The 2nd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the
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, honored the best
films of 2011 in Belgium and took place on February 4, 2012, at the
Square
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in the historic site of
Mont des Arts
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,
Brussels
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beginning at 7:45 p.m.
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. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented
Magritte Awards
A Magritte Award (french: ) is an accolade presented by the Académie André Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry. Modelled after the French César Award, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presente ...
in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by
BeTV. Film director
Bertrand Tavernier
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Tavernier was born in Lyon, France, the son of Geneviève (née Dumond) and René Tavernier, a publicist and writer, s ...
presided the ceremony, while actress
Helena Noguerra
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Noguerra was born in Brussels, Belgium. Her songs have been used in commercials and television programmes such as ''Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches'' by Thier ...
hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 2nd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2012. Films with the most nominations were ''
The Giants'' with twelve, followed by ''
Bullhead'' with nine and ''
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 ...
'' with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2012.
''The Giants'' won five awards, including
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
and
Best Director for
Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were ''Bullhead'' with four awards, and ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
'' with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
* ''
The Giants (Les Géants)''
** ''
Beyond the Steppes''
** ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
(La Fée)''
** ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)''
Best Director
*
Bouli Lanners – ''
The Giants (Les Géants)''
**
Dominique Abel
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon are Belgian film and stage directors, writers and actors.
Career
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their professional careers. They made their directing de ...
and
Fiona Gordon – ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
(La Fée)''
**
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
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 ...
– ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)''
**
Sam Garbarski
Sam Garbarski (born 13 February 1948) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. His film ''Irina Palm'' (2007) was awarded Best European Film at the 53rd David di Donatello Awards. He then directed ''A Distant Neighborhood'' (2010), a fantas ...
– ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
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(Quartier lointain)''
Best Flemish Film in Coproduction
* ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)''
** ''
22nd of May (22 mei)''
** ''
Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)''
** ''
Madly in Love
''Madly in Love'' ( it, Innamorato pazzo) is a 1981 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Castellano & Pipolo, starring Adriano Celentano and Ornella Muti.
Plot
Cristina, the princess of a fictional monarchical state named Saint T ...
(Smoorverliefd)''
** ''
Pulsar''
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
* ''
Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)''
** ''
A Screaming Man
''A Screaming Man'' (french: Un homme qui crie) is a 2010 drama film by Mahamat Saleh Haroun, starring Youssouf Djaoro and Diouc Koma. Set in 2006, it revolves around the civil war in Chad, and tells the story of a man who sends his son to war in ...
(Un homme qui crie)''
** ''
Potiche
''Potiche'' is a 2010 comedy film written and directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèch ...
''
** ''
Route Irish
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''
Best Screenplay
* ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)'' –
Michael R. Roskam
** ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Bouli Lanners and
Elise Ancion
** ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)'' –
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
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 ...
** ''
Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)'' –
Philippe Blasband Philippe Blasband (born 26 July 1964 in Tehran, Iran) is a filmmaker and a writer in French language from Belgium. He is of JewishGilman S. (2003) "We're Not Jews": Imagining Jewish History and Jewish Bodies in Contemporary Multicultural Literature ...
Best Actor
*
Matthias Schoenaerts
Matthias Schoenaerts (; ; born 8 December 1977) is a Belgian actor. He made his film debut at the age of 13 in '' Daens'' (1992), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He is best known for his roles as Filip in ...
– ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)''
**
Dominique Abel
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon are Belgian film and stage directors, writers and actors.
Career
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon have worked as a writing and directing team through most of their professional careers. They made their directing de ...
– ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
(La Fée)''
**
Benoît Poelvoorde – ''
Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)''
**
Jonathan Zaccaï – ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
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(Quartier lointain)''
Best Actress
*
Lubna Azabal – ''
Incendies''
**
Cécile de France
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– ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)''
**
Isabelle De Hertogh
Isabelle de Hertogh (born 1972) is a Belgian actress.
Debut
She was a student at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
The Royal Conservatory of Brussels (french: Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles, nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel) is a hi ...
– ''
Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)''
**
Yolande Moreau
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Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept pià ...
– ''
The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)''
Best Supporting Actor
*
Jérémie Renier
(; born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in the critically praised (1996), directed by the Dardenne brothers. He became better known to worldwide audiences in ''Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001) and (2005). The latter ...
– ''
Potiche
''Potiche'' is a 2010 comedy film written and directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèch ...
''
**
Laurent Capelluto
Laurent Capelluto (born 16 March 1971) is a Belgian actor. He has appeared in more than thirty films since 1999.
Filmography
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capelluto, Laurent
Living people
Belgian male actors
Magritte Award winners
...
– ''
The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)''
**
Bouli Lanners – ''
Kill Me Please''
**
Didier Toupy – ''
The Giants (Les Géants)''
Best Supporting Actress
*
Gwen Berrou – ''
The Giants (Les Géants)''
**
Virginie Efira – ''
Kill Me Please''
**
Tania Garbarski – ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japane ...
(Quartier lointain)''
**
Marie Kremer
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– ''
Final Balance (Légitime Défense)''
Most Promising Actor
*
Thomas Doret – ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)''
**
Romain David – ''
Black Ocean
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(Noir océan)''
**
David Murgia
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Theater
Filmography
References
External links
*
1988 births
20th-century Belgian ma ...
– ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)''
**
Martin Nissen – ''
The Giants (Les Géants)''
Most Promising Actress
*
Erika Sainte – ''
She's Not Crying, She's Singing (Elle ne pleure pas, elle chante)''
**
Stéphanie Crayencour – ''
Les Mythos''
**
Jeanne Dandoy
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* Ruth Stuber Jeanne (1910–2004), Ame ...
– ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)''
**
Hande Kodja
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Biography
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– ''
Marieke, Marieke''
Best Cinematography
* ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
** ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)'' –
Nicolas Karakatsanis
** ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)'' –
Alain Marcoen
Best Sound
* ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
(La Fée)'' –
Emmanuel de Boissieu,
Fred Meert and
Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau
** ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)'' –
Benoît De Clerck,
Yves De Mey,
Quentin Collette,
Christine Verschorren and
Benoît Biral
** ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Marc Bastien and
Thomas Gauder
Best Production Design
* ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
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(Quartier lointain)'' –
Véronique Sacrez
** ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Paul Rouschop
** ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)'' –
Igor Gabriel
** ''
The Pack (La Meute)'' –
Eugénie Collet
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*
* Princess Eugenie ...
and
Florence Vercheval
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Best Costume Design
* ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
(La Fée)'' –
Claire Dubien
** ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japane ...
(Quartier lointain)'' –
Florence Scholtes
** ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Elise Ancion
Best Original Score
* ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Bram Van Parys
** ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)'' –
Raf Keunen
** ''
Trader Games (Krach)'' –
Frédéric Vercheval
Best Editing
* ''
Bullhead (Rundskop)'' –
Alain Dessauvage
Alain Dessauvage is a Belgian film editor. His editing credits include ''Moscow, Belgium'' (2008), ''Oxygen (2010 film), Oxygen'' (2010), ''Frits and Freddy'' (2010), ''Comrade Kim Goes Flying'' (2012), ''The Resurrection of a Bastard'' (2013), ''T ...
** ''
The Giants (Les Géants)'' –
Ewin Ryckaert
Ewin Ryckaert is a film editor with more than seventy film credits. He was nominated for the Magritte Award for Best Editing four times for his work in '' The Giants'' (2011), ''Approved for Adoption'' (2012), ''Tango libre
''Tango libre'' is a ...
** ''
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 ...
(Le Gamin au vélo)'' –
Marie-Hélène Dozo
Best Short Film
* ''Sundays (Dimanches)''
** ''Back Against the Wall (Dos au mur)''
** ''Bad Moon (Mauvaise lune)''
** ''The Wolf's Version (La Version du loup)''
Best Documentary
* ''LoveMEATender''
** ''Fritkot''
** ''In Their Hands (Sous la main de l'autre)''
** ''Summer of Giacomo (L'estate di Giacomo)''
Honorary Magritte Award
*
Nathalie Baye
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Audience Award
*
Virginie Efira
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following ten films received multiple nominations.
* Twelve: ''
The Giants''
* Nine: ''
Bullhead''
* Eight: ''
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 ...
''
* Five: ''
A Distant Neighborhood
is a Japanese manga
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'' and ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
''
* Three: ''
Romantics Anonymous''
* Two: ''
Come as You Are'', ''
The Long Falling'', ''
Kill Me Please'', and ''
Potiche
''Potiche'' is a 2010 comedy film written and directed by François Ozon, based on the play of the same name by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy. It stars Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godrèch ...
''
The following three films received multiple awards.
* Five: ''
The Giants''
* Four: ''
Bullhead''
* Two: ''
The Fairy
''The Fairy'' (french: La Fée) is a 2011 French-Belgian comedy film written and directed by Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romy. It won several prizes at the 2nd Magritte Awards.
Cast
* Dominique Abel as Dom
* Fiona Gordon
Fiona ...
''
See also
*
37th César Awards
*
17th Lumières Awards
*
2011 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year befo ...
References
External links
*
*
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AlloCiné''
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