The André Cavens Award (french: Prix André-Cavens) is an accolade presented annually by the

Belgian Film Critics Association The Belgian Film Critics Association (french: Union de la critique de cinéma, UCC) is an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium. History The Belgian Film Critics Association was founded in the early 1950s in Br ...

(UCC), an organization of

film critics 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 ...

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 ...

. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 1976 by the organizing committee to honor cinematic achievement in Belgium. The name of the award comes from 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'' ...

. The most awarded filmmakers are

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 ...

with five awards, followed by Jaco Van Dormael,

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 ...

, and

Fien Troch Fien Troch (born 1978, in Londerzeel) is a Belgium, Belgian left field film director, producer and screenwriter. Career After graduating from the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussel, Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nom ...

with three. Other multiple winners are Jean-Jacques Andrien,

André Delvaux André Albert Auguste Delvaux (; 21 March 1926 – 4 October 2002) was a Belgian film director. He co-founded the film school INSAS in 1962 and is regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Adapting works by writers such as Johan ...

, and

Lukas Dhont Lukas Dhont (born 1991) () is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2019. Early life Dhont was born in Gent (in English Ghent), Belgium. His mother, Hilbe is a fashion teacher at an art ...

with two awards each. As of 2022, ''

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'' is the most recent winner.

Winners

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1980s

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2010s

2020s

References

External links

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