7th Magritte Awards

7th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	4 February 2017 (2017-02-04)
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted by	Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
Produced by	José Bouquiaux
Directed by	Vincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best Film	The First, the Last
Most awards	The First, the Last (5)
Most nominations	The First, the Last and Keeper (8)
Television coverage
Network	BeTV
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The 7th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2016 in Belgium and took place on 4 February 2017 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV.^[1] Actress Virginie Efira presided the ceremony, while Anne-Pascale Clairembourg hosted the show for the first time.^[2][3]

The nominees for the 7th Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2017.^[4] Films with the most nominations were The First, the Last and Keeper with eight, followed by Death by Death and Parasol with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2017.^[5] The First, the Last won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Keeper with three awards, and Death by Death, Parasol, and The Red Turtle with two.

Winners and nominees[]

Best Film[]

• The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers)
  • After Love (L'Économie du couple)
  • Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire)
  • Keeper
  • Parasol

Best Director[]

• Bouli Lanners – The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers)
  • Joachim Lafosse – After Love (L'Économie du couple)
  •  – Parasol
  •  – Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire)

Best Actor[]

•  – Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire)
  • Aboubakr Bensaihi – Black
  • François Damiens – Les Cowboys
  • Bouli Lanners – The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers)

Best Actress[]

• Virginie Efira – In Bed with Victoria (Victoria)
• Astrid Whettnall – Road to Istanbul (La Route d'Istanbul)
  •  – (Un homme à la mer)
  • Marie Gillain – (Mirage d'amour)

Best Supporting Actor[]

• David Murgia – The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers)
  • Laurent Capelluto – I Am a Soldier (Je suis un soldat)
  • Charlie Dupont – Odd Job (Un petit boulot)
  • Sam Louwyck – Keeper

Best Supporting Actress[]

• Catherine Salée – Keeper
  • Anne Coesens – Jailbirds (La Taularde)
  • Virginie Efira – Elle
  •  – Parasol

Most Promising Actor[]

• Yoann Blanc – (Un homme à la mer)
  •  – Baden Baden
  •  –
  •  –

Most Promising Actress[]

•  – Baden Baden
  • Martha Canga Antonio – Black
  • Ghalia Benali – As I Open My Eyes (À peine j'ouvre les yeux)
  • and  – After Love (L'Économie du couple)

Best Screenplay[]

• Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire) –
  • After Love (L'Économie du couple) – Joachim Lafosse
  • The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers) – Bouli Lanners
  • Keeper – Guillaume Senez and

Best First Feature Film[]

• Keeper
  • Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire)
  • Parasol

Best Flemish Film[]

• Belgica
  • Black

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction[]

• The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge)
  • As I Open My Eyes (À peine j'ouvre les yeux)
  • Eternity (Éternité)
  • Les Cowboys

Best Cinematography[]

• Parasol –
  • The Dancer (La Danseuse) – Benoît Debie
  • Evolution – Manuel Dacosse
  • The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers) – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd

Best Production Design[]

• The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers) –
  • Eternity (Éternité) –
  • Keeper –

Best Costume Design[]

• The First, the Last (Les Premiers, les Derniers) –
  • Baden Baden –
  • Black –

Best Original Score[]

• Parasol – and
  • Black –
  • (Le Chant des hommes) –

Best Sound[]

• The Red Turtle (La Tortue rouge) – and
  • Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire) – , , and
  • Keeper – and

Best Editing[]

• Keeper – Julie Brenta
  • Death by Death (Je me tue à le dire) –
  • Parasol –

Best Live Action Short Film[]

• The Plumber (Le Plombier)
  • Lovers (Les Amoureuses)
  • Snatched (A l'arraché)

Best Animated Short Film[]

• Pornography
  • Summer (Estate)
  • Totems

Best Documentary Film[]

• Into Battle (En bataille)
  • Abandoned Land (La Terre abandonnée)
  • Intégration Inch'Allah

Honorary Magritte Award[]

• André Dussollier

Films with multiple nominations and awards[]

See also[]

• 42nd César Awards
• 22nd Lumières Awards
• 2016 in film

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• 7th Magritte Awards at IMDb