Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film
| Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Académie André Delvaux |
| First awarded | 2013 |
| Currently held by | Don't Tell Her (2017) |
| Website | lesmagritteducinema.com |
The Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film (French: Magritte du meilleur premier film) 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]
It was introduced in 2013 as an audience award.[2] However, its first winner Dead Man Talking was announced during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, three months later the 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony.[3] In 2016, the Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film became a merit category. As of the 2018 ceremony, Don't Tell Her is the most recent winner in this category.[4]
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 (3rd) |
Dead Man Talking | Patrick Ridremont | |
| Mobile Home | François Pirot | ||
| Torpedo | Matthieu Donck | ||
| 2013 (4th) |
A Song for My Mother | Une chanson pour ma mère | Joël Franka |
| In The Bag of Flour | Le Sac de farine | Kadija Leclère | |
| BXL/USA | Gaëtan Bevernaege | ||
| 2014 (5th) |
I'll Bury You | Je te survivrai | Sylvestre Sbille |
| Marbie, star de Couillu-les-Deux-Églises | Dominique Smeets | ||
| Vertigo of Possibilities | Le Vertige des possibles | Vivianne Perelmuter | |
| 2015 (6th) |
All Cats Are Grey | Tous les chats sont gris | Savina Dellicour |
| Next Year | L'Année prochaine | Vania Leturcq | |
| Prejudice | Préjudice | Antoine Cuypers | |
| 2016 (7th) |
Keeper | Guillaume Senez | |
| Death by Death | Je me tue à le dire | Xavier Seron | |
| Parasol | Valéry Rosier | ||
| 2017 (8th) |
Don't Tell Her | Faut pas lui dire | Solange Cicurel |
| Even Lovers Get the Blues | Laurent Micheli | ||
| Sonar | Jean-Philippe Martin | ||
| Spit 'n' Split | Jérôme Vandewattyne | ||
| Staying in the Woods | Je suis resté dans les bois | Michaël Bier, Érika Sainte and Vincent Solheid | |
References
- Sources
- Engelen, Aurore (May 22, 2013). "Dead Man Talking lauréat du Magritte du Premier Film" (in French). Cineuropa. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- "Magritte du Premier Film : deux sur trois pour les fonds régionaux" (in French). Wallimage. January 25, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- "Les trois films en tête du Magritte du premier film sont…". Cinevox (in French). January 26, 2015. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
- Footnotes
- ^ Denis, Fernand (October 13, 2010). "André Delvaux, l'œuvre au jour". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ^ "Lancement d'un nouveau Magritte : Le Magritte du Premier Film 2013". Ciné Télé Revue (in French). March 28, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ "Le Magritte du Premier film". Cinevox (in French). May 20, 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ^ Belga (February 3, 2018). "Cérémonie des Magritte: Carton plein pour "Insyriated", élu meilleur film, qui remporte 6 distinctions". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved February 4, 2018.