1st Magritte Awards
# 1st Magritte Awards

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2010 in Belgium and took place on 5 February 2011 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 7:30 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by BeTV, was produced by José Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J. Gustin. Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening. The pre-show ceremony was hosted by film director Fabrice Du Welz.

Mr. Nobody won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Jaco Van Dormael. Other winners included Illegal, Private Lessons, and A Town Called Panic with two awards each, and The Barons, The Boat Race, Looking for Eric, Paths of Memory, Sleepless Night, and Soeur Sourire with one.

## Background

In 2010, the Académie André Delvaux was established by Patrick Quinet, president of the Francophone Film Producers Association (UPFF), and Luc Jabon, president of Pro Spère, to unite the five branches of the film industry: actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. It aims to recognize excellence in Belgian francophone cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart of the French César Awards. Charly Herscovici, who created the Magritte Foundation, allowed the academy to use the name of the Belgian artist René Magritte.

Overseen by the Académie André Delvaux, the Magritte Awards replace the Joseph Plateau Awards, which were disestablished in 2007. During the first ceremony, 18 merit categories and two special awards were presented, honoring artists, directors and other personalities of the film industry for their works during the 2009–2010 period.

## Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 1st Magritte Awards were announced on 13 January 2011 at the Square in Mont des Arts, Brussels, by Patrick Quinet and Luc Jabon, co-presidents of the Académie André Delvaux. Illegal received the most nominations with eight total, followed by Mr. Nobody and Private Lessons with seven each. The nominees for the Magritte Awards for Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film were announced on 29 December 2010.

The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 5 February 2011. Mr. Nobody won six awards, the most for the ceremony: Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Jaco Van Dormael, Best Cinematography for Christophe Beaucarne, Best Original Score for Pierre Van Dormael, and Best Editing for Matyas Veress. Illegal and Private Lessons received two acting awards apiece. A Town Called Panic received two technical awards. On 25 January 2011 the Honorary Magritte Award was bestowed posthumously to André Delvaux.

### Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

| Best Film | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Mr. Nobody Amer The Barons Illegal | Jaco Van Dormael – Mr. Nobody Nabil Ben Yadir – The Barons Joachim Lafosse – Private Lessons Olivier Masset-Depasse – Illegal |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jonathan Zaccaï – Private Lessons as Pierre Mounir Ait Hamou [fr] – The Barons as Aziz Olivier Gourmet – Angel at Sea as Bruno Thierry Hancisse – The Boat Race as Thierry | Anne Coesens – Illegal as Tania Cécile de France – Soeur Sourire as Jeanine Deckers Yolande Moreau – Mammuth as Catherine Pilardosse Aylin Yay – Motherly as Viviane |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jan Decleir – The Barons as Lucien Laurent Capelluto – OSS 117: Lost in Rio as Kutner François Damiens – Heartbreaker as Marc Benoît Poelvoorde – Coco Before Chanel as Étienne Balsan Yannick Renier – Private Lessons as Didier | Christelle Cornil – Illegal as Lieve Sandrine Blancke – Soeur Sourire as Annie Pécher Claire Bodson – Private Lessons as Nathalie Yolande Moreau – Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life as Fréhel |
| Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
| Joffrey Verbruggen – The Boat Race as Alexandre Jonas Bloquet – Private Lessons as Jonas Amir Ben Abdelmoumen – Oscar and the Lady in Pink as Oscar Martin Nissen – Angel at Sea as Louis | Pauline Étienne – Private Lessons as Delphine Stéphanie Blanchoud – The Boat Race as Læticia Anna Fransiska Jager – My Queen Karo as Karo Chloé Struvay – Motherly as Zoé |
| Best Film in Coproduction | Best Screenplay |
| Looking for Eric Altiplano Le Concert My Queen Karo | Mr. Nobody – Jaco Van Dormael The Barons – Nabil Ben Yadir and Laurent Brandenbourger with Sébastien Fernandez Illegal – Olivier Masset-Depasse Private Lessons – Joachim Lafosse and François Pirot |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Mr. Nobody – Christophe Beaucarne Amer – Manuel Dacosse The Boat Race – Alain Marcoen | Mr. Nobody – Matyas Veress Le Concert – Ludo Troch Illegal – Damien Keyeux |
| Best Production Design | Best Costume Design |
| A Town Called Panic – Eric Blesin and Marc Nis The Barons – Mohammed Ayada Illegal – Patrick Dechesne and Alain-Pascal Housiaux | Soeur Sourire – Christophe Pidre and Florence Scholtes Altiplano – Anne Fournier My Queen Karo – Bernadette Corstens |
| Best Original Score | Best Sound |
| Mr. Nobody – Pierre Van Dormael Diamant 13 – Frédéric Vercheval A Town Called Panic – Bernard Plouvier | A Town Called Panic – Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie Illegal – Marc Bastien, François Dumont, and Thomas Gauder Mr. Nobody – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Demolder, and Dominique Warniert |
| Best Short Film | Best Documentary Film |
| Sleepless Night For You I Will Fight So Close The Swing Under Blue Skies | Paths of Memory Dreaming Films Katanga Business Terre d'usage Winds of Sand, Women of Rock |

**Honorary Magritte Award**

* André Delvaux

**Audience Award**

* Benoît Poelvoorde
