9th Magritte Awards

The 9th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2018 in Belgium and took place on 2 February 2019 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 La Deux. Directors Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier presided the ceremony, while comedian Alex Vizorek hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 9th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2019. Films with the most nominations were Above the Law and Girl with nine, followed by Let the Corpses Tan with eight, and The Benefit of the Doubt and Our Struggles with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 2 February 2019. Our Struggles won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Guillaume Senez. Other multiple winners were Girl with four awards and Let the Corpses Tan with two.

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Winners and nominees

Best Film

Our Struggles

Best Director

Guillaume Senez – Our Struggles

* Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani – Let the Corpses Tan
* Olivier Meys – Bitter Flowers
* François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens – ''Above the Law''

Best Actor

Victor Polster – Girl

* François Damiens – Mon Ket
* Olivier Gourmet – Above the Law
* Benoît Poelvoorde – ''Keep an Eye Out''

Best Actress

Lubna Azabal – Above the Law

* Cécile de France – Mademoiselle de Joncquières
* Yolande Moreau – I Feel Good
* Natacha Régnier – ''The Benefit of the Doubt''

Best Supporting Actor

Arieh Worthalter – Girl

* Yoann Blanc – The Benefit of the Doubt
* Bouli Lanners – Above the Law
* Pierre Nisse – ''Let the Corpses Tan''

Best Supporting Actress

Lucie Debay – Our Struggles

* Tania Garbarski – Bye Bye Germany
* Salomé Richard – The Faithful Son
* Erika Sainte – ''The Benefit of the Doubt''

Most Promising Actor

Thomas Mustin – The Royal Exchange

* Basile Grunberger – Our Struggles
* Baptiste Lalieu – The Benefit of the Doubt
* Matteo Salamone – ''Mon Ket''

Most Promising Actress

Lena Girard Voss – Our Struggles

* Myriem Akheddiou – The Benefit of the Doubt
* Bérénice Baoo – Above the Law
* Nawell Madani – Stand Up Girl
* Anaël Snoek – ''The Wild Boys''

Best Screenplay

Girl – Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens

* Bitter Flowers – Olivier Meys and Maarten Loix
* Bye Bye Germany – Sam Garbarski
* Our Struggles – Guillaume Senez

Best First Feature Film

Bitter Flowers

Best Flemish Film

Girl

* Angel
* Don't Shoot
* ''Gangsta''

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

Best Cinematography

Let the Corpses Tan – Manuel Dacosse

* Above the Law – Jean-François Hensgens
* Girl – Frank van den Eeden

Best Production Design

Let the Corpses Tan – Alina Santos

* Bye Bye Germany – Véronique Sacrez
* Girl – Philippe Bertin

Best Costume Design

Bye Bye Germany – Nathalie Leborgne

* Girl – Catherine van Bree
* Let the Corpses Tan – Jackye Fauconnier

Best Original Score

When Arabs Danced – Simon Fransquet

* The Benefit of the Doubt – Vincent Liben
* The Faithful Son – Manuel Roland and Maarten Van Cauwenberghe

Best Sound

Let the Corpses Tan – Yves Bemelmans, Dan Bruylandt, Olivier Thys, Benoit Biral

* Above the Law – Marc Engels, Thomas Gauder, Ingrid Simon
* Girl – Yanna Soentjens

Best Editing

Our Struggles – Julie Brenta

* Girl – Alain Dessauvage
* Let the Corpses Tan – Bernard Beets

Best Fiction Short Film

Icarus – Nicolas Boucart

* Calamity – Séverine De Streyker and Maxime Feyers
* Castle to Castle – Emmanuel Marre
* A Sister – Delphine Girard

Best Animated Short Film

The Proposal – Gerlando Infuso

* Carnal Symbiosis – Rocío Álvarez
* The Horn Quartet – Arnaud Demuynck and Benjamin Bottela
* Not Today – Marine Jacob

Best Documentary Film

So Help Me God – Jean Libon

* Cowboys and Indians: the Cinema of Patar and Aubier – Fabrice du Welz
* Holy Tour – Valéry Rosier and Méryl Fortunat-Rossi
* Manu – Emmanuelle Bonmariage
* Mitra – Jorge León

Honorary Magritte Award

'''Raoul Servais'''

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following nine films received multiple nominations.

Nine: Above the Law, Girl
Eight: Let the Corpses Tan
Seven: The Benefit of the Doubt, Our Struggles
Four: Bitter Flowers, Bye Bye Germany
Three: The Faithful Son, Mon Ket

The following three films received multiple awards.

Five: Our Struggles
Four: Girl
Three: ''Let the Corpses Tan''