Magritte (Film Award) / Best Director
Magritte : Best Director (Meilleur réalisateur)
Winner and nominee in the Best Film category (Magritte du meilleur réalisateur) since the first award of the Belgian National Film Prize . The award is given to the best local directors of the past cinema year.
The films listed below are given with their German distribution title (if this can be determined), followed by the name of the director.
Award winners
2011
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Jaco Van Dormael - Mr. Nobody
- Nabil Ben Yadir - Les barons
- Olivier Masset-Depasse - Illegal (Illégal)
- Joachim Lafosse - Private Lessons (Élève libre)
2012
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Bouli Lanners - Little Giants (Les géants)
- Dominique Abel , Fiona Gordon , Bruno Romy - Die Fee (La fée)
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - The Boy with a Bicycle (Le gamin au vélo)
- Sam Garbarski - Familiar Strangers (Quartier lointain)
2013
2014
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Stéphane Aubier , Vincent Patar , Benjamin Renner - Ernest & Célestine (Ernest et Célestine)
- Frédéric Fonteyne - Tango Libre (Tango libre)
- Sam Garbarski - Vijay and I - My wife cheats on me (Vijay and I)
- Vincent Lannoo - In the Name of the Son (Au nom du fils)
2015
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - Two days, one night (Deux jours, une nuit)
2016
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Jaco Van Dormael - The Brand New Testament (Le Tout Nouveau Testament)
- Bernard Bellefroid - Melodys Baby (Melody)
- Savina Dellicour - All cats are gray (Tous les chats sont gris)
- Fabrice Du Welz - Alleluia - A murderous couple (Alleluia)
2017
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Bouli Lanners - The end is just the beginning (Les Premiers, les Derniers)
- Joachim Lafosse - The Economy of Love (L'Économie du couple)
- Valéry Rosier - Parasol - Mallorca in the shade (Parasol)
- Xavier Seron - If I say it often enough, it will come true! (Je me tue à le dire)
2018
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Philippe Van Leeuw - Inside Life (Insyriated)
- Lucas Belvaux - This is our country! (Chez nous)
- Stephan Streker - Noces
- Nabil Ben Yadir - Dode hoek
2019
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Guillaume Senez - Nos batailles
- Hélène Cetzt and Bruno Forzani - Corpses under the Burning Sun (Laissez bronzer les cadavres)
- Olivier Meys - Bitter Flowers
- François Troukens and Jean-François Hensgens - Tueurs
2020
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Olivier Masset-Depasse - Duels
- Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - Young Ahmed (Le jeune Ahmed)
- César Díaz - Nuestras madres
- Laurent Micheli - Lola vers la mer
Web links
- Magritte Awards website (French)