The 5th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the
Académie André Delvaux
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, honored the best
films of 2014 in Belgium and took place on 7 February 2015 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 7:50 p.m.
CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented
Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by
BeTV. Actor
François Damiens presided the ceremony, while
Charlie Dupont hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 5th Magritte Awards were announced on 7 January 2015. Films with the most nominations were ''
Two Days, One Night'' with nine, followed by ''
Not My Type'' with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 7 February 2015.
''Two Days, One Night'' won three awards, including
Best Film and
Best Director for
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. Other multiple winners were ''
Marina
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'' and ''Not My Type'' also with three awards each, and ''
The Marchers'' with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
* ''
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)''
** ''
Henri''
** ''
The Marchers'' (''La Marche'')
** ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'')
** ''
Scouting for Zebras'' (''Les Rayures du zèbre'')
Best Director
*
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – ''
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)''
**
Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
– ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'')
**
Nabil Ben Yadir – ''
The Marchers'' (''La Marche'')
**
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept pi� ...
– ''
Henri''
Best Flemish Film
* ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
''
** ''
I'm the Same, I'm an Other''
** ''
Labyrinthus''
** ''
Welcome Home''
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
* ''
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants (Minuscule - La vallée des fourmis perdues)''
** ''
Playing Dead'' (''Je fais le mort'')
** ''
A Promise''
**''
Saint Laurent''
** ''
Violette''
Best Screenplay
* ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'') –
Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux (; born 14 November 1961) is a Belgian actor and film director. His directing credits include the ''Trilogie'', consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The ...
** ''
Henri'' –
Yolande Moreau
Yolande Moreau (born 27 February 1953) is a Belgian comedian, actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won three César Awards from four nominations.
Career
She made her cinematic debut with director Agnès Varda in two movies: Sept pi� ...
** ''
The Marchers'' (''La Marche'') –
Nabil Ben Yadir
** ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'') –
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Best Actor
*
Fabrizio Rongione – ''
Two Days, One Night (Deux jours, une nuit)''
**
François Damiens – ''
Playing Dead'' (''Je fais le mort'')
**
Bouli Lanners – ''
Lulu in the Nude'' (''Lulu femme nue'')
**
Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (, ; born 22 September 1964) is a Belgian actor and comedian.
Early life
His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still a minor. He attended the Collège Saint-Paul (Godinne), Jesuit Boar ...
– ''
Scouting for Zebras'' (''Les Rayures du zèbre'')
Best Actress
*
Émilie Dequenne
Émilie Dequenne (; 29 August 1981 – 16 March 2025) was a Belgian actress. She first gained recognition for her role in the Dardenne brothers' film '' Rosetta'' (1999), which earned her the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. The fi ...
– ''
Not My Type (Pas son genre)''
**
Manah Depauw – ''
Welcome Home''
**
Pauline Étienne – ''
Tokyo Fiancée''
**
Déborah François
Déborah François (; born 24 May 1987) is a Belgium, Belgian actress. She is best known for her starring role in the Palme d'Or-winning film, ''L'Enfant (film), The Child'' (2005), directed by the Dardenne brothers. In 2009, she won a César A ...
– ''
Maestro
Maestro (; from the Italian '' maestro'' , meaning " master" or "teacher," plural: maestros or maestri) is an honorific title of respect, sometimes abbreviated Mo. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music and oper ...
''
**
Ben Riga – ''
I'll Bury You'' (''Je te survivrai'')
Best Supporting Actor
*
Jérémie Renier – ''
Saint Laurent''
**
François Damiens – ''
Suzanne''
**
Olivier Gourmet
Olivier Gourmet (born 22 July 1963) is a Belgium, Belgian actor.
Gourmet was born in Namur. He won the Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival), Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in ''The Son (2002 film), Le Fils'' ...
– ''
The Marchers'' (''La Marche'')
**
David Murgia – ''
I'll Bury You'' (''Je te survivrai'')
Best Supporting Actress
*
Lubna Azabal – ''
The Marchers (La Marche)''
**
Anne Coesens – ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'')
**
Christelle Cornil – ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'')
**
Catherine Salée – ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'')
Most Promising Actor
*
Marc Zinga – ''
Scouting for Zebras (Les Rayures du zèbre)''
**
Corentin Lobet – ''
Playing Dead'' (''Je fais le mort'')
**
Benjamin Ramon – ''
Tokyo Anyway''
**
Matteo Simoni – ''
Marina
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''
Most Promising Actress
*
Ambre Grouwels – ''
Baby Balloon''
**
Evelien Bosmans – ''
Marina
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''
**
Hande Kodja – ''
Rosenn''
**
Emilie Maréchal – ''
Tokyo Anyway''
Best Cinematography
* ''
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' () is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a ...
(L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps)'' –
Manuel Dacosse
** ''
The Taste of Blueberries'' (''Le Goût des myrtilles'') –
Philippe Guilbert and
Virginie Saint-Martin
** ''
Tokyo Fiancée'' –
Hichame Alaouié
Best Sound
* ''
Not My Type (Pas son genre)'' –
Henri Morelle and
Luc Thomas
** ''
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' () is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a ...
'' (''L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps'') –
Dan Bruylandt,
Mathieu Cox, and
Olivier Thys
** ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'') –
Benoît De Clerck and
Thomas Gauder
Best Production Design
* ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
'' –
Hubert Pouille
** ''
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' () is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a ...
'' (''L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps'') –
Julia Irribarria
** ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'') –
Igor Gabriel
Best Costume Design
* ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
'' –
Catherine Marchand
** ''
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' () is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a ...
'' (''L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps'') –
Jackye Fauconnier
** ''
Tokyo Fiancée'' –
Claire Dubien
Best Original Score
* ''
Puppylove'' – Soldout (
David Baboulis and
Charlotte Maison)
** ''
Henri'' –
Wim Willaert
** ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'') –
Frédéric Vercheval
Best Editing
* ''
The Marchers (La Marche)'' –
Damien Keyeux
** ''
Not My Type'' (''Pas son genre'') –
Ludo Troch
** ''
Two Days, One Night'' (''Deux jours, une nuit'') –
Marie-Hélène Dozo
Best Short Film
* ''La Bûche de Noel''
** ''En attendant le dégel''
** ''Foreign Bodies'' (''Les Corps étrangers'')
** ''La Part de l'ombre''
Best Documentary Film
* ''When I Will Be Dictator (Quand je serai dictateur)''
** ''L'Âge de raison, le cinéma des frères Dardenne''
** ''Rwanda, la vie après''
** ''Waiting for August''
Honorary Magritte Award
*
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a France, French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by some, such a ...
Audience Award for Best First Feature Film
* ''
I'll Bury You (Je te survivrai)''
** ''
Marbie, star de Couillu-les-Deux-Églises''
** ''
Vertigo of Possibilities (Le Vertige des possibles)''
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve films received multiple nominations.
*Nine: ''
Two Days, One Night''
*Eight: ''
Not My Type''
*Six: ''
The Marchers''
*Five: ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
''
*Four: ''
Henri'', ''
The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears
''The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears'' () is a 2013 experimental giallo film written and directed by Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani. It stars Klaus Tange as a man seeking the whereabouts of his missing wife, only to become entangled in a ...
''
*Three: ''
I'll Bury You'', ''
Playing Dead'', ''
Scouting for Zebras'', ''
Tokyo Fiancée''
*Two: ''
Tokyo Anyway'', ''
Welcome Home''
The following four films received multiple awards.
* Three: ''
Two Days, One Night'', ''
Marina
A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo ...
'' and ''
Not My Type''
* Two: ''
The Marchers''
See also
*
40th César Awards
*
20th Lumières Awards
*
2014 in film
References
External links
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5th Magritte Awardsat ''
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