Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film

Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film
Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film
Country	Belgium
Presented by	Académie André Delvaux
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	When It Melts (2023)
Website	lesmagritteducinema.com

The Magritte Award for Best Flemish Film (French: Magritte du meilleur film flamand) 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.^[1]

The category's original name was Best Flemish Film in Coproduction, but was changed to its current name in 2015 for the 5th Magritte Awards.^[2] It was first awarded in 2012, when Best Film in Coproduction was split in Best Foreign Film in Coproduction and Best Flemish Film in Coproduction.^[3] As of the 2024 ceremony, When It Melts is the most recent winner.

Winners and nominees

In the list below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by the other nominees.

2010s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)
2011 (2nd)	Bullhead	Rundskop	Michaël R. Roskam
	22nd of May	22 mei	Koen Mortier [nl; vls]
	Come as You Are	Hasta la Vista	Geoffrey Enthoven
	Madly in Love [fr]	Smoorverliefd	Hilde Van Mieghem
	Pulsar		Alex Stockman [nl]
2012 (3rd)	Time of My Life	Tot altijd	Nic Balthazar
	Little Black Spiders [nl]		Patrice Toye
	Madonna's Pig	Het varken van Madonna	Frank Van Passel
2013 (4th)	Kid		Fien Troch
	Brasserie Romantiek [fr; nl]		Joël Vanhoebrouck [fr; nl]
	The Fifth Season	La Cinquième Saison	Peter Brosens [fr; it; nl] and Jessica Woodworth
2014 (5th)	Marina		Stijn Coninx
	I'm the Same, I'm an Other [fr]		Caroline Strubbe [fr; nl]
	Labyrinthus [fr; nl; pt]		Douglas Boswell
	Welcome Home [fr]		Tom Heene
2015 (6th)	The Ardennes	D'Ardennen	Robin Pront [fr; is; nl; ru]
	Belgian Rhapsody	Brabançonne	Vincent Bal
	Cafard		Jan Bultheel
	Waste Land [fr; nl]		Pieter Van Hees [fr; nl]
2016 (7th)	Belgica		Felix Van Groeningen
	Black		Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
	The Land of the Enlightened [bg; uk]		Pieter-Jan De Pue
	Problemski Hotel [fr; nl]		Manu Riche
2017 (8th)	Home		Fien Troch
	Cargo		Gilles Coulier
	King of the Belgians		Peter Brosens [fr; it; nl] and Jessica Woodworth
	Racer and the Jailbird	Le Fidèle	Michaël R. Roskam
2018 (9th)	Girl		Lukas Dhont
	Angel	Un Ange	Koen Mortier [nl; vls]
	Don't Shoot	Niet Schieten	Stijn Coninx
	Gangsta	Patser	Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
2019 (10th)	Patrick	De Patrick	Tim Mielants
	Bastaard		Mathieu Mortelmans [nl]
	Binti		Frederike Migom
	Cleo		Eva Cools [fr]

2020s

Year	English title	Original title	Director(s)
2020/21 (11th)	La Civil		Teodora Mihai
	The Barefoot Emperor		Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens
	Dealer		Jeroen Perceval
	Rookie		Lieven Van Baelen
2023 (12th)	Close		Lukas Dhont
	The Eight Mountains	Le otto montagne	Felix van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch
	Rebel		Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
	Nowhere		Peter Monsaert
2024 (13th)	When It Melts	Het smelt	Veerle Baetens
	Holly		Fien Troch
	Luka		Jessica Woodworth
	Wil		Tim Mielants

References

^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
^ "Magritte: Pluie de nominations pour les Dardenne et Lucas Belvaux". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
^ "Les Magritte du cinéma s'installent". La Libre Belgique (in French). November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

External links

[1] Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.

[2] "Magritte: Pluie de nominations pour les Dardenne et Lucas Belvaux". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.

[3] "Les Magritte du cinéma s'installent". La Libre Belgique (in French). November 26, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2013.

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