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
Ernest & CelestineBest 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
Blue Is the Warmest Colour- * Horses of God
- * The Nun
- * ''Populaire''
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
Horses of God – Hichame AlaouiéBest 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
Tango libre – Véronique SacrezBest Costume Design
Vijay and I – Catherine MarchandBest Original Score
The World Belongs to Us – Ozark HenryBest Editing
Kinshasa Kids – Marie-Hélène DozoBest 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
- Three: Ernest & Celestine
- Two: Blue Is the Warmest Colour and ''Tango libre''