13th Ensor Awards

Gala of the Ensors
Date	4 February 2023
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Best Picture	Close
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The 13th Ensor Awards, presented by the Ensor Academy, took place on the 4th of February 2023 at the end of the Ostend Film Festival to honor Flemish films of 2022. ^[1] The festival was attended by a record 48,000 visitors. ^[1] The ceremonies were opened by Erhan Demirci and Kawtar Ehlalouch, with 22 of the 29 categories presented that evening. Close won the most Ensors with 6 wins and 13 nominations. In television, the series Roomies won the most with 4 Ensor wins. ^{[1] [2]}

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡). ^{[1] [2]}

Best Film	Best Fiction Series
Close – Lukas Dhont ‡ H4Z4RD Nowhere Rebel Zillion	Roomies – Kato De Boeck and Flo Van Deuren‡ Chantal Billie vs Benjamin Money Wolves Uncles
Best Director (Film)	Best Director (Fiction Series)
Lukas Dhont – Close ‡ Jonas Govaerts – H4Z4RD Peter Monsaert – Nowhere Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah – Rebel Robin Pront – Zillion	Flo Van Deuren, Kato De Boeck – Roomies‡ Jeroen Dumoulein – Chantal Dries Vos, Tim Van Aelst – Billie vs Benjamin Ibbe Daniëls, Kaat Beels, Nathalie Basteyns – Lost Luggage Jelle Gordyn – Uncles
Best Lead Role (Film)	Best Supporting Role (Film)
Eden Dambrine – Close ‡ Koen De Bouw – Nowhere Aboubakr Bensaihi – Rebel Jonas Vermeulen – Zillion Charlotte Timmers – Zillion	Matteo Simoni – Zillion‡ Gustav De Waele – Close Émilie Dequenne – Close Léa Drucker – Close Barbara Sarafian – Zillion
Best Lead Role (Fiction Series)	Best Supporting Role (Fiction Series)
Maaike Cafmeyer – Chantal ‡ Tom Van Dyck – Money Wolves Charlotte Timmers – Billie vs Benjamin Ahlaam Teghadouini – Roomies Laura De Geest – Roomies	Joke Emmers – Billie vs Benjamin‡ Mathias Sercu – Chantal Romy Louise Lauwers – Roomies Martha Canga Antonio – Roomies Jeroen Perceval – Billie vs Benjamin
Best Screenplay (Film)	Best Screenplay (Fiction Series)
Angelo Tijssens, Lukas Dhont – Close ‡ Jonas Govaerts, Trent Haaga – H4Z4RD Peter Monsaert – Nowhere Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Jan Van Dyck, Kevin Meul – Rebel Robin Pront, Kevin Meul – Zillion	Kato De Boeck – Roomies‡ Flo Van Deuren, Mathias Sercu – Chantal Jelle De Beule, Rik Verheye, Koen De Poorter – Uncles David Vennix, Tim Van Aelst – Billie vs Benjamin Charles De Weerdt, Edith Huybreghts, Mathias Claeys, Michel Sabbe, Tiny Bertels – Lost Luggage
Best Documentary Film	Best Documentary TV
Our Nature‡ Kind Hearts New Pigs on the Block A Parked Life Why We Fight?	Mixed Race of Belgium‡ Ket&Doc The Hijacking of the Pompei Chasing Beauty: Perfect Perfection? True Crime Belgium
Best Music	Box Office Award
Mick Lemaire, Lara Chedraoui, Patrix, Juicy, Miss Angel Oriana Ikomo, Tessa Dixson, Ana Diaz, SPACEBABYMADCHA – Roomies‡ Dirk Brossé – Our Nature Valentin Hadjadj – Close Hannes De Maeyer, Aboubakr Bensaihi, Oum – Rebel B1980 – Zillion	Zillion – Robin Pront, Hilde De Laere‡
Best Short Film	Best Youth Fiction
Light – Sarah Lederman‡ Red Giant – Anne Verbeure Luce and the Rock – Britt Raes The Fruit Tree – Isabelle Tollenaere Nocturnus – Harm Dens, Meltse Van Coillie	#LikeMe‡ 3Hz Hacked The Claus Family 3 Zeppos – The Mercator Trail
Best Animated Film	Best Editing
Interstellar Ella‡ Knight Mouse - Christmas Special	Bert Jacobs – Zillion‡ Alain Dessauvage – Close Maarten Janssens – H4Z4RD Frédéric Thoraval – Rebel Dieter Diependaele – Kind Hearts
Best Director of Photography	Best Sound
Frank van den Eeden – Close ‡ Dries Delputte – H4Z4RD Robrecht Heyvaert – Rebel Esmoreit Lutters – Roomies Robrecht Heyvaert – Zillion	Vincent Sinceretti, Yanna Soentjens – Close ‡ Antoin Cox, Herman Pieëte – Zillion Jan Deca, Seppe van Groeningen – Two Summers Marijn Thijs – H4Z4RD Guilhem Donzel, Jamie Baksht, Jeroen Truijens, Loïc Collignon, Michelle Couttolenc – Rebel
Best Art Direction	Best Make-Up
Geert Paredis – Zillion‡ Eve Martin – Close Bart Van Loo – Money Wolves Pepijn Van Looy – Rebel Jonathan Van Essche – Roomies	Dorien Van Poucke – Uncles‡ Liesbet Fijalka – Chantal Charlotte Blommaert – H4Z4RD Evie Hamels, Nathalie De Hen, Oriane de Neve, Véronique Dubray – Rebel Labhise Allara Mandango Ciratu – Zillion
Best Costume Design	Best Co-Production
Catherine Van Bree – Zillion‡ Manu Verschueren – Close Mathilde De Wit, Uli Simon – Rebel Isabel Van Renterghem – Roomies Tine Verbeurgt – Chantal	The Eight Mountains – Charlotte Vandermeersch, Felix van Groeningen ‡
Best French-Speaking Belgian Production	Promise of the Year
Nobody Has to Know ‡	Flo Van Deuren, Kato De Boeck – Roomies‡
Lifetime Achievement Award	Award for Exceptional Contribution
François Beukelaers‡	Joop Daalmeijer‡
Telenet Audience Award
Close – Lukas Dhont ‡

References

1. "'Close', 'Zillion' en 'Roomies' zijn de grote winnaars van De Ensors 2023 | De Ensors (English: 'Close', 'Zillion' and 'Roomies' are the big winners of De Ensors 2023)". ensors.be (in Dutch). February 4, 2023. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
2. NWS, VRT (2023-02-04). "Oscargenomineerde "Close" en VRT-reeks "Roomies" zijn de grote winnaars bij de Ensors op Filmfestival Oostende". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-03-07.