2nd Magritte Awards

The 2nd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2011 in Belgium and took place on February 4, 2012, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Film director Bertrand Tavernier presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 2nd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2012. Films with the most nominations were The Giants with twelve, followed by Bullhead with nine and The Kid with a Bike with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2012. The Giants won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Bullhead with four awards, and The Fairy with two.

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Winners and nominees

Best Film

The Giants

Best Director

Bouli Lanners – The Giants

* Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon – The Fairy
* Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – The Kid with a Bike
* Sam Garbarski – ''A Distant Neighborhood ''

Best Flemish Film in Coproduction

Bullhead

* 22nd of May
* Come as You Are
* Madly in Love
* ''Pulsar''

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Romantics Anonymous

Best Screenplay

Bullhead – Michael R. Roskam

* The Giants – Bouli Lanners and Elise Ancion
* The Kid with a Bike – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
* Romantics Anonymous – Philippe Blasband

Best Actor

Matthias Schoenaerts – Bullhead

* Dominique Abel – The Fairy
* Benoît Poelvoorde – Romantics Anonymous
* Jonathan Zaccaï – ''A Distant Neighborhood ''

Best Actress

Lubna Azabal – Incendies

* Cécile de France – The Kid with a Bike
* Isabelle De Hertogh – Come as You Are
* Yolande Moreau – ''The Long Falling ''

Best Supporting Actor

Jérémie Renier – Potiche

* Laurent Capelluto – The Long Falling
* Bouli Lanners – Kill Me Please
* Didier Toupy – ''The Giants ''

Best Supporting Actress

Gwen Berrou – The Giants

* Virginie Efira – Kill Me Please
* Tania Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood
* Marie Kremer – ''Final Balance ''

Most Promising Actor

Thomas Doret – The Kid with a Bike

* Romain David – Black Ocean
* David Murgia – Bullhead
* Martin Nissen – ''The Giants ''

Most Promising Actress

Erika Sainte – She's Not Crying, She's Singing

* Stéphanie Crayencour – Les Mythos
* Jeanne Dandoy – Bullhead
* Hande Kodja – ''Marieke, Marieke''

Best Cinematography

The Giants – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd

* Bullhead – Nicolas Karakatsanis
* The Kid with a Bike – Alain Marcoen

Best Sound

The Fairy – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Fred Meert and Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau

* Bullhead – Benoît De Clerck, Yves De Mey, Quentin Collette, Christine Verschorren and Benoît Biral
* The Giants – Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder

Best Production Design

A Distant Neighborhood – Véronique Sacrez

* The Giants – Paul Rouschop
* The Kid with a Bike – Igor Gabriel
* The Pack – Eugénie Collet and Florence Vercheval

Best Costume Design

The Fairy – Claire Dubien

* A Distant Neighborhood – Florence Scholtes
* The Giants – Elise Ancion

Best Original Score

The Giants – Bram Van Parys

* Bullhead – Raf Keunen
* Trader Games – Frédéric Vercheval

Best Editing

Bullhead – Alain Dessauvage

* The Giants – Ewin Ryckaert
* The Kid with a Bike – Marie-Hélène Dozo

Best Short Film

Sundays

* Back Against the Wall
* Bad Moon
* ''The Wolf's Version ''

Best Documentary

LoveMEATender

* Fritkot
* In Their Hands
* ''Summer of Giacomo ''

Honorary Magritte Award

'''Nathalie Baye'''

Audience Award

'''Virginie Efira'''

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following ten films received multiple nominations.

Twelve: The Giants
Nine: Bullhead
Eight: The Kid with a Bike
Five: A Distant Neighborhood and The Fairy
Three: Romantics Anonymous
Two: Come as You Are, The Long Falling, Kill Me Please, and Potiche

The following three films received multiple awards.

Five: The Giants
Four: Bullhead
Two: ''The Fairy''