11th Magritte Awards


The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2020 and 2021 in Belgium. It took place on 12 February 2022, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. It was the first ceremony in two years after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by La Trois, was produced by Leslie Cable and Tanguy Cortier and was directed by Benoît Vlietinck. Film director Thierry Michel presided the ceremony, while comedians Laurence Bibot, Dena, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Achille Ridolfi and Bwanga Pilipili co-hosted the show.
The nominees for the 11th Magritte Awards were announced on 12 January 2022. Films with the most nominations were Madly in Life with twelve, followed by Playground with ten, and Adoration and The Restless with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 February 2022. Madly in Life won seven awards, including Best Film. Other multiple winners were Playground with seven awards and Titane with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Madly in Life

Best Director

Laura Wandel – Playground

Best Actor

Jean Le Peltier – Madly in Life

Best Actress

Jo Deseure – Madly in Life

Best Supporting Actor

Gilles Remiche – Madly in Life

Best Supporting Actress

Laura Verlinden – Playground

Most Promising Actor

Günter Duret – Playground

Most Promising Actress

Maya Vanderbeque – Playground

Best Screenplay

Madly in Life – Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni

Best First Feature Film

Playground

Best Flemish Film

La Civil

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Titane

Best Cinematography

Titane – Ruben Impens

Best Production Design

Madly in Life – Lisa Etienne

Best Costume Design

Madly in Life – Frédérick Denis

Best Original Score

Adoration – Vincent Cahay
  • * My Voice Will Be with You – Loup Mormont
  • * Rookie – DAAN

Best Sound

Playground – Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, David Vranken
  • * Madly in Life – Bruno Schweisguth, Julien Mizac, Philippe Charbonnel
  • * Titane – Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, Stéphane Thiébaut

Best Editing

Playground – Nicolas Rumpl

Best Fiction Short Film

Squish – Xavier Seron

Best Animated Short Film

And Yet We're Not Superheroes – Lia Bertels
  • * Amours Libres – Emily Worms
  • * Le Quatuor à cornes : là-haut sur la montagne – Benjamin Botella and Arnaud Demuynck
  • * Tête de linotte ! – Gaspar Chabaud

Best Documentary Film

Petit Samedi – Paloma Sermon-Daï
  • * #salepute – Florence Hainaut and Myriam Leroy
  • * Chasing the Dragons – Alexandra Kandy-Longuet
  • * My Voice Will Be with You – Bruno Tracq

Best Documentary Short Film

Mother's – Hippolyte Leibovici
  • * Belgium-20 – Jean-Benoît Ugeux
  • * Juliette the Great – Alice Khol
  • * Maîtresse – Linda Ibbari

Honorary Magritte Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations.
The following three films received multiple awards.