Magritte Award

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magritte Award
4th Magritte Awards
Awarded for Excellence in Belgian francophone cinematic achievements
Country Belgium
Presented by Académie André Delvaux
First awarded 2011
Official website lesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Awards (French: Magritte du cinéma) are a set of awards given annually for excellence of Belgian francophone cinematic achievements. Organized and overseen by the Académie André Delvaux, the awards are given in twenty categories of which the most important is the Best Film. The Magritte Awards are considered to be the Belgian equivalent of the French César Awards or the American Academy Awards.[1]

The 4th Magritte Awards ceremony was held on February 1, 2014, at the Square in Brussels, Belgium.

History

In 2010 the Union des Producteurs de Films francophones and Pro Spère founded the Académie André Delvaux, which aims to recognize excellence in Belgian francophone cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart of the French César Awards or the American Academy Awards.[2]

The name of the award comes from the surrealist René Magritte. Charly Herscovici, who created the foundation Magritte, allowed the academy to use the name. The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony took place on February 5, 2011, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels.[3] Twenty categories were presented, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the filmmaking industry of the time for their works during the 2009–2010 period.[4] The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided over the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the show.[5] The Magritte Award trophy was created by Xavier Lust, a Belgian designer, who drew inspiration from a poster entitled Moments inoubliables du cinema produced by René Magritte for a film festival in 1958.[6]

The Magritte Awards replace the Joseph Plateau Award, awarded from 1985 to 2006.[7] Originally, twenty categories were presented. In 2012, the academy split the Best Coproduction award into Best Flemish Film in Coproduction and Best Foreign Film in Coproduction.[8] All Belgians, Flemish-speaking or francophone, having appeared in films produced by francophone producers, are eligible for the various awards.[9] The board of directors of the Académie André Delvaux assigns a Magritte Honorary Award to a Belgian or international film personality. From 2011 to 2012 was also presented an Audience Award voted on by the general public.

Award categories

Current awards
  • Best Cinematography (since 2011)
  • Best Sound (since 2011)
  • Best Production Design (since 2011)
  • Best Costume Design (since 2011)
  • Best Original Score (since 2011)
  • Best Editing (since 2011)
  • Best First Feature (since 2013)
  • Best Short Film (since 2011)
  • Best Documentary (since 2011)
  • Magritte Honorary Award (since 2011)

Retired awards
  • Best Coproduction (2011 only)
  • Audience Award (from 2011 to 2012)

Awards ceremonies

The following is a listing of all Magritte Awards ceremonies.

Ceremony Date Best Film winner President Host(s)
1st Magritte Awards February 5, 2011 Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael Helena Noguerra
2nd Magritte Awards February 4, 2012 Giants, TheThe Giants Bertrand Tavernier
3rd Magritte Awards February 2, 2013 Our Children Yolande Moreau Fabrizio Rongione
4th Magritte Awards February 1, 2014 Ernest & Celestine Émilie Dequenne

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lamourette, Camille (February 7, 2011). "Les "Magritte" du cinéma : première édition" (in French). AlloCiné. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  2. ↑ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l’œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Le cinéma belge était à l’honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  4. ↑ Engelen, Aurore (January 14, 2011). "Magritte Awards shine spotlight on Belgian Francophone cinema". Cineuropa. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  5. ↑ Bradfer, Fabienne (January 14, 2011). "Les Magritte du cinéma à l'image des César". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2012. 
  6. ↑ "La deuxième édition des "Magritte du cinéma" se tiendra le 4 février à Bruxelles" (in French). RTBF. February 3, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  7. ↑ Engelen, Aurore (January 14, 2011). "Race is on for Magritte Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Les Magritte du cinéma s’installent". La Libre Belgique (in French). November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2013. 
  9. ↑ Bradfer, Fabienne (February 5, 2012). "Bouli Lanners est un géant". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2012. 

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.