2nd Magritte Awards

2nd Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04)
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted by	Helena Noguerra
Produced by	José Bouquiaux
Directed by	Vincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best Film	The Giants
Most awards	The Giants (5)
Most nominations	The Giants (12)
Television coverage
Network	BeTV
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The 2nd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2011 in Belgium and took place on February 4, 2012, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Film director Bertrand Tavernier presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the show for the second time.^[1]

The nominees for the 2nd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2012.^[2] Films with the most nominations were The Giants with twelve, followed by Bullhead with nine and The Kid with a Bike with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2012.^[3] The Giants won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Bullhead with four awards, and The Fairy with two.

Winners and nominees[]

Best Film[]

• The Giants (Les Géants)
  • The Fairy (La Fée)
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)

Best Director[]

• Bouli Lanners – The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Sam Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

Best Flemish Film in Coproduction[]

• Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • 22nd of May (22 mei)
  • Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • (Smoorverliefd)
  • Pulsar

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction[]

• Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie)
  • Potiche
  • Route Irish

Best Screenplay[]

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Michael R. Roskam
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Bouli Lanners and
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  • Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes) – Philippe Blasband

Best Actor[]

• Matthias Schoenaerts – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Dominique Abel – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Benoît Poelvoorde – Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • Jonathan Zaccaï – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

Best Actress[]

• Lubna Azabal – Incendies
  • Cécile de France – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  •  – Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • Yolande Moreau – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)

Best Supporting Actor[]

• Jérémie Renier – Potiche
  • Laurent Capelluto – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)
  • Bouli Lanners – Kill Me Please
  •  – The Giants (Les Géants)

Best Supporting Actress[]

• Gwen Berrou – The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Virginie Efira – Kill Me Please
  • Tania Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)
  • Marie Kremer – (Légitime Défense)

Most Promising Actor[]

• Thomas Doret – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  •  – (Noir océan)
  • David Murgia – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  •  – The Giants (Les Géants)

Most Promising Actress[]

•  – (Elle ne pleure pas, elle chante)
  •  –
  •  – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Hande Kodja –

Best Cinematography[]

• The Giants (Les Géants) – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) –
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Alain Marcoen

Best Sound[]

• The Fairy (La Fée) – , and
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – , , , and
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – and

Best Production Design[]

• A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) –
  • The Giants (Les Géants) –
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) –
  • The Pack (La Meute) – and

Best Costume Design[]

• The Fairy (La Fée) –
  • A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) –
  • The Giants (Les Géants) –

Best Original Score[]

• The Giants (Les Géants) –
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) –
  • (Krach) – Frédéric Vercheval

Best Editing[]

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Alain Dessauvage
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Ewin Ryckaert
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Marie-Hélène Dozo

Best Short Film[]

• Sundays (Dimanches)
  • Back Against the Wall (Dos au mur)
  • Bad Moon (Mauvaise lune)
  • The Wolf's Version (La Version du loup)

Best Documentary[]

• LoveMEATender
  • Fritkot
  • In Their Hands (Sous la main de l'autre)
  • Summer of Giacomo (L'estate di Giacomo)

Honorary Magritte Award[]

• Nathalie Baye

Audience Award[]

• Virginie Efira

Films with multiple nominations and awards[]

See also[]

• 37th César Awards
• 17th Lumières Awards
• 2011 in film

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• 2nd Magritte Awards at IMDb
• 2nd Magritte Awards at AlloCiné