13th Magritte Awards

The 13th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2023 in Belgium. It took place on 9 March 2024, at the Théâtre National, in the historic site of Marais-Jacqmain, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Trois. Actor Bouli Lanners presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the second time.

The nominees for the 13th Magritte Awards were announced on 9 February 2024. Films with the most nominations were Omen with thirteen, followed by Love According to Dalva and The Experience of Love with nine and eight, respectively. Love According to Dalva won seven awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Emmanuelle Nicot. Other multiple winners were Omen with five and The Experience of Love with two.

Winners and nominees Best Film Love According to Dalva (Dalva) The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) Omen (Augure) Time Out (Temps mort)

Best Director Emmanuelle Nicot – Love According to Dalva (Dalva) Baloji – Omen (Augure) Zeno Graton – The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni – The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées)

Best Actor Arieh Worthalter – The Goldman Case (Le Procès Goldman) Bouli Lanners – Paint It Gold (Un coup de maître) Jérémie Renier – Let's Get Lost (Ailleurs si j'y suis) Marc Zinga – Omen (Augure)

Best Actress Lubna Azabal – The Blue Caftan (Le Bleu du caftan) Lucie Debay – The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) Yolande Moreau – The Jolly Forgers (La Fiancée du poète) Mara Taquin – La Petite

Best Supporting Actor Arieh Worthalter – All to Play For (Rien à perdre) Philippe Résimont – Employee of the Month (L'Employée du mois) Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Last Dance Peter Van Den Begin – Employee of the Month (L'Employée du mois)

Best Supporting Actress Sandrine Blancke – Love According to Dalva (Dalva) Yves-Marina Gnahoua – Omen (Augure) Myriem Akheddiou – Sixteen (16 Ans) Lucie Debay – Omen (Augure)

Most Promising Actor Lazare Gousseau – The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) Amine Hamidou – The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) N'Landu Lubansu – The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) Yoann Zimmer – Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

Most Promising Actress Zelda Samson – Love According to Dalva (Dalva) Laetitia Mampaka – Employee of the Month (L'Employée du mois) Bérangère McNeese – Let's Get Lost (Ailleurs si j'y suis) Mara Taquin – The Beast in the Jungle (La Bête dans la jungle)

Best Screenplay Love According to Dalva (Dalva) – Emmanuelle Nicot The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) – Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) – Zeno Graton Omen (Augure) – Baloji

Best First Feature Film Love According to Dalva (Dalva) The Lost Boys (Le Paradis) Omen (Augure) Time Out (Temps mort)

Best Flemish Film When It Melts (Het smelt) Holly Luka Wil

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction Vincent Must Die (Vincent doit mourir) The Blue Caftan (Le Bleu du caftan) No Dogs or Italians Allowed (Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens) Return to Seoul (Retour à Séoul)

Best Cinematography Omen (Augure) – Joachim Philippe Love According to Dalva (Dalva) – Caroline Guimbal The Other Laurens (L'Autre Laurens) – Florian Berutti

Best Production Design Omen (Augure) – Eve Martin The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) – Julien Dubourg Love According to Dalva (Dalva) – Catherine Cosme

Best Costume Design Omen (Augure) – Elke Hoste and Baloji The Belgian Wave – Jessica Harkay The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) – Frédérick Denis The Falling Star (L'Étoile filante) – Claire Dubien

Best Original Score Omen (Augure) – Baloji The Line (La Ligne) – Stéphanie Blanchoud, Benjamin Biolay and Jean-François Assy The Other Laurens (L'Autre Laurens) – Thomas Turine

Best Sound Love According to Dalva (Dalva) – Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy and Olivier Thys Omen (Augure) – Jan Deca, Erik Griekspoor, Danny van Spreuwel and Vincent Nouaille Vincent Must Die (Vincent doit mourir) – Dirk Bombey, Emilie Mauguet, Xavier Thieulin and Bertrand Boudaud

Best Editing The Experience of Love (Le Syndrome des amours passées) – Sophie Vercruysse and Raphaël Balboni I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo sueños eléctricos) – Bertrand Conard Omen (Augure) – Bruno Tracq and Bertrand Conard

Best Fiction Short Film The Silent Ones (Les silencieux) – Basile Vuillemin Beyond the Sea – Hippolyte Leibovici A Good Boy (Un bon garçon) – Paul Vincent de Lestrade Said of a Deer That Sheds Its Antlers (Se dit d'un cerf qui quitte son bois) – Salomé Crickx

Best Animated Short Film Pina – Giuseppe Accardo and Jérémy Depuydt The Marrons Glacés (Les marrons glacés) – Delphine Hermans and Michel Vandam Go Away, Alfred! (Va-t'en, Alfred !) – Célia Tisserant and Arnaud Demuynck Journey in Amnesia (Voyage en amnésie) – Anouk Kilian-Debord

Best Documentary Film Adieu sauvage – Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento Le balai libéré – Coline Grando Se crasher pour exister – Julien Henry An Italian Youth (Une jeunesse italienne) – Mathieu Volpe

Best Documentary Short Film Human, Not Human (En attendant les robots) – Natan Castay Journal d'une solitude sexuelle – Nina Alexandraki Empty Hours (Les heures creuses) – Judith Longuet-Marx On Mothers and Daughters in Times of Injustice – Talia Jawitz

Honorary Magritte Award Aurore Clément

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations.

Thirteen: Omen Nine: Love According to Dalva Eight: The Experience of Love Six: The Lost Boys Three: Employee of the Month Two: The Blue Caftan, Let's Get Lost, The Other Laurens, Return to Seoul, Time Out, Vincent Must Die

The following four films received multiple awards. Seven: Love According to Dalva Five: Omen Two: The Experience of Love

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