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- * The Experience of Love
- * The Lost Boys
- * Omen
- * ''Time Out''
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- * Bouli Lanners – Paint It Gold
- * Jérémie Renier – Let's Get Lost
- * Marc Zinga – ''Omen''
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- * Amine Hamidou – The Lost Boys
- * N'Landu Lubansu – The Lost Boys
- * Yoann Zimmer – ''Return to Seoul''
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- * The Lost Boys
- * Omen
- * ''Time Out''
Best Flemish Film
When It MeltsBest Foreign Film in Coproduction
Vincent Must DieBest Cinematography
Omen – Joachim PhilippeBest Production Design
Omen – Eve MartinBest 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 BalboniBest 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
- Seven: Love According to Dalva
- Five: Omen
- Two: ''The Experience of Love''