4th Magritte Awards

The 4th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2013 in Belgium and took place on 1 February 2014, at the Square – [Brussels Meeting Centre|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 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Émilie Dequenne presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 4th Magritte Awards were announced on 9 January 2014. Films with the most nominations were Tango libre with ten, followed by In the Name of the Son with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 1 February 2014. Ernest & Celestine won three awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar. Other multiple winners were Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Tango libre with two awards each.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Best Director

Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar – Ernest & Celestine
* Frédéric Fonteyne – Tango libre
* Sam Garbarski – Vijay and I
* Vincent Lannoo – ''In the Name of the Son ''

Best Flemish Film in Coproduction

Kid
* Brasserie Romantiek
* ''The [Fifth Season (film)|The Fifth Season] ''

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Best Screenplay

Tango libre – Philippe Blasband and Anne Paulicevich
* Kid – Fien Troch
* The Fifth Season – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
* Vijay and I – Philippe Blasband and Sam Garbarski

Best Actor

Benoît Poelvoorde – A [Place on Earth (2013 film)|A Place on Earth]
* François Damiens – Tango libre
* Jan Hammenecker – Tango libre
* Sam Louwyck – ''The Fifth Season ''

Best Actress

Pauline Étienne – The Nun
* Lubna Azabal – Goodbye Morocco
* Déborah François – Populaire
* Astrid Whettnall – ''In the Name of the Son ''

Best Supporting Actor

Laurent Capelluto –
* Olivier Gourmet – Grand Central
* Bouli Lanners – 11.6
* David Murgia – I Am a Standard Supporter
* Renaud Rutten – ''A Song for My Mother ''

Best Supporting Actress

Catherine Salée – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
* Dominique Baeyens – In the Name of the Son
* Christelle Cornil – Landes
* Nicole Shirer – ''BXL/USA''

Most Promising Actor

Achille Ridolfi – In the Name of the Son
* Mehdi Dehbi – The Bag of Flour
* Steve Driesen – Landes
* Bent Simons – ''Kid''

Most Promising Actress

Pauline Burlet – The Past
* Rania Mellouli – The Bag of Flour
* Anne Paulicevich – Tango libre
* Mona Walravens – ''Blue Is the Warmest Colour ''

Best Cinematography

Best Sound

Ernest & Celestine – Frédéric Demolder, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Luc Thomas, and Franco Piscopo
* In the Name of the Son – Philippe Charbonnel, Guilhem Donzel, and Matthieu Michaux
* Tango libre – Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design

Vijay and I – Catherine Marchand
* A Place on Earth – Elise Ancion
* A Song for My Mother – Nathalie Deceuninck and Aliette Vliers

Best Original Score

The World Belongs to Us – Ozark Henry
* The Bag of Flour – Christophe Vervoort
* In the Name of the Son – Michelino Bisceglia

Best Editing

Best Short Film

Welkom
* Bowling Killers
* Le Conseiller
* ''Partouze''

Best Documentary Film

La Nuit qu'on suppose
* Amsterdam Stories USA
* L'irrésisitible ascension de Moïse Katumbi
* ''The [Sound of Belgium]''

Best First Feature

'A Song for My Mother '''''

Honorary Magritte Award

'''Emir Kusturica'''

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following seventeen films received multiple nominations.

Ten: Tango libre
Seven: In the Name of the Son
Four: The Fifth Season, Vijay and I
Three: The Bag of Flour, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Ernest & Celestine, Kid, A Song for My Mother
Two: Horses of God, Kinshasa Kids, Landes, Mood Indigo, The Nun, A Place on Earth, Populaire, The World Belongs to Us

The following three films received multiple awards.

Three: Ernest & Celestine
Two: Blue Is the Warmest Colour and ''Tango libre''