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
  • * Adoration
  • * Playground
  • * The Restless
  • * ''Working Girls''

    Best Director

  • Laura Wandel – Playground
  • * Fabrice Du Welz – Adoration
  • * Joachim Lafosse – The Restless
  • * Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni – ''Madly in Life''

    Best Actor

  • Jean Le Peltier – Madly in Life
  • * Bouli Lanners – Love Song for Tough Guys
  • * Jérémie Renier – Slalom
  • * Arieh Worthalter – ''Hold Me Tight''

    Best Actress

  • Jo Deseure – Madly in Life
  • * Lubna Azabal – Adam
  • * Lucie Debay – Madly in Life
  • * Virginie Efira – ''Bye Bye Morons''

    Best Supporting Actor

  • Gilles Remiche – Madly in Life
  • * Patrick Descamps – The Restless
  • * Sam Louwyck – Jumbo
  • * Benoît Poelvoorde – ''Adoration''

    Best Supporting Actress

  • Laura Verlinden – Playground
  • * Myriem Akheddiou – Titane
  • * Claire Bodson – Mother Schmuckers
  • * Émilie Dequenne – ''Love Affair''

    Most Promising Actor

  • Günter Duret – Playground
  • * Roméo Elvis – Mandibles
  • * Basile Grunberger – SpaceBoy
  • * Yoann Zimmer – ''Home Front''

    Most Promising Actress

  • Maya Vanderbeque – Playground
  • * Salomé Dewaels – Lost Illusions
  • * Fantine Harduin – Adoration
  • * Daphné Patakia – ''Benedetta''

    Best Screenplay

  • Madly in Life – Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni
  • * Playground – Laura Wandel
  • * The Restless – Joachim Lafosse
  • * Working Girls – Anne Paulicevich

    Best First Feature Film

  • Playground
  • * Jumbo
  • * Madly in Life
  • * ''Mother Schmuckers''

    Best Flemish Film

  • La Civil
  • * The Barefoot Emperor
  • * Dealer
  • * ''Rookie''

    Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

  • Titane
  • * Adam
  • * The Man Who Sold His Skin
  • * ''Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle''

    Best Cinematography

  • Titane – Ruben Impens
  • * Adoration – Manuel Dacosse
  • * Playground – Frédéric Noirhomme

    Best Production Design

  • Madly in Life – Lisa Etienne
  • * The Restless – Anna Falguères
  • * Titane – Laurie Colson and Lise Péault

    Best Costume Design

  • Madly in Life – Frédérick Denis
  • * Our Men – Catherine Cosme
  • * Working Girls – Ann Lauwerys

    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
  • * Madly in Life – Sophie Vercruysse and Raphaël Balboni
  • * The Restless – Marie-Hélène Dozo

    Best Fiction Short Film

  • Squish – Xavier Seron
  • * The Salamander Child – Théo Degen
  • * Titan – Valéry Carnoy
  • * You're Dead Hélène – Michiel Blanchart

    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

  • '''Marion Hänsel'''

    Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eleven films received multiple nominations.
  • Twelve: Madly in Life
  • Ten: Playground
  • Six: Adoration, The Restless
  • Five: Titane
  • Three: Working Girls
  • Two: Adam, Jumbo, Mother Schmuckers, My Voice Will Be with You, Rookie
The following three films received multiple awards.
  • Seven: Madly in Life, Playground
  • Two: ''Titane''