9th Magritte Awards
The 9th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2018 in Belgium and took place on 2 February 2019 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 La Deux. Directors Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier presided the ceremony, while comedian Alex Vizorek hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 9th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2019. Films with the most nominations were Above the Law and Girl with nine, followed by Let the Corpses Tan with eight, and The Benefit of the Doubt and Our Struggles with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 2 February 2019. Our Struggles won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Guillaume Senez. Other multiple winners were Girl with four awards and Let the Corpses Tan with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Our Struggles
- * Above the Law
- * Bitter Flowers
- * Mon Ket
- * Let the Corpses Tan
Best Director
- Guillaume Senez – Our Struggles
- * Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani – Let the Corpses Tan
- * Olivier Meys – Bitter Flowers
- * François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens – Above the Law
Best Actor
- 'Victor Polster – Girl
- * François Damiens – Mon Ket
- * Olivier Gourmet – Above the Law
- * Benoît Poelvoorde – Keep an Eye Out''
Best Actress
- Lubna Azabal – Above the Law
- * Cécile de France – Mademoiselle de Joncquières
- * Yolande Moreau – I Feel Good
- * Natacha Régnier – The Benefit of the Doubt
Best Supporting Actor
- Arieh Worthalter – Girl
- * Yoann Blanc – The Benefit of the Doubt
- * Bouli Lanners – Above the Law
- * Pierre Nisse – Let the Corpses Tan
Best Supporting Actress
- Lucie Debay – Our Struggles
- * Tania Garbarski – Bye Bye Germany
- * Salomé Richard – The Faithful Son
- * Erika Sainte – The Benefit of the Doubt
Most Promising Actor
- Thomas Mustin – The Royal Exchange
- * Basile Grunberger – Our Struggles
- * Baptiste Lalieu – The Benefit of the Doubt
- * Matteo Salamone – Mon Ket
Most Promising Actress
- Lena Girard Voss – Our Struggles
- * Myriem Akheddiou – The Benefit of the Doubt
- * Bérénice Baoo – Above the Law
- * Nawell Madani – Stand Up Girl
- * Anaël Snoek – The Wild Boys
Best Screenplay
- Girl – Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens
- * Bitter Flowers – Olivier Meys and Maarten Loix
- * Bye Bye Germany – Sam Garbarski
- * Our Struggles – Guillaume Senez
Best First Feature Film
- Bitter Flowers
- * Above the Law
- * The Benefit of the Doubt
- * The Faithful Son
Best Flemish Film
- Girl
- * Angel
- * Don't Shoot
- * Gangsta
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
- The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
- * The Death of Stalin
- * The Happy Prince
- * Nico, 1988
Best Cinematography
- Let the Corpses Tan – Manuel Dacosse
- * Above the Law – Jean-François Hensgens
- * Girl – Frank van den Eeden
Best Production Design
- Let the Corpses Tan – Alina Santos
- * Bye Bye Germany – Véronique Sacrez
- * Girl – Philippe Bertin
Best Costume Design
- Bye Bye Germany – Nathalie Leborgne
- * Girl – Catherine van Bree
- * Let the Corpses Tan – Jackye Fauconnier
Best Original Score
- When Arabs Danced – Simon Fransquet
- * The Benefit of the Doubt – Vincent Liben
- * The Faithful Son – Manuel Roland and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe
Best Sound
- Let the Corpses Tan – Yves Bemelmans, Dan Bruylandt, Olivier Thys, Benoit Biral
- * Above the Law – Marc Engels, Thomas Gauder, Ingrid Simon
- * Girl – Yanna Soentjens
Best Editing
- Our Struggles – Julie Brenta
- * Girl – Alain Dessauvage
- * Let the Corpses Tan – Bernard Beets
Best Live Action Short Film
- Icarus – Nicolas Boucart
- * Calamity – Séverine De Streyker and Maxime Feyers
- * Castle to Castle – Emmanuel Marre
- * A Sister – Delphine Girard
Best Animated Short Film
- The Proposal – Gerlando Infuso
- * Carnal Symbiosis – Rocío Álvarez
- * The Horn Quartet – Arnaud Demuynck and Benjamin Bottela
- * Not Today – Marine Jacob
Best Documentary Film
- So Help Me God – Jean Libon
- * Cowboys and Indians: the Cinema of Patar and Aubier – Fabrice du Welz
- * Holy Tour – Valéry Rosier and Méryl Fortunat-Rossi
- * Manu – Emmanuelle Bonmariage
- * Mitra – Jorge León
Honorary Magritte Award
- Raoul Servais
Films with multiple nominations and awards
- Nine: Above the Law, Girl
- Eight: Let the Corpses Tan
- Seven: The Benefit of the Doubt, Our Struggles
- Four: Bitter Flowers, Bye Bye Germany
- Three: The Faithful Son, Mon Ket
- Five: Our Struggles
- Four: Girl
- Three: Let the Corpses Tan