The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2020 and 2021 in Belgium. It took place on 12 February 2022, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. It was the first ceremony in two years after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by La Trois, was produced by Leslie Cable and Tanguy Cortier and was directed by Benoît Vlietinck.[2] Film director Thierry Michel presided the ceremony, while comedians Laurence Bibot, Dena, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Achille Ridolfi and Bwanga Pilipili co-hosted the show.[3]

11th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
SiteSquare
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Produced byLeslie Cable
Tanguy Cortier
Directed byBenoît Vlietinck
Highlights
Best FilmMadly in Life
Most awardsMadly in Life and Playground (7)
Most nominationsMadly in Life (12)
Television coverage
NetworkRTBF

The nominees for the 11th Magritte Awards were announced on 12 January 2022.[4] Films with the most nominations were Madly in Life with twelve, followed by Playground with ten, and Adoration and The Restless with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 February 2022.[5] Madly in Life won seven awards, including Best Film. Other multiple winners were Playground with seven awards and Titane with two.

Winners and nominees

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Best Film

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Best Director

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Best Actor

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Best Actress

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Best Supporting Actor

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Best Supporting Actress

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Most Promising Actor

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Most Promising Actress

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Best Screenplay

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Best First Feature Film

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Best Flemish Film

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Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

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Best Cinematography

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Best Production Design

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Best Costume Design

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Best Original Score

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Best Sound

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Best Editing

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Best Fiction Short Film

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  • Squish (Sprötch) – Xavier Seron
    • The Salamander Child (L'enfant salamandre) – Théo Degen
    • Titan – Valéry Carnoy
    • You're Dead Hélène (T'es morte Hélène) – Michiel Blanchart

Best Animated Short Film

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  • And Yet We're Not Superheroes (On est pas près d'être des super héros) – Lia Bertels
    • Amours Libres – Emily Worms
    • Le Quatuor à cornes : là-haut sur la montagne – Benjamin Botella and Arnaud Demuynck
    • Tête de linotte ! – Gaspar Chabaud

Best Documentary Film

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  • Petit Samedi – Paloma Sermon-Daï
    • #salepute – Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy
    • Chasing the Dragons (Chasser les dragons) – Alexandra Kandy-Longuet
    • My Voice Will Be with You (Ma voix t'accompagnera) – Bruno Tracq

Best Documentary Short Film

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  • Mother's – Hippolyte Leibovici
    • Belgium-20 – Jean-Benoît Ugeux
    • Juliette the Great – Alice Khol
    • Maîtresse – Linda Ibbari

Honorary Magritte Award

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Films with multiple nominations and awards

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (7 October 2020). "Belgium's Magritte Awards cancels 2021 edition due to Covid-19". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  2. ^ Loader, Maureen (7 February 2022). "Le grand retour des Magritte du Cinéma : la RTBF soutient le cinéma belge plus que jamais" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ Degré, Michaël (12 February 2022). "Des magrittes d'un genre nouveau". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 January 2022). "'Madly In Life', 'Playground' lead Belgium's Magritte nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ ""Un monde" et "Une vie démente" grands vainqueurs des Magritte du cinéma 2022: découvrez l'ensemble du palmarès". 7sur7 (in French). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
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