7th Magritte Awards
The 7th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2016 in Belgium and took place on 4 February 2017 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 Virginie Efira presided the ceremony, while Anne-Pascale Clairembourg hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 7th Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2017. Films with the most nominations were The First, the Last and Keeper with eight, followed by Death by Death and Parasol with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2017. The First, the Last won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Keeper with three awards, and Death by Death, Parasol, and The Red Turtle with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
The First, the Last- * After Love
- * Death by Death
- * Keeper
- * ''Parasol''
Best Director
Bouli Lanners – The First, the Last- * Joachim Lafosse – After Love
- * Valéry Rosier – Parasol
- * Xavier Seron – ''Death by Death''
Best Actor
Jean-Jacques Rausin – Death by Death- * Aboubakr Bensaihi – Black
- * François Damiens – Les Cowboys
- * Bouli Lanners – ''The First, the Last''
Best Actress
Virginie Efira – In Bed with Victoria Astrid Whettnall – Road to Istanbul- * Jo Deseure – Man Overboard
- * Marie Gillain – ''Mirage of Love''
Best Supporting Actor
David Murgia – The First, the Last- * Laurent Capelluto – I Am a Soldier
- * Charlie Dupont – Odd Job
- * Sam Louwyck – ''Keeper''
Best Supporting Actress
Catherine Salée – Keeper- * Anne Coesens – Jailbirds
- * Virginie Efira – Elle
- * Julienne Goeffers – ''Parasol''
Most Promising Actor
Yoann Blanc – Man Overboard- * Lazare Gousseau – Baden Baden
- * Martin Nissen – Welcome Home
- * Pierre Olivier – ''Nous quatre''
Most Promising Actress
Salomé Richard – Baden Baden- * Martha Canga Antonio – Black
- * Ghalia Benali – As I Open My Eyes
- * Jade Soentjens and Margaux Soentjens – ''After Love''
Best Screenplay
Death by Death – Xavier Seron- * After Love – Joachim Lafosse
- * The First, the Last – Bouli Lanners
- * Keeper – Guillaume Senez and David Lambert
Best First Feature Film
Keeper- * Death by Death
- * ''Parasol''
Best Flemish Film
BelgicaBest Foreign Film in Coproduction
The Red Turtle- * As I Open My Eyes
- * Eternity
- * ''Les Cowboys''
Best Cinematography
Parasol – Olivier Boonjing- * The Dancer – Benoît Debie
- * Evolution – Manuel Dacosse
- * The First, the Last – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
Best Production Design
The First, the Last – Paul RouschopBest Costume Design
The First, the Last – Elise AncionBest Original Score
Parasol – Cyrille de Haes and Manuel RolandBest Sound
The Red Turtle – Nils Fauth and Peter Soldan- * Death by Death – Arnaud Calvar, Julien Mizac, and Philippe Charbonnel
- * Keeper – Virginie Messiaen and Franco Piscopo
Best Editing
Keeper – Julie BrentaBest Fiction Short Film
The Plumber- * Lovers
- * ''Snatched''
Best Animated Short Film
Pornography- * Summer
- * ''Totems''
Best Documentary Film
Into Battle- * Abandoned Land ''
- * ''Intégration Inch'Allah''
Honorary Magritte Award
- '''André Dussollier'''
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve films received multiple nominations.- Eight: The First, the Last, Keeper
- Seven: Death by Death, Parasol
- Five: Black
- Four: After Love
- Three: Baden Baden
- Two: As I Open My Eyes, Eternity, Les Cowboys, Man Overboard, The Red Turtle
- Five: The First, the Last
- Three: Keeper
- Two: Death by Death, Parasol and ''The Red Turtle''