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14th Magritte Awards
The 14th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2024 in film, films of 2024 in Belgium. It took place on 22 February 2025 at the Flagey Building, Flagey, in the historic site of Place Eugène Flagey, Ixelles, beginning at 8:20 p.m. Central European Time, CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was streamed in Belgium on Auvio, with a special broadcast on La Une. Actress Déborah François presided the ceremony, while comedian Charline Vanhoenacker hosted the show for the first time. The nominees for the 14th Magritte Awards were announced on 21 January 2025. Films with the most nominations were ''Night Call (film), Night Call'' with eleven, followed by ''Amal (2023 film), Amal'' and ''Through the Night (2023 film), Through the Night'' with nine, and ''It's Raining in the House'' with eight. ''Night Call'' won a record of ten awards, including Magritte Award fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flagey Building
The Flagey Building (french: Bâtiment Flagey, nl, Flageygebouw) also known as Radio House (french: Maison de la Radio, nl, Radiohuis) is a building located in Ixelles, a municipality of Brussels, Belgium, housing the Flagey cultural centre. It is located on the south-western corner of Place Eugène Flagey/Eugène Flageyplein, with its main entrance on the /. The building, parts of which are listed, was designed by and completed in 1938 in Streamline Moderne (an international style of Art Deco). It owes its name to , a Belgian lawyer and politician who was mayor of Ixelles from 1935 to 1953. It served as the former headquarters of the Belgian National Institute of Radio Broadcasting. When the broadcaster left in 1974, the building was refurbished as a cultural community centre. History The Flagey Building, designed by Joseph Diongre after winning a competition launched in 1933, was opened in 1938. The competition was launched to create a building to house the first nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michiel Blanchart
Michiel Blanchart (born 1993) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Blanchart was born to a Walloon father and a Flemish mother. He completed his secondary education in France, where he obtained a literary baccalaureate. He later studied filmmaking at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD) in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He made his feature-length directorial debut in 2024 with '' Night Call'', a film set during a single night against the backdrop of a Black Lives Matter protest in Belgium. Blanchart co-wrote the film with Gilles Marchand. The film was well received by critics and won the André Cavens Award for Best Film from the Belgian Film Critics Association. It received eleven nominations at the 14th Magritte Awards, winning ten, including Best Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arieh Worthalter
Arieh Worthalter (born 25 March 1985) is a Belgian stage and film actor. He studied at the Institut Supérieur des Arts (INSAS) in Brussels and began working in theatre. His film credits include '' Les Anarchistes'' (2015), '' Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge'' (2016), ''Eternity'' (2016), ''Bastille Day'' (2016), and '' Razzia'' (2017). He received two Magritte Awards for Best Supporting Actor for his work in ''Girl A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a '' woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionar ...'' (2017) and '' Mothers' Instinct'' (2018). Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Worthalter, Arieh 1985 births Living people Belgian male film actors Male actors from Paris Belgian male stage actors Magritte Award winners 20th-century Belgian male actors 21st-century Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magritte Award For Best Actor
The Magritte Award for Best Actor (french: Magritte du meilleur acteur) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. 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 Jonathan Zaccaï receiving the award for his role in '' Private Lessons''. As of the 2022 ceremony, Jean Le Peltier is the most recent winner in this category for his role in ''Madly in Life''. 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 Actorat '' AlloCiné'' {{Magritte Awards 2011 establishments in Belgium Awards established in 2011 Film awards for lead actor Actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delphine Girard
Delphine Girard is a Belgian film director. She is most noted for her 2018 short film '' A Sister (Une sœur)'', which was an Academy Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Film at the 92nd Academy Awards in 2020. Born in Quebec, she moved to Belgium with her family in childhood, and studied film at INSAS. She directed the short films ''Monstre'' (2014) and ''Caverne'' (2017) prior to making ''A Sister''. Her feature debut, '' Through the Night (Quitter la nuit)'', premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where Girard won the Audience Award for the Giornate degli Autori The Giornate degli Autori or simply the Giornate, formerly also known in English as Venice Days, is an independent film festival section held in parallel to and in association with the Venice Film Festival. It is modeled on the Directors' Fortnight ... program.Marta Bałaga"'Radical and Courageous' Dark Comedy 'Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person,' 'Through the Night' Pick Up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Senez
Guillaume Senez (born 6 July 1978) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He studied at the National Institute of Radioelectricity and Cinematography (INRACI) in Brussels and graduated from there. He made his feature-length debut in 2015 with '' Keeper'', which premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received eight nominations at the 7th Magritte Awards and won three, including Best First Feature Film. His next film, ''Our Struggles'' (2018), was screened in the International Critics' Week section at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival was held from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury. The Japanese film ''Shoplifters'', directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, won the Palme d'Or. Asghar Farhadi's psycho ... and released to critical acclaim. At the 9th Magritte Awards, it won five awards (the most for the event), including Best Film and Best Director for Senez. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Jacques-Henri Bronckart is a Belgian film producer. Bronckart was born in Liège, Belgium. He attended the University of Liège and earned a degree in communication and cinema in 1994. Bronckart's career as a producer began in the mid 1990s as an assistant for Latitude Productions, producing early short films directed by Bouli Lanners and Micha Wald. He then founded the production company Versus in April 1999 with his older brother Olivier. Bronckart was a producer of the film '' Days of Glory'', which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards. Through his production company, he frequently collaborated with Bouli Lanners, Olivier Masset-Depasse, Joachim Lafosse, and Fien Troch. In 2009, Jacques-Henri and Olivier Bronckart founded the film distribution company O'Brother in Brussels. In 2013, Bronckart received a Magritte Award in the category of Best Flemish Film in Coproduction for his work on ''Kid'' (2012). He was also nominated for a Magritte Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Missing Part
''A Missing Part'' () is a 2024 Belgian-French drama film directed by Guillaume Senez. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2024. Premise Having lost custody of his half-Japanese daughter after a divorce, a French taxi driver in Tokyo spends his days looking for her. When she finally enters his taxi, she does not recognize him. Cast * Romain Duris as Jay * Judith Chemla as Jessica * Mei Cirne-Masuki as Lily * Tsuyu * Shungiku Uchida * Yumi Narita as Keiko * Patrick Descamps * Production Director Guillaume Senez was inspired to write the film after learning about post-divorce parental custody rights in Japan. To aid in their research, Senez and actor Romain Duris met with three French nationals who had lost custody of their children due to Japanese law. Principal photography began in October 2023. Filming locations included Tokyo, Sagami Bay, and Yokohama. Release A clip from the film was released on 6 September 2024. The film premiered at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paloma Sermon-Daï
Paloma Sermon-Daï (born 14 July 1993) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. Her work explores themes of family, vulnerability, and social hardship through a blend of realism and poetic visual storytelling. Early life and career Sermon-Daï was born in Namur, Belgium, on 14 July 1993. She graduated in cinematography from the Haute École libre de Bruxelles (HELB). During her studies, she directed ''Makenzy'' (2017), a short film that premiered at Visions du Réel. Sermon-Daï directed the documentary film ''Petit Samedi'' in 2020. The film, which explores themes of addiction and family relationships, premiered at the Berlinale International Forum of New Cinema and went on to win several awards, including the Magritte Award for Best Documentary Film and the Golden Bayard at the Namur Film Festival. Sermon-Daï made her narrative feature debut with the coming-of-age drama from '' It's Raining in the House'' (2023). An international co-production between Belgium and France, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawad Rhalib
Jawad Rhalib (born 1965 in Morocco) is a Belgian-Moroccan filmmaker. His films, which generally tackle the themes of human rights and social realism Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structure ..., have been screened at numerous international film festivals and have received numerous awards. Biography Rhalib was born in Morocco to Moroccan parents. He attended the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve, graduating with a degree in communications. Before launching his film career in 1997, Rhalib was a journalist. Filmography Feature films * 2014: ''7 rue de la Folie'' * 2016: ''Insoumise'' * 2023 : Amal : Un esprit libr Documentaries Sources: * 1999'': Au nom de la coca (In the Name of coke)'' * 2006'': El Ejido, la loi du profit'' * 2008'': Les Damnés de la mer (T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savages (2024 Film)
''Savages'' () is a 2024 stop motion animated film directed by Claude Barras and starring Babette De Coster and Martin Verset. Premise Kéria (De Coster), a young girl lives with her father in the Serawak province of Borneo while he works in a palm oil plantation. Her late mother had been part of the indigenous Penan people, but Kéria has little interest in this aspect of her heritage. She and her father rescue an orangutan, who comes to be known as Oshi. When Kéria's Penan cousin Selaï (Verset) is displaced from her home by deforestation and comes to live with the family, the two children and orangutan must fight back against the logging companies. Cast * Babette De Coster as Kéria * Martin Verset as Selaï * Laetitia Dosch as Jeanne * Benoît Poelvoorde as Kéria's father * Pierre-Isaïe Duc as Kéria's grandfather * Michel Vuillermoz as the foreman * Gaël Faye * Sailyvia Paysan as Selaï's mother * Anna-Marie Missoul Production Barras began conceptualizing ''Savages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Precious Of Cargoes (film)
''The Most Precious of Cargoes'' () is a 2024 animated drama film, directed by Michel Hazanavicius and with a screenplay by Jean-Claude Grumberg and Hazanavicius. The film is an adaptation of Grumberg's 2019 novel of the same name. The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 24 May 2024. Plot The story centers on a Holocaust-surviving Jewish girl whose father throws her from a moving train heading to Auschwitz and ultimately found by a woodcutter and his family. Cast * Jean-Louis Trintignant as the narrator * Grégory Gadebois as Woodcutter * Denis Podalydès as The Man with the Broken Face * Dominique Blanc as The Wife Production Hazanavicius boarded the project in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought it to a halt, allowing him to shoot the 2022 zombie-comedy film '' Final Cut'' in the interim. Initially announced for the voice of the Woodcutter, Gérard Depardieu was finally removed from the cast, by m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
