12th Magritte Awards

The 12th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2022 in Belgium. It took place on 4 March 2023, at the Théâtre National, in the historic site of Marais-Jacqmain, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Trois. Actress Lubna Azabal presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 12th Magritte Awards were announced on 10 February 2023. Films with the most nominations were Close with ten, followed by Zero Fucks Given with nine and Nobody Has to Know with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 4 March 2023. Nobody Has to Know won two awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Close with seven, Zero Fucks Given with three, and The Night of the 12th with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Nobody Has to Know

Best Director

Bouli Lanners – Nobody Has to Know

* Nabil Ben Yadir – Animals
* Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Tori and Lokita
* Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre – ''Zero Fucks Given''

Best Actor

Bouli Lanners – The Night of the 12th

Best Actress

Virginie Efira – Paris Memories

* Lubna Azabal – Rebel
* Lucie Debay – Lucie Loses Her Horse
* Babetida Sadjo – ''Juwaa''

Best Supporting Actor

Igor Van Dessel – Close

* Mehdi Dehbi – Boy from Heaven
* Tijmen Govaerts – Tori and Lokita
* Jérémie Renier – ''Novembre''

Best Supporting Actress

Émilie Dequenne – Close

* Veerle Baetens – Singing Jailbirds
* Anne Coesens – By Your Side
* Mara Taquin – ''Zero Fucks Given''

Most Promising Actor

Eden Dambrine – Close

* Gustav De Waele – Close
* Gianni Guettaf – Animals
* Pablo Schils – ''Tori and Lokita''

Most Promising Actress

Sophie Breyer – The Hive

* Elsa Houben – Dark Heart of the Forest
* Joely Mbundu – Tori and Lokita
* Mara Taquin – ''The Hive''

Best Screenplay

Close – Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens

* Animals – Nabil Ben Yadir and Antoine Cuypers
* Nobody Has to Know – Bouli Lanners
* Zero Fucks Given – Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre

Best First Feature Film

Zero Fucks Given

* Aya
* The Hive
* ''Yuku and the Himalayan Flower''

Best Flemish Film

Close

* The Eight Mountains
* Nowhere
* ''Rebel''

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

The Night of the 12th

* Clara Sola
* Madeleine Collins
* Singing Jailbirds
* ''Where Is Anne Frank''

Best Cinematography

Close – Frank van den Eeden

* Inexorable – Manuel Dacosse
* Zero Fucks Given – Olivier Boonjing

Best Production Design

Close – Eve Martin

* Nobody Has to Know – Paul Rouschop
* Zero Fucks Given – Anna Falguères

Best Costume Design

Zero Fucks Given – Prunelle Rulens

* Close – Manu Verschueren
* Nobody Has to Know – Élise Ancion

Best Original Score

Rebel – Hannes De Maeyer, Oum, Aboubakr Bensaihi

* The Hive – Fabian Fiorini
* Inexorable – Vincent Cahay

Best Sound

Animals – François Aubinet, Mathieu Cox, Pierre Mertens, David Vranken, Philippe Van Leer

* The Night of the 12th – François Maurel, Olivier Mortier, Luc Thomas
* Nobody Has to Know – Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder, Etienne Carton, Cameron Mercer, Philippe Van Leer