The Belgian Film Critics Association (french: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC) is an organization of

film critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...

s from publications based in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...

History

The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in

. Its membership includes film reviewers from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers and magazines from Belgium. In December of each year, the organization meets to vote on awards for films released in the previous calendar year. To determine the UCC's annual awards, ballots are sent in by the members – select knowledgeable film enthusiasts, academics, filmmakers, and students – and subsequently tabulated in order to decide the winners. Since 1954, the Belgian Film Critics Association has presented the

Grand Prix Grand Prix ( , meaning ''Grand Prize''; plural Grands Prix), is a name sometimes used for competitions or sport events, alluding to the winner receiving a prize, trophy or honour Grand Prix or grand prix may refer to: Arts and entertainment ...

award to the film of the year "that contributed the most to the enrichment and influence of cinema". Since 1976, the organization has presented the

André Cavens Award The André Cavens Award (french: Prix André-Cavens) is an accolade presented annually by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 197 ...

to the best film of the year produced in Belgium. Its name was chosen in honor of Belgian film director

André Cavens André Cavens (1 October 1912 – 9 April 1971), born in Brussels, Uccle, was a Belgian film director, film producer and screenwriter. His career started in 1961 as the director and producer of the drama '' A Train Leaves in Every Hour'' ...

(1912–1971).

References

External links

Belgian Film Critics Association
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* Film critics associations Film organisations in Belgium Organisations based in Brussels Arts organizations established in the 1950s Culture in Brussels 1950s establishments in Belgium Non-profit organisations based in Belgium {{film-org-stub