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6th Magritte Awards
The 6th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2015 in film, films of 2015 in Belgium and took place on February 6, 2016, at the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. Central European Time, CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV (Belgium), BeTV. Actress Marie Gillain presided the ceremony, while Charlie Dupont hosted the show for the second time. The nominees for the 6th Magritte Awards were announced on January 12, 2016. Films with the most nominations were ''The Brand New Testament'' with ten, followed by ''All Cats Are Grey'' with nine and ''Alleluia (2014 film), Alleluia'' with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 6, 2016. ''The Brand New Testament'' won four awards, including Magritte Award for Best Film, Best F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Square – Brussels Meeting Centre
Square – Brussels Convention Centre (previously Square – Brussels Meeting Centre) is the name of a convention centre in Brussels, Belgium. It is run by the GL Events group and situated in cultural and historic district of Brussels near the national and international institutions, overlooking the city from the hillside of the Mont des Arts. History Square – Brussels Convention Centre is housed in the former Palace of Congress, which was designed by Jules Ghobert and Maurice Hoyoux and built in 1958 for the World's fair. Managed at the time by the National Congresses Service, the Palace of Congress consisted of several subterranean spaces, including 1,200-seat and 300-seat auditoria, plus rudimentary exhibition spaces. Although upgraded both technologically and aesthetically in 1978, the infrastructure of the Palace aged through the 1980s and 1990s. Several financial difficulties, together with the discovery of asbestos, eventually closed the Palace’s doors in 2003. In lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaco Van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgium, Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disability, disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childhood travelling around Europe, before going on to study filmmaking at the INSAS (film school), INSAS in Brussels, where he wrote and directed his first short film, ''Maedeli la brèche'' (1981), which received the Honorary Foreign Film Award at the Student Academy Awards. Van Dormael's feature debut, ''Toto the Hero, Toto le héros'' (1991), won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Five years later, ''The Eighth Day (1996 film), Le huitième jour'' (1996) played at Cannes, where his two leading actors, Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, were jointly awarded the prize for Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor. His third feature film, ''Mr. Nobody (film), Mr. Nobody'' (2009), won six Magritte Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens (born 24 January 1978) is a Belgian actress, filmmaker, and singer best known for her lead role as Elise / Alabama in the romantic drama film '' The Broken Circle Breakdown'' (2012), for which she won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She is also known for her lead role as Detective Hannah Maes on the VTM crime drama series ''Code 37'' (2009–12). She made her feature directorial debut with the drama film '' When It Melts'' (2023), for which she was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Early life Baetens was born in Brasschaat, Belgium. She had a musical education at the Hoger Instituut voor Dramatische Kunsten in Brussels. Career In 2005, she won the "John Kraaijkamp Musical Award", in the category of 'Leading Actress in a musical', for the title role in the Dutch musical adaptation of Pippi Longstocking. In 2008, she won the Flemish TV-star Award (Flemish equivalent of the Emmy Award) for Best Actr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wakhan Front
''The Wakhan Front'' () is a 2015 French war thriller drama film directed by Clément Cogitore. It was screened in the Critics' Week section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Jérémie Renier as Antares Bonnassieu * Swann Arlaud as Jérémie Lernowski * Marc Robert as Jean Baptiste Frering * Kévin Azaïs as William Denis * Finnegan Oldfield as Patrick Mercier * Clément Bresson as Étienne Baxer * Sâm Mirhosseini as Khalil Khan * Christophe Tek as Stéphane Tek * Steve Tientcheu as Oscar Varennes * Patrick Ligardes as Officer Armenet * Hamid Reza Javdan as Sultan * Michaël Vander-Meiren as Philippe Le Thieur * Kamal Ait Taleb as Basile Delcourt Production The film was shot in the Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. They separate the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range, which stretches around through M ... in Morocco. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jérémie Renier
(; born 6 January 1981) is a Belgian actor. His film debut was in 1992 at the age of 11 in a small Belgian film entitled "Les sept péchés capitaux (The Seven Deadly Sins)". He became better known to worldwide audiences in '' Brotherhood of the Wolf'' (2001) and (2005), for the latter he was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actor. For his portrayal of French singer in the 2012 film ''My Way'', he was nominated for the César Award for Best Actor. As Yves Saint Laurent co-founder Pierre Bergé Pierre Vital Georges Bergé (; 14 November 1930 – 8 September 2017) was a French industrialist and patron. He co-founded the fashion label Yves Saint Laurent (YSL), and was a longtime business partner—and onetime significant other—of its ..., in the 2014's biopic '' Saint Laurent'', he was nominated for the César Award for Best Supporting Actor. Filmography Awards and nominations References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Renier, Jeremi ... [...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 ( ; ; ; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Liège Province, province of Liège, Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east o ..., 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 20th-century Belgian male writers 20t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Famille Bélier
(released as ''The Bélier Family'' in Australia) is a 2014 French-Belgian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Éric Lartigau. The film received six nominations at the 40th César Awards, winning Most Promising Actress for Louane Emera. It won a Magritte Award in the category of Best Foreign Film. An English-language remake of the film, '' CODA'', premiered in January 2021 and won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Plot In the Bélier family, sixteen-year-old Paula is an indispensable interpreter for her deaf parents and brother on a daily basis, especially in the running of the family farm. Despite the fact that her family is unable to hear, Paula's special gift is for singing. Her choir is rehearsing songs by iconic French singer Michel Sardou. The music teacher encourages Paula to audition for the prestigious Maîtrise de Radio France music college in Paris, which will secure her a good career and a college degree. However, this decision would mean ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Damiens
François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started his career doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in Belgium. He had to stop filming in 2004 because he could no longer perform without being recognized. He then moved to France to continue with his work. There, as well as in Switzerland, he acquired a certain celebrity thanks to the dissemination of his hoaxes on Canal+ Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flo ... and internet. He made his directorial feature debut in 2018 with the drama film '' Mon Ket''. Personal life He has two sons: Jack and Jimmy. He is trilingual, speaking French, Dutch, and English. Filmography Dubbing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wim Willaert
Wim Willaert (born 19 March 1967) is a Belgian actor. He is best known for his performance as Frank Welvaert in the TV series ''Eigen Kweek (English: ''Home Grown'') was a 2013-2019 Belgian crime comedy television series on the Belgian channel Eén. It was the most watched TV programme in Flanders in 2013. The show revolves around a family of local Belgian potato farmers, Jos () ...''. Selected filmography References External links * 1967 births Living people Belgian male film actors {{Belgium-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabrice Du Welz
Fabrice Du Welz (born 21 October 1972 in Belgium) is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He has directed several films including '' Calvaire'' in 2004, '' Vinyan'' in 2008 and '' Message from the King'' in 2016. Career Fabrice du Welz, born 21 October 1972. Initially he was a student at a Jesuit school. Before he studied at the Dramatic Arts Conservatory of Liège (Belgium) then and then a year at the INSAS, the cinema training institute of Brussels. Starting in 1990, he directed a number of films in Super 8. After his studies, he collaborated on comedy sketches for Canal+, "La Grande Famille", "Nulle Part Ailleurs". In 1999, he directed the short film ''Quand on Est Amoureux C'est Merveilleux'', which won the Grand Prize of the Gerardmer Festival in 2001. In 1999, he directed the short film ''A Wonderful Love'' that won the Grand Prize of the Festival of Gerardmer. Aged 25, in 2004 he directed his first feature film, '' Calvaire'' starring Laurent Lucas and Jackie B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savina Dellicour
Savina Dellicour is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. She made her feature-length debut in 2014 with '' All Cats Are Grey'', which premiered at the 32nd Turin Film Festival. The film received nine nominations at the 6th Magritte Awards, including Best Film and Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * As ... for Dellicour. ''All Cats Are Grey'' also screened as a special presentation during the 2015 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where it won Best International Film. References External links * Living people Belgian film directors 21st-century Belgian screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Belgian women screenwriters {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Bellefroid
Bernard Bellefroid is a Belgian film director and screenwriter. He made his feature-length debut in 2009 with ''The Boat Race''. The film received four nominations at the 1st Magritte Awards and won Most Promising Actor for Joffrey Verbruggen. In 2014, he wrote and directed ''Melody''. It received a special mention at the Montreal World Film Festival and multiple nominations at the 6th Magritte Awards The 6th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best 2015 in film, films of 2015 in Belgium and took place on February 6, 2016, at the Square – Brussels Meeting Centre, Square in the historic site of Mont .... References External links * 1978 births Living people Belgian film directors Belgian male screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Belgian screenwriters {{Belgium-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
