8th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	3 February 2018 (2018-02-03)
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted by	Fabrizio Rongione
Produced by	Olivier Auclair
Directed by	Vincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best Film	Insyriated
Most awards	Insyriated (6)
Most nominations	A Wedding (8)
Television coverage
Network	RTBF
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The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV.^[1] Actress Natacha Régnier presided the ceremony, while Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the third time.^[2][3]

The nominees for the 8th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2018.^[4] Films with the most nominations were A Wedding with eight, followed by This Is Our Land with seven and Insyriated with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 3, 2018.^[5] Insyriated won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Philippe Van Leeuw. Other multiple winners were A Wedding and Raw with two awards each.

• Insyriated
  • Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
  • Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • A Wedding (Noces)

• Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated
  • Lucas Belvaux – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • Nabil Ben Yadir – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
  • Stephan Streker – A Wedding (Noces)

• Peter Van den Begin – King of the Belgians
  • François Damiens – Just to Be Sure (Ôtez-moi d'un Doute)
  • Jérémie Renier – L'Amant double
  • Matthias Schoenaerts – Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)

• Émilie Dequenne – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • Cécile de France – Just to Be Sure (Ôtez-moi d'un Doute)
  • Lucie Debay – King of the Belgians
  • Fiona Gordon – Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)

• Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)
  • Laurent Capelluto – Don't Tell Her (Faut pas lui dire)
  • Patrick Descamps – This Is Our Land (Chez nous)
  • David Murgia – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)

• Aurora Marion – A Wedding (Noces)
  • Isabelle de Hertogh – 150 Milligrams (La Fille de Brest)
  • Lucie Debay – The Confession (La Confession)
  • Yolande Moreau – A Woman's Life (Une vie)

• Soufiane Chilah – Blind Spot (Dode Hoek)
  • Mistral Guidotti – Home
  • Baptiste Sornin – Sonar
  • Arieh Worthalter – Past Imperfect (Le Passé devant nous)

• Maya Dory – Angel (Mon ange)
  • Adriana de Fonseca – Even Lovers Get the Blues
  • Fantine Harduin – Happy End
  • Lena Suijkerbuik – Home

• Insyriated – Philippe Van Leeuw
  • King of the Belgians – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Lucas Belvaux
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Stephan Streker

• Don't Tell Her (Faut pas lui dire)
  • Even Lovers Get the Blues
  • Sonar
  • Spit 'n' Split
  • Staying in the Woods (Je suis resté dans les bois)

• Home
  • Cargo
  • King of the Belgians
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle)

• Raw (Grave)
  • Graduation (Bacalaureat)
  • I, Daniel Blake
  • Loveless (Nelyubov)

• Insyriated – Virginie Surdej
  • Angel (Mon ange) – Juliette Van Dormael
  • Raw (Grave) – Ruben Impens

• Raw (Grave) – Laurie Colson
  • Angel (Mon ange) – Luc Noël
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Catherine Cosme

• A Wedding (Noces) – Sophie Van Den Keybus
  • King of the Belgians – Claudine Tychon
  • Raw (Grave) – Elise Ancion

• Insyriated – Jean-Luc Fafchamps
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) – Raf Keunen
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Frédéric Vercheval

• Insyriated – Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse and Chadi Roukoz
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings
  • Sonar – Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert

• Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus) – Sandrine Deegen
  • Home – Nico Leunen
  • Racer and the Jailbird (Le Fidèle) – Alain Dessauvage
  • This Is Our Land (Chez nous) – Ludo Troch
  • A Wedding (Noces) – Jérôme Guiot

• With Thelma (Avec Thelma)
  • Kapitalistis
  • Little Hands (Les Petites Mains)
  • The Summer Movie (Le Film de l'été)

• Le Lion et le Singe
  • 69 sec
  • The Unicorn (La Licorne)
  • The Wind in the Reeds (Le Vent dans les roseaux)

• Burning Out
  • The Belgian Road to Cannes (La Belge Histoire du festival de Cannes)
  • Children of Chance (Enfants du hasard)
  • Still Alive (Rester vivants)

• Sandrine Bonnaire

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