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Magritte Award For Best Co-Production
The Magritte Award for Best Film ( French: Magritte du meilleur film) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux The Académie André Delvaux is a Belgium, Belgian professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Cinema of Belgium, Belgian cinema. Founded in 2010, it is responsible for the annual Magritte Awards, Belgium's principal film .... It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements. The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with '' Mr. Nobody'' receiving the award for Best Film. As of the 2022 ceremony, '' Madly in Life'' is the most recent winner in this category. Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees. 2010s 2020s References External links Magritte Awards official websiteMagritte Award for Best Filmat '' AlloCiné'' 2011 establishments in Belgium Awards established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Académie André Delvaux
The Académie André Delvaux is a Belgium, Belgian professional organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of Cinema of Belgium, Belgian cinema. Founded in 2010, it is responsible for the annual Magritte Awards, Belgium's principal film awards. History The Académie André Delvaux was founded by two associations: the Francophone Film Producers Association (UPFF), represented by Patrick Quinet, Marion Hänsel, Olivier Bronckart and Philippe Kauffmann, and the association of authors Pro Spère, represented by Luc Jabon, André Buytaers, Benoît Coppée and Alok Nandi. Its name was chosen in honour of the Belgian film director André Delvaux (1926–2002). The academy aims to promote the Belgian film industry around the globe. Its main task is to organize the Magritte Awards, replacing the Joseph Plateau Award, awarded from 1985 to 2006. Charly Herscovici, who created the foundation Magritte, allowed the academy to use the name of René Magritte for the awards. The board o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouli Lanners
Philippe "Bouli" Lanners (born 20 May 1965) is a Belgian actor, author and film director. His film '' The Giants'' was nominated for twelve Magritte Awards, winning five, including Best Film and Best Director. Biography Lanners was born on 20 May 1965 in Moresnet-Chapelle, Belgium. His mother was a cleaning lady and his father was a customs agent. He spent a year at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far fro ..., after which he continued to paint while doing odd jobs until turning his attention to cinema at the turn of the century. Filmography As actor As director & writer As producer References External links * 1965 births Living people 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Belgian male actors Belgi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Night (2012 Film)
''One Night'' (french: 38 témoins), also known as ''38 Witnesses'', is a 2012 Belgian-French drama film directed by Lucas Belvaux. It was written by Belvaux based on Didier Decoin's novel ''Est-ce ainsi que les femmes meurent?''. It premiered on 30 January 2012, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. The film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Best Screenplay. Plot When Louise Morvand returns from a business trip to China she discovers that a crime has been committed in her hometown. A woman has been murdered in the very street where Louise lives with her husband Pierre. Upon initial police investigation it appears that there were no witnesses to the crime, and Louise's neighbours seem to be strangely uninterested in finding the murderer. Haunted by a feeling of guilt, Pierre goes to the police station and admits that he heard screams and saw the attacked woman from the window on the night of the murder. Following his testimony at the police, Pierre is misun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobile Home (2012 Film)
''Mobile Home'' is a 2012 Belgian comedy-drama film directed by François Pirot. It was written by Pirotand, Marteen Loix and Jean-Benoît Ugeux. It premiered on August 4, 2012, at the Locarno International Film Festival. The film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning Most Promising Actress and Best Original Score. Cast *Arthur Dupont as Simon * Guillaume Gouix as Julien *Jean-Paul Bonnaire as Luc * Claudine Pelletier as Monique *Jackie Berroyer as Jean-Marie * Anne-Pascale Clairembourg as Sylvie * Eugénie Anselin as Maya * Catherine Salée as Valérie * Arnaud Bronsart as Stéphane * Gwen Berrou as Virginie *Jean-François Wolff Jean-François is a French given name. Notable people bearing the given name include: * Jean-François Carenco (born 1952), French politician * Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832), French Egyptologist * Jean-François Clervoy (born 1958), Fre ... as Gérard * Jérôme Varanfrain as Mathieu References External links * * 2012 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Ridremont
Patrick Ridremont (born 9 August 1967) is a Belgian comedian and actor. He was born in Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Personal life Ridremont has three daughters with Arielle Harcq. He was married to actress Virginie Efira from 2002 to 2005. Filmography Actor * 2001: ''Mauvais genres'' by François Girod * 2005: ''Comme sur des roulettes'' by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld * 2006: ''De si vieux amis'' (short film) by Michael Alalouf * 2007: ''Mamie'' (short film) by Michaël Alalouf * 2007: ''Deux sœurs'' (short film) by Emmanuel Jespers * 2010: ''Zéro zéro belge'' by Pascal Rocteur * 2010: ''A Cat in Paris'' by Alain Gagnol and Jean-Loup Felicioli (voice) * 2010: ''La Chance de ma vie'' by Nicolas Cuche * 2011: ''BXL/USA'' (TV movie) by Gaëtan Bevernaege * 2012: ''Dead Man Talking'' * 2014: ''Kontainer Kats'' * 2015: ''En immersion'' (TV series) by Philippe Haïm * 2015: ''Flic tout simplement'' by Yves Rénier * 2015: ''Phantom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Lafosse
Joachim Lafosse (born 18 January 1975) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Career Lafosse studied at the IAD (Institut des arts de diffusion) at Louvain-la-Neuve between 1997 and 2001. His graduation film ''Tribu'', a 24-minute short, won the best Belgian short subject category at the 2001 Namur Film Festival. His first full-length feature, ''Folie Privée'' (2004), won the FIPRESCI award at the International Film Festival Bratislava, Bratislava International Film Festival., and the semi-autobiographical ''Ça rend heureux'' (2006) took the Grand Prix at the 2007 Premiers Plans, Premiers Plans d'Angers festival. 2006 also saw the release of ''Nue Propriété'', starring Isabelle Huppert and brothers Jérémie Renier, Jérémie and Yannick Renier, which debuted at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival, Venice Film Festival where it was nominated for the Golden Lion and won a SIGNIS award. The film received the André Cavens Award, André Cavens Award for Best Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Children
''Our Children'' (french: À perdre la raison) is a 2012 Belgian-French psychological drama film directed by Joachim Lafosse. It is based on a real-life incident involving a woman ( Genevieve Lhermitte) who killed her five children. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival under the title ''Loving Without Reason'', where Émilie Dequenne won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress. Cast * Émilie Dequenne as Murielle * Niels Arestrup as André Pinget * Tahar Rahim as Mounir * Stéphane Bissot as Françoise * Mounia Raoui as Fatima * Redouane Behache as Samir * Baya Belal as Rachida * Nathalie Boutefeu as Docteur Declerck * Claire Bodson as Police Officer Reception Critical response was generally strong and the film was nominated for seven Magritte Awards, winning four, including Best Film and Best Director for Lafosse. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Magritte Awards
The 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2012 in Belgium and took place on February 2, 2013, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 20 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Yolande Moreau presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the first time. The nominees for the 3rd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2013. Films receiving the most nominations were ''Dead Man Talking'' with eight, followed by '' Our Children'', '' Mobile Home'' and ''One Night'' with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 2, 2013. ''Our Children'' won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Joachim Lafosse. Other multiple winners were ''The Minister'' with three awards, and ''Mobile Home'' with two. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dardenne Brothers
Brothers Jean-Pierre Dardenne (; born 21 April 1951) and Luc Dardenne (born 10 March 1954), collectively referred to as the Dardenne brothers, are a Belgian filmmaking duo. They write, produce, and direct their films together. The Dardennes began making narrative and documentary films in the late 1970s. They came to international attention in the mid-1990s with ''La Promesse'' (''The Promise''). They won their first major international film prize when ''Rosetta'' won the Palme d'Or at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Their work tends to reflect left-wing themes and points-of-view. In 2002, Olivier Gourmet won Best Actor at Cannes for the Dardennes' '' Le Fils'' (''The Son''). In 2005, they won the Palme d'Or a second time for their film '' L'Enfant'' (''The Child''), putting them in an elite club, at the time, of only seven. Their film, ''Le Silence de Lorna'' (''Lorna's Silence''), won Best Screenplay at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was released in Europe in the fall. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid With A Bike
''The Kid with a Bike'' (french: link=no, Le gamin au vélo) is a 2011 drama film written and directed by the Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Thomas Doret and Cécile de France. Set in Seraing, it tells the story of a 12-year-old boy who turns to a woman for comfort after his father has abandoned him. The film was produced through companies in Belgium and France. While ''The Kid with a Bike'' does not deviate from the naturalistic style of the Dardenne brothers' earlier works, a comparatively bright aesthetic was employed, as well as a screenplay inspired by fairy tales. Unusually for a film by the directors, it also uses music. It premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was co-winner of the festival's Grand Prix. Plot Cyril, a 12-year-old in a Liège children's home, attempts to call his father, who said he would only be there for a month, but gets no response. He makes a violent escape from the home and goes to his father's building, where a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiona Gordon
Fiona is a feminine given name. The name is associated with the Gaelic traditions of Ireland and Scotland (through the poetry of James Macpherson), but has also become popular in England.. It can be considered either a Latinised form of the Gaelic word ''fionn'', meaning "white", "fair", or an Anglicisation of the Irish name ''Fíona'' (derived from an element meaning "vine"). The Scottish Gaelic feminine name ''Fionnghal'' (and variants) is sometimes equated with ''Fiona''. In ninth-century Welsh and Breton language 'Fion' (today: 'ffion') referred to the foxglove species and is also a female given name as in Ffion Hague. ''Fiona'' was the 49th most popular name for baby girls born in 2008 in Germany. ''Fiona'' was tied for third place in the ranking of most popular names for baby girls born in Liechtenstein in 2008. The name was the 347th most popular name for girls born in the United States in 2008, where it has ranked among the top 1,000 most popular names for girls since 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
