10th Magritte Awards

10th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)
SiteSquare
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted byKody
Highlights
Best FilmMothers' Instinct
Most awardsMothers' Instinct (9)
Most nominationsMothers' Instinct (10)
Television coverage
NetworkRTBF

The 10th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2019 in Belgium. It took place on 1 February 2020, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories.[1] The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux. Actor Pascal Duquenne presided the ceremony, while comedian Kody hosted the show for the first time.[2]

The nominees for the 10th Magritte Awards were announced on 8 January 2020.[3] Films with the most nominations were Mothers' Instinct with ten, followed by Young Ahmed with nine and Lola with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 1 February 2020.[4] Mothers' Instinct won a record-breaking nine awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Olivier Masset-Depasse. Other multiple winners were Lola and Young Ahmed with two awards each.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Most Promising Actor

  • Idir Ben Addi – Young Ahmed (Le Jeune Ahmed)
    • Baloji – Binti
    • François Neycken – Escapada
    • Jeremy Senez – Three Days and a Life (Trois jours et une vie)

Most Promising Actress

Best Screenplay

Best First Feature Film

Best Flemish Film

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design

Best Original Score

Best Sound

Best Editing

Best Fiction Short Film

  • Matriochkas – Bérangère McNeese
    • Bruxelles–Beyrouth – Thibaut Wohlfahrt and Samir Youssef
    • Detours – Christopher Yates
    • Lucia en el limbo – Valentina Maurel

Best Animated Short Film

  • The County Fair (La Foire agricole) – Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
    • Big Wolf & Little Wolf (Grand Loup & Petit Loup) – Rémi Durin
    • Sweet Night (Nuit chérie) – Marine Jacob
    • Under the Rib Cage (Sous le cartilage des côtes) – Bruno Tondeur

Best Documentary Film

  • My Name Is Clitoris (Mon nom est Clitoris) – Daphné Leblond and Lisa Billuart Monet
    • Bains Publics – Kita Bauchet
    • By the Name of Tania – Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard
    • That Which Does Not Kill (Sans frapper) – Alexe Poukine

Honorary Magritte Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

  1. ^ "Quinze documentaires sélectionnés pour la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du Cinéma". L'Avenir (in French). 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Magritte du cinéma: Pascal Duquenne présidera la cérémonie". Le Soir (in French). 21 January 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. ^ Bradfer, Fabienne (8 January 2020). "«Duelles» et «Le jeune Ahmed» en tête des nominations des Magritte". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  4. ^ Dricot, Lucy (1 February 2020). "Découvrez le palmarès complet de la 10e cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 1 February 2020.