6th Magritte Awards
The 6th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2015 in Belgium and took place on February 6, 2016, 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 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Marie Gillain presided the ceremony, while Charlie Dupont hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 6th Magritte Awards were announced on January 12, 2016. Films with the most nominations were The Brand New Testament with ten, followed by All Cats Are Grey with nine and Alleluia with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 6, 2016. The Brand New Testament won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Jaco Van Dormael. Other multiple winners were Alleluia also with four awards, and All Cats Are Grey with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
The Brand New TestamentBest Director
Jaco Van Dormael – The Brand New Testament- * Bernard Bellefroid – Melody
- * Savina Dellicour – All Cats Are Grey
- * Fabrice Du Welz – ''Alleluia''
Best Actor
Wim Willaert – I'm Dead But I Have Friends- * François Damiens – La Famille Bélier
- * Bouli Lanners – All Cats Are Grey
- * Jérémie Renier – ''The Wakhan Front''
Best Actress
Veerle Baetens – Un début prometteur- * Annie Cordy – Memories
- * Christelle Cornil – What Jacques Saw
- * Yolande Moreau – ''Journey Through China''
Best Supporting Actor
Laurent Capelluto – The Clearstream Affair- * Arno Hintjens – Prejudice
- * David Murgia – The Brand New Testament
- * Marc Zinga – ''Dheepan''
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Coesens – All Cats Are Grey- * Yolande Moreau – The Brand New Testament
- * Helena Noguerra – Alleluia
- * Babetida Sadjo – ''Waste Land''
Most Promising Actor
Benjamin Ramon – Être- * Arthur Bols – Prejudice
- * Romain Gelin – The Brand New Testament
- * David Thielemans – ''Chubby''
Most Promising Actress
Lucie Debay – Melody- * Manon Capelle – All Cats Are Grey
- * Pili Groyne – The Brand New Testament
- * Stéphanie Van Vyve – ''Être''
Best Screenplay
The Brand New Testament – Thomas Gunzig and Jaco Van Dormael- * Alleluia – Fabrice Du Welz and Vincent Tavier
- * I'm Dead But I Have Friends – Guillaume Malandrin and Stéphane Malandrin
- * Prejudice – Antoine Cuypers and Antoine Wauters
Best First Feature Film
All Cats Are GreyBest Flemish Film
The Ardennes- * Belgian Rhapsody
- * Cafard
- * ''Waste Land''
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
La Famille BélierBest Cinematography
Alleluia – Manuel DacosseBest Production Design
Alleluia – Emmanuel de MeulemeesterBest Costume Design
The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun – Pascaline ChavanneBest Original Score
The Brand New Testament – An PierléBest Sound
Alleluia – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Meert, and Ludovic Van Pachterbeke- * The Brand New Testament – François Dumont, Michel Schillings, and Dominique Warnier
- * I'm Dead But I Have Friends – Marc Bastien, Marc Engels, and Franco Piscopo
Best Editing
Alleluia – Anne-Laure GuéganBest Fiction Short Film
The Black Bear- * Jay Amongst Men
- * ''Tout va bien''
Best Animated Short Film
Last Door South- * The Scent of Carrots
- * ''A Slice of the Country''
Best Documentary Film
The Man Who Mends Women: The Wrath of Hippocrates- * Employment Office
- * I Don't Belong Anywhere: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman
- * ''Ship of Fools''
Honorary Magritte Award
- '''Vincent Lindon'''
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve films received multiple nominations.- Ten: The Brand New Testament
- Nine: All Cats Are Grey
- Eight: Alleluia
- Seven: I'm Dead But I Have Friends
- Six: Prejudice
- Four: Melody
- Two: Être, La Famille Bélier, The Wakhan Front, and Waste Land
- Four: The Brand New Testament and Alleluia
- Two: ''All Cats Are Grey''