The Magritte Award for Best Sound (French: Magritte du meilleur son) is an award presented annually by the Académie André Delvaux. It is one of the Magritte Awards, which were established to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements.
The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony was held in 2011 with Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie receiving the award for their work in A Town Called Panic. As of the 2025 ceremony, Philippe Charbonnel, Bertrand Boudaud, and Gurwal Coïc-Gallas are the most recent winners in this category for their work in Flow.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.
2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleSound mixers 2010(1st) A Town Called Panic Panique au village Benoît Biral, Valene Leroy, Julien Paschal, and Fred Pie Illegal Illégal Marc Bastien, François Dumont, and Thomas Gauder Mr. Nobody Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Demolder, and Dominique Warniert 2011(2nd) The Fairy La Fée Emmanuel de Boissieu, Fred Meert and Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau Bullhead Rundskop Benoît De Clerck, Yves De Mey, Quentin Collette, Christine Verschorren and Benoît Biral The Giants Les Géants Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder 2012(3rd) The Minister L'Exercice de l'État Julie Brenta and Olivier Hespel One Night 38 témoins Henri Morelle, Luc Thomas, and Aline Gavroy Our Children À perdre la raison Ingrid Simon and Thomas Gauder 2013(4th) Ernest & Celestine Ernest et Célestine Frédéric Demolder, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Luc Thomas, and Franco Piscopo In the Name of the Son Au nom du fils Philippe Charbonnel, Guilhem Donzel, and Matthieu Michaux Tango libre Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder 2014(5th) Not My Type Pas son genre Henri Morelle and Luc Thomas The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears L'Étrange Couleur des larmes de ton corps Dan Bruylandt, Mathieu Cox, and Olivier Thys Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Benoît De Clerck and Thomas Gauder 2015(6th) Alleluia Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Meert, and Ludovic Van Pachterbeke The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament François Dumont, Michel Schillings, and Dominique Warnier I'm Dead but I Have Friends Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis Marc Bastien, Marc Engels, and Franco Piscopo 2016(7th) The Red Turtle La Tortue rouge Nils Fauth and Peter Soldan Death by Death Je me tue à le dire Arnaud Calvar, Julien Mizac, and Philippe Charbonnel Keeper Virginie Messiaen and Franco Piscopo 2017(8th) Insyriated Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse A Wedding Noces Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings Sonar Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert 2018(9th) Let the Corpses Tan Laissez bronzer les cadavres Yves Bemelmans, Dan Bruylandt, Olivier Thys, Benoit Biral Above the Law Tueurs Marc Engels, Thomas Gauder, Ingrid Simon Girl Yanna Soentjens 2019(10th) Mothers' Instinct Duelles Olivier Struye, Marc Bastien, Héléna Réveillère, Thomas Gauder Atlantics Atlantique Benoît De Clerck, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Claude Gillet Our Mothers Nuestras madres Emmanuel de Boissieu and Vincent Nouaille
2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleSound mixers 2020/21(11th) Playground Un monde Mathieu Cox, Corinne Dubien, Thomas Grimm-Landsberg, and David VrankenMadly in Life Une vie démente Bruno Schweisguth, Julien Mizac, Philippe Charbonnel Titane Séverin Favriau, Fabrice Osinski, Stéphane Thiébaut 2022(12th) Animals François Aubinet, Mathieu Cox, Pierre Mertens, David Vranken and Philippe Van LeerThe Night of the 12th La Nuit du 12 François Maurel, Olivier Mortier and Luc Thomas Nobody Has to Know Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder, Etienne Carton, Cameron Mercer and Philippe Van Leer 2023(13th) Love According to Dalva Dalva Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy and Olivier ThysOmen Augure Jan Deca, Erik Griekspoor, Danny van Spreuwel and Vincent NouailleVincent Must Die Vincent doit mourir Dirk Bombey, Emilie Mauguet, Xavier Thieulin and Bertrand Boudaud 2024(14th) Night Call La nuit se traîne David Vranken, David Gillain, Joey Van Impe, Thibaud Rie, Fabrice Grizard, Antoine Wattier and Vincent GregorioA Missing Part Une part manquante Nicolas Paturle, Virginie Messiaen, Franco Piscopo and Olivier ThysLife's a Bitch Chiennes de vie Marie Paulus, Valérie Le Docte and Philippe Charbonnel 2025(15th) Flow Straume Philippe Charbonnel, Bertrand Boudaud and Gurwal Coïc-Gallas Maldoror Dirk Bombey, Julie Brenta, Emmanuel de Boissieu, and Bertrand BoudaudReflection in a Dead Diamond Reflet dans un diamant mort Dan Bruylandt, Olivier Thys, Mathieu Cox, and Aline Gavroy
References
External links Magritte Awards official website Magritte Award for Best Sound at AlloCiné