12th Magritte Awards

The 12th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2022 in Belgium. It took place on 4 March 2023, 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. Actress Lubna Azabal presided the ceremony, while director Patrick Ridremont hosted the show for the first time.

The nominees for the 12th Magritte Awards were announced on 10 February 2023. Films with the most nominations were Close with ten, followed by Zero Fucks Given with nine and Nobody Has to Know with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 4 March 2023. Nobody Has to Know won two awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Close with seven, Zero Fucks Given with three, and The Night of the 12th with two.

Winners and nominees Best Film Nobody Has to Know Animals The Hive (La Ruche) Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)

Best Director Bouli Lanners – Nobody Has to Know Nabil Ben Yadir – Animals Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre – Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)

Best Actor Bouli Lanners – The Night of the 12th (La Nuit du 12) Aboubakr Bensaihi – Rebel Soufiane Chilah – Animals Benoît Poelvoorde – Inexorable Jérémie Renier – L'Ennemi

Best Actress Virginie Efira – Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) Lubna Azabal – Rebel Lucie Debay – Lucie Loses Her Horse (Lucie perd son cheval) Babetida Sadjo – Juwaa

Best Supporting Actor Igor Van Dessel – Close Mehdi Dehbi – Boy from Heaven (صبي من الجنة) Tijmen Govaerts – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) Jérémie Renier – Novembre

Best Supporting Actress Émilie Dequenne – Close Veerle Baetens – Singing Jailbirds (À l'ombre des filles) Anne Coesens – By Your Side (À la folie) Mara Taquin – Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre)

Most Promising Actor Eden Dambrine – Close Gustav De Waele – Close Gianni Guettaf – Animals Pablo Schils – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita)

Most Promising Actress Sophie Breyer – The Hive (La Ruche) Elsa Houben – Dark Heart of the Forest (Le Cœur noir des forêts) Joely Mbundu – Tori and Lokita (Tori et Lokita) Mara Taquin – The Hive (La Ruche)

Best Screenplay Close – Lukas Dhont and Angelo Tijssens Animals – Nabil Ben Yadir and Antoine Cuypers Nobody Has to Know – Bouli Lanners Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre

Best First Feature Film Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) Aya The Hive (La Ruche) Yuku and the Himalayan Flower (Yuku et la Fleur de l'Himalaya)

Best Flemish Film Close The Eight Mountains (Le otto montagne) Nowhere Rebel

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction The Night of the 12th (La Nuit du 12) Clara Sola Madeleine Collins Singing Jailbirds (À l'ombre des filles) Where Is Anne Frank

Best Cinematography Close – Frank van den Eeden Inexorable – Manuel Dacosse Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Olivier Boonjing

Best Production Design Close – Eve Martin Nobody Has to Know – Paul Rouschop Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Anna Falguères

Best Costume Design Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Prunelle Rulens Close – Manu Verschueren Nobody Has to Know – Élise Ancion

Best Original Score Rebel – Hannes De Maeyer, Oum, Aboubakr Bensaihi The Hive (La Ruche) – Fabian Fiorini Inexorable – Vincent Cahay

Best Sound Animals – François Aubinet, Mathieu Cox, Pierre Mertens, David Vranken, Philippe Van Leer The Night of the 12th (La Nuit du 12) – François Maurel, Olivier Mortier, Luc Thomas Nobody Has to Know – Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder, Etienne Carton, Cameron Mercer, Philippe Van Leer

Best Editing Zero Fucks Given (Rien à foutre) – Nicolas Rumpl Close – Alain Dessauvage Nobody Has to Know – Ewin Ryckaert

Best Fiction Short Film Ma Gueule – Gregory Carnol, Thibaut Wohlfahrt Drame 71 – Guillaume Lion Oysters (Les Huîtres) – Maïa Descamps Patanegra – Méryl Fortunat-Rossi

Best Animated Short Film Cuddle (Câline) – Margot Reumont The Big Tantrum (Grosse Colère) – Célia Tisserant and Arnaud Demuynck Inglorious Liaisons (Les Liaisons Foireuses) – Chloé Alliez and Violette Delvoye The Summer Holidays (Les Grandes Vacances) – Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier

Best Documentary Film Soy libre – Laure Portier Dreaming Walls – Amélie van Elmbt and Maya Duverdier Empire of Silence (L'Empire du silence) – Thierry Michel The End of Innocence (Petites) – Pauline Beugnies I Am Chance – Marc-Henri Wajnberg

Best Documentary Short Film Arbres – Jean-Benoît Ugeux Call It the Burning (On la nomme la brûlure) – Bénédicte Liénard and Mary Jimenez Dernier Voyage au Laos – Manon Saysouk Masks (Masques) – Olivier Smolders

Honorary Magritte Award Agnès Jaoui

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following eight films received multiple nominations.

Ten: Close Nine: Zero Fucks Given Seven: Nobody Has to Know Six: Animals Five: The Hive, Tori and Lokita Four: Rebel Three: Inexorable, The Night of the 12th Two: Singing Jailbirds

The following four films received multiple awards. Seven: Close Three: Zero Fucks Given Two: Nobody Has to Know, The Night of the 12th

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