13th Magritte Awards

The 13th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2023 in Belgium. It took place on 9 March 2024, 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. Actor Bouli Lanners presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 13th Magritte Awards were announced on 9 February 2024. Films with the most nominations were Omen with thirteen, followed by Love According to Dalva and The Experience of Love with nine and eight, respectively. Love According to Dalva won seven awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Emmanuelle Nicot. Other multiple winners were Omen with five and The Experience of Love with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Love According to Dalva

Best Director

Emmanuelle Nicot – Love According to Dalva

* Baloji – Omen
* Zeno Graton – The Lost Boys
* Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni – ''The Experience of Love''

Best Actor

Arieh Worthalter – The Goldman Case

Best Actress

Lubna Azabal – The Blue Caftan

* Lucie Debay – The Experience of Love
* Yolande Moreau – The Jolly Forgers
* Mara Taquin – ''La Petite''

Best Supporting Actor

Arieh Worthalter – All to Play For

* Philippe Résimont – Employee of the Month
* Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Last Dance
* Peter Van Den Begin – ''Employee of the Month''

Best Supporting Actress

Sandrine Blancke – Love According to Dalva Yves-Marina Gnahoua – Omen

* Myriem Akheddiou – Sixteen
* Lucie Debay – ''Omen''

Most Promising Actor

Lazare Gousseau – The Experience of Love

Most Promising Actress

Zelda Samson – Love According to Dalva

* Laetitia Mampaka – Employee of the Month
* Bérangère McNeese – Let's Get Lost
* Mara Taquin – ''The Beast in the Jungle''

Best Screenplay

Love According to Dalva – Emmanuelle Nicot

* The Experience of Love – Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni
* The Lost Boys – Zeno Graton
* Omen – Baloji

Best First Feature Film

Love According to Dalva

Best Flemish Film

When It Melts

* Holly
* Luka
* ''Wil''

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Vincent Must Die

Best Cinematography

Omen – Joachim Philippe

* Love According to Dalva – Caroline Guimbal
* The Other Laurens – Florian Berutti

Best Production Design

Omen – Eve Martin

* The Experience of Love – Julien Dubourg
* Love According to Dalva – Catherine Cosme

Best Costume Design

Omen – Elke Hoste and Baloji

* The Belgian Wave – Jessica Harkay
* The Experience of Love – Frédérick Denis
* The Falling Star – Claire Dubien

Best Original Score

Omen – Baloji

* The Line – Stéphanie Blanchoud, Benjamin Biolay and Jean-François Assy
* The Other Laurens – Thomas Turine

Best Sound

Love According to Dalva – Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy and Olivier Thys

* Omen – Jan Deca, Erik Griekspoor, Danny van Spreuwel and Vincent Nouaille
* Vincent Must Die – Dirk Bombey, Emilie Mauguet, Xavier Thieulin and Bertrand Boudaud

Best Editing

The Experience of Love – Sophie Vercruysse and Raphaël Balboni

* I Have Electric Dreams – Bertrand Conard
* Omen – Bruno Tracq and Bertrand Conard

Best Fiction Short Film

The Silent Ones – Basile Vuillemin

* Beyond the Sea – Hippolyte Leibovici
* A Good Boy – Paul Vincent de Lestrade
* Said of a Deer That Sheds Its Antlers – Salomé Crickx

Best Animated Short Film

Pina – Giuseppe Accardo and Jérémy Depuydt

* The Marrons Glacés – Delphine Hermans and Michel Vandam
* Go Away, Alfred! – Célia Tisserant and Arnaud Demuynck
* Journey in Amnesia – Anouk Kilian-Debord

Best Documentary Film

Adieu sauvage – Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento

* Le balai libéré – Coline Grando
* Se crasher pour exister – Julien Henry
* An Italian Youth – Mathieu Volpe

Best Documentary Short Film

Human, Not Human – Natan Castay

* Journal d'une solitude sexuelle – Nina Alexandraki
* Empty Hours – Judith Longuet-Marx
* On Mothers and Daughters in Times of Injustice – Talia Jawitz

Honorary Magritte Award

'''Aurore Clément'''

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations.

Thirteen: Omen
Nine: Love According to Dalva
Eight: The Experience of Love
Six: The Lost Boys
Three: Employee of the Month
Two: The Blue Caftan, Let's Get Lost, The Other Laurens, Return to Seoul, Time Out, Vincent Must Die

The following four films received multiple awards.