The Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film (French: Magritte du meilleur premier film) 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.
It was introduced in 2013 as an audience award. However, its first winner Dead Man Talking was announced during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, three months later the 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony. In 2016, the Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film became a merit category. As of the 2026 ceremony, Kika is the most recent winner in this category.
Winners and nominees In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.
2010s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s) 2012(3rd) Dead Man Talking Patrick Ridremont Mobile Home Torpedo 2013(4th) A Song for My Mother Une chanson pour ma mère In The Bag of Flour Le Sac de farine Kadija Leclère Gaëtan Bevernaege 2014(5th) I'll Bury You Je te survivrai Dominique Smeets Vertigo of Possibilities Le Vertige des possibles Vivianne Perelmuter 2015(6th) All Cats Are Grey Tous les chats sont gris Savina Dellicour L'Année prochaine Prejudice Préjudice 2016(7th) Keeper Guillaume Senez Death by Death Je me tue à le dire Parasol 2017(8th) Don't Tell Her Faut pas lui dire Even Lovers Get the Blues Laurent Micheli Sonar Jean-Philippe Martin Spit 'n' Split Jérôme Vandewattyne Staying in the Woods Je suis resté dans les bois Michaël Bier, Erika Sainte and 2018(9th) Bitter Flowers Olivier Meys Above the Law Tueurs and The Benefit of the Doubt Une Part d'ombre The Faithful Son La Part sauvage 2019(10th) Our Mothers Nuestras madres César Díaz Alone at My Wedding Seule à mon mariage Marta Bergman Escapada Sarah Hirtt For a Happy Life Pour vivre heureux Dimitri Linder and Salima Sarah Glamine Girls on the Run Cavale Virginie Gourmel
2020s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s) 2020/21(11th) Playground Un monde Laura Wandel Jumbo Zoé Wittock Madly in Life Une vie démente Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni Mother Schmuckers Fils de plouc Harpo Guit and Lenny Guit 2022(12th) Zero Fucks Given Rien à foutre Emmanuel Marre and Julie Lecoustre Aya Simon Coulibaly Gillard The Hive La Ruche Christophe Hermans Yuku and the Flower of the Himalayas Yuku et la fleur de l'Himalaya Arnaud Demuynck and Rémi Durin 2023(13th) Love According to Dalva Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot The Lost Boys Le Paradis Zeno Graton Omen Augure Baloji Time Out Temps mort Ève Duchemin 2024(14th) Night Call La nuit se traîne Michiel Blanchart Camping du lac Éléonore Saintagnan It's Raining in the House Il pleut dans la maison Paloma Sermon-Daï Through the Night Quitter la nuit Delphine Girard 202515th) Kika Alexe Poukine The Virgin and Child La vierge à l'enfant Berivan Binevsa Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World Vitrival Noëlle Bastin and Baptiste Bogaert We Believe You On vous croit Arnaud Dufeys and Charlotte Devillers
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Footnotes
External links Magritte Awards official website Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film at AlloCiné