9th Magritte Awards

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9th Magritte Awards
9th Magritte Awards.jpg
Official poster
Date2 February 2019 (2019-02-02)
Site Square
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted by Alex Vizorek
Highlights
Best Film Our Struggles
Most awardsOur Struggles (5)
Most nominations Above the Law and Girl (9)
Television coverage
Network RTBF

The 9th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2018 in Belgium and took place on 2 February 2019 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. [1] The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux. Directors Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier presided the ceremony, while comedian Alex Vizorek hosted the show for the first time. [2] [3]

Contents

The nominees for the 9th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2019. [4] Films with the most nominations were Above the Law and Girl with nine, followed by Let the Corpses Tan with eight, and The Benefit of the Doubt and Our Struggles with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 2 February 2019. [5] Our Struggles won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Guillaume Senez. Other multiple winners were Girl with four awards and Let the Corpses Tan with two.

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Most Promising Actor

Most Promising Actress

Best Screenplay

Best First Feature Film

Best Flemish Film

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Costume Design

Best Original Score

Best Sound

Best Editing

Best Fiction Short Film

Best Animated Short Film

Best Documentary Film

Honorary Magritte Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

See also

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References

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