8th Magritte Awards
The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV. Actress Natacha Régnier presided the ceremony, while Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the third time.
The nominees for the 8th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2018. Films with the most nominations were A Wedding with eight, followed by This Is Our Land with seven and Insyriated with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 3, 2018. Insyriated won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Philippe Van Leeuw. Other multiple winners were A Wedding and Raw with two awards each.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Insyriated
- * Blind Spot
- * Lost in Paris
- * This Is Our Land
- * A Wedding
Best Director
- Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated
- * Lucas Belvaux – This Is Our Land
- * Nabil Ben Yadir – Blind Spot
- * Stephan Streker – A Wedding
Best Actor
- Peter Van den Begin – King of the Belgians
- * François Damiens – Just to Be Sure
- * Jérémie Renier – L'Amant double
- * Matthias Schoenaerts – Racer and the Jailbird
Best Actress
- Émilie Dequenne – This Is Our Land
- * Cécile de France – Just to Be Sure
- * Lucie Debay – King of the Belgians
- * Fiona Gordon – Lost in Paris
Best Supporting Actor
- Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Racer and the Jailbird
- * Laurent Capelluto – Don't Tell Her
- * Patrick Descamps – This Is Our Land
- * David Murgia – Blind Spot
Best Supporting Actress
- Aurora Marion – A Wedding
- * Isabelle de Hertogh – 150 Milligrams
- * Lucie Debay – The Confession
- * Yolande Moreau – A Woman's Life
Most Promising Actor
- Soufiane Chilah – Blind Spot
- * Mistral Guidotti – Home
- * Baptiste Sornin – Sonar
- * Arieh Worthalter – Past Imperfect
Most Promising Actress
- Maya Dory – Angel
- * Adriana de Fonseca – Even Lovers Get the Blues
- * Fantine Harduin – Happy End
- * Lena Suijkerbuik – Home
Best Screenplay
- Insyriated – Philippe Van Leeuw
- * King of the Belgians – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
- * This Is Our Land – Lucas Belvaux
- * A Wedding – Stephan Streker
Best First Feature Film
- Don't Tell Her
- * Even Lovers Get the Blues
- * Sonar
- * Spit 'n' Split
- * Staying in the Woods
Best Flemish Film
- Home
- * Cargo
- * King of the Belgians
- * Racer and the Jailbird
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
- Raw
- * Graduation
- * I, Daniel Blake
- * Loveless
Best Cinematography
- Insyriated – Virginie Surdej
- * Angel – Juliette Van Dormael
- * Raw – Ruben Impens
Best Production Design
- Raw – Laurie Colson
- * Angel – Luc Noël
- * A Wedding – Catherine Cosme
Best Costume Design
- A Wedding – Sophie Van Den Keybus
- * King of the Belgians – Claudine Tychon
- * Raw – Elise Ancion
Best Original Score
- Insyriated – Jean-Luc Fafchamps
- * Racer and the Jailbird – Raf Keunen
- * This Is Our Land – Frédéric Vercheval
Best Sound
- Insyriated – Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse and Chadi Roukoz
- * A Wedding – Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings
- * Sonar – Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert
Best Editing
- Lost in Paris – Sandrine Deegen
- * Home – Nico Leunen
- * Racer and the Jailbird – Alain Dessauvage
- * This Is Our Land – Ludo Troch
- * A Wedding – Jérôme Guiot
Best Live Action Short Film
- With Thelma
- * Kapitalistis
- * Little Hands
- * The Summer Movie
Best Animated Short Film
- Le Lion et le Singe
- * 69 sec
- * The Unicorn
- * The Wind in the Reeds
Best Documentary Film
- Burning Out
- * The Belgian Road to Cannes
- * Children of Chance
- * Still Alive
Honorary Magritte Award
- Sandrine Bonnaire
Films with multiple nominations and awards
- Eight: A Wedding
- Seven: This Is Our Land
- Six: Insyriated
- Five: King of the Belgians, Racer and the Jailbird
- Four: Blind Spot, Home, Raw
- Three: Angel, Lost in Paris, Sonar
- Two: Don't Tell Her, Even Lovers Get the Blues, Just to Be Sure
- Six: Insyriated
- Two: Raw and A Wedding