3rd Magritte Awards
The 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2012 in Belgium and took place on February 2, 2013, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 20 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Yolande Moreau presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 3rd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2013. Films receiving the most nominations were Dead Man Talking with eight, followed by Our Children, Mobile Home and One Night with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 2, 2013. Our Children won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Joachim Lafosse. Other multiple winners were The Minister with three awards, and Mobile Home with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
Our Children- * Dead Man Talking
- * Mobile Home
- * ''One Night ''
Best Director
Joachim Lafosse – Our Children- * Lucas Belvaux – One Night
- * François Pirot – Mobile Home
- * Patrick Ridremont – ''Dead Man Talking''
Best Flemish Film in Coproduction
Time of My Life- * Little Black Spiders
- * ''Madonna's Pig ''
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
The MinisterBest Screenplay
One Night – Lucas Belvaux- * Dead Man Talking – Patrick Ridremont and Jean-Sébastien Lopez
- * Mobile Home – François Pirot, Maarten Loix, and Jean-Benoît Ugeux
- * Our Children – Joachim Lafosse and Matthieu Reynaert
Best Actor
Olivier Gourmet – The Minister- * Benoît Poelvoorde – Le grand soir
- * Jérémie Renier – My Way
- * Matthias Schoenaerts – ''Rust and Bone ''
Best Actress
Émilie Dequenne – Our Children- * Christelle Cornil – Miles from Anywhere
- * Déborah François – A Checkout Girl's Big Adventures
- * Marie Gillain – ''All Our Desires ''
Best Supporting Actor
Bouli Lanners – Rust and Bone- * Jean-Luc Couchard – Dead Man Talking
- * Dieudonné Kabongo – The Invader
- * Denis M'Punga – ''Dead Man Talking''
Best Supporting Actress
Yolande Moreau – Camille Rewinds- * Stéphane Bissot – Our Children
- * Natacha Régnier – One Night
- * Catherine Salée – ''Mobile Home''
Most Promising Actor
David Murgia – Headfirst- * Cédric Constantin – Torpedo
- * Gael Maleux – Mobile Home
- * Martin Swabey – ''Little Glory''
Most Promising Actress
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg – Mobile Home- * Pauline Burlet – Dead Man Talking
- * Mona Jabé – Miss Mouche
- * Aurora Marion – ''Almayer's Folly ''
Best Cinematography
Last Winter – Hichame AlaouieBest Sound
The Minister – Julie Brenta and Olivier Hespel- * One Night – Henri Morelle, Luc Thomas, and Aline Gavroy
- * Our Children – Ingrid Simon and Thomas Gauder
Best Production Design
Dead Man Talking – Alina SantosBest Costume Design
Le grand soir – Florence LaforgeBest Original Score
Mobile Home – Coyote, Renaud Mayeur, François Petit, and Michaël de Zanet- * Last Winter – DAAU
- * One Night – Arne Van Dongen
Best Editing
Our Children – Sophie Vercruysse- * Approved for Adoption – Ewin Ryckaert
- * One Night – Ludo Troch
- * When Pigs Have Wings – Damien Keyeux
Best Short Film
The Lobster's Cry- * Domestic Tale
- * A New Old Story
- * ''U.H.T.''
Best Documentary
Tea or Electricity- * The Chebeya Case
- * Cinéma Inch'Allah!
- * ''Greetings from the Colony ''
Honorary Magritte Award
- '''Costa-Gavras'''
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following eleven films received multiple nominations.- Eight: Dead Man Talking
- Seven: Mobile Home, One Night, and Our Children
- Four: Almayer's Folly and The Minister
- Three: Rust and Bone
- Two: The Invader, Last Winter, Le grand soir, and When Pigs Have Wings
- Four: Our Children
- Three: The Minister
- Two: ''Mobile Home''