au Square Cinecure in French Retrieved January 15 2016 Bradfer Fabienne January 14 2011 Les Magritte du cinema a l image des Cesar Le Soir in French Archived from the original on January 24 2014 Retrieved January 11 2014 Magritte du cinema les nomines sont connus L Avenir in French January 14 2011 Retrieved January 11 2014 Une grande salle et un petit ecran in French Academie Andre Delvaux February 4 2011 Archived from the original on January 11 2014 Retrieved January 15 2015 Les Magritte du cinema s installent La Libre Belgique in French November 26 2011 Retrieved January 11 2013 Magritte Pluie de nominations pour les Dardenne et Lucas Belvaux La Libre Belgique in French January 7 2015 Retrieved January 11 2015 Lancement d un nouveau Magritte Le Magritte du Premier Film 2013 Cine Tele Revue in French March 28 2013 Retrieved January 15 2016 Le Magritte du Premier film Cinevox in French May 20 2013 Retrieved January 15 2016 Lecocq Jean Jacques January 12 2016 Le Tout Nouveau Testament domine les nominations des Magritte Cine Tele Revue in French Retrieved January 15 2016 Belga July 19 2017 La RTBF va produire les Magritte du cinema L Avenir in French Retrieved November 18 2017 Deux jours une nuit les Dardenne couronnes aux Magritte du cinema belge Challenges in French February 9 2015 Archived from the original on February 4 2016 Retrieved January 16 2016 a b Reglement des Magritte du Cinema in French Academie Andre Delvaux Archived from the original on January 9 2016 Retrieved January 16 2016 Magritte du cinema silence on vote Cinevox in French December 10 2014 Retrieved January 16 2016 Programmation speciale Magritte sur La Trois in French RTBF January 28 2015 Retrieved January 16 2016 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magritte Awards Official website 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