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AWARDS Belgium

A Wedding, This is Our Land and Insyriated lead the Magritte nominations

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- Three strong films, each with its own powerful political significance, will be competing at the 8th Belgian cinema awards ceremony

A Wedding, This is Our Land and Insyriated lead the Magritte nominations
A Wedding by Stephan Streker

nWith 8, 7 and 6 nominations respectively, A Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
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by Stephan Streker, This is Our Land [+see also:
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interview: Lucas Belvaux
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by Lucas Belvaux and Insyriated [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Van Leeuw
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by Philippe Van Leeuw lead the way with the most nominations for the 8th Belgian Cinema Magritte Awards. Hot on their heels are two Flemish films (but largely spoken in French), King of the Belgians [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Woodworth, Peter Br…
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by Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth, and Racer and the Jailbird [+see also:
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interview: Michael Roskam
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by Michaël R. Roskam.

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In the Best Film category we find the three frontrunners, along with Blind Spot [+see also:
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interview: Nabil Ben Yadir
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by Nabil Ben Yadir and Lost in Paris [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. This is the third nomination in this category for Lucas Belvaux and Nabil Ben Yadir, and the second for Stephan Streker and Abel & Gordon. It’s likely to be a close-run race between these three films, each with its own strong and distinct ​​universe. This is also the fifth nomination for Artemis Production in this category, and the third year running that the relatively new company Wrong Men has been nominated, following Prejudice [+see also:
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interview: Antoine Cuypers
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in 2016 (debut feature), and Parasol [+see also:
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in 2017.

Vying for the title of Best Director are Stephan Streker, Philippe Van Leeuw, Lucas Belvaux and Nabil Ben Yadir, with these last two both receiving their third nomination in this category. While the Magritte award for Best Screenplay will go to one of the three frontrunners or filmmaker duo Peter Brosens & Jessica Woodworth (King of the Belgians).

As for the Flemish films in competition, members of the André Delvaux Academy (more than 900 Belgian professionals) have selected three films from directors who have all taken part in the competition in previous years, with some of them also getting their hands on awards, such as Fien Troch (Home [+see also:
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interview: Fien Troch
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), Michael R. Roskam, and the debut film Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
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by Gilles Coulier.

There are two frontrunners for the Best Actress award, Emilie Dequenne for her performance in Home (she has already won a Magritte twice for Loving Without Reason [+see also:
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interview: Joachim Lafosse
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and Not My Type [+see also:
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interview: Lucas Belvaux
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), and Cécile de France for Just To Be Sure [+see also:
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(already nominated twice but not yet a winner). Competing with them is the young Lucie Debay (Magritte for the Most Promising Performance in 2016 with Melody [+see also:
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interview: Bernard Bellefroid
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), also nominated for the Best Supporting Actress, and Fiona Gordon. Competing for the Best Actor award is a strong trio of regular contenders, Jérémie Renier, Matthias Schoenaerts and François Damiens (already nominated five times but not yet successful), who will be competing against Peter Van den Begin, who has been nominated for his role in King of the Belgians, despite an equally impressive performance this year in Blind Spot.

The results will be announced on the 3 February!

The full list of Magritte 2018 nominations:

Best Film
This is Our Land [+see also:
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interview: Lucas Belvaux
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- Lucas Belvaux (France/Belgium)
Blind Spot [+see also:
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interview: Nabil Ben Yadir
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- Nabil Ben Yadir
Insyriated [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Van Leeuw
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- Philippe Van Leeuw (Belgium/France/Lebanon)
A Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
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]
- Stephan Streker (Belgium/France/Luxembourg/Pakistan)
Lost in Paris [+see also:
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interview: Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon
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]
- Dominique Abel et Fiona Gordon (France/Belgium)

Best Debut Film
Even Lovers Get the Blues [+see also:
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- Laurent Micheli
Don't Tell Her [+see also:
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- Solange Cicurel (Belgium/France)
Je suis resté dans les bois [+see also:
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interview: Vincent Solheid, Erika Sain…
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- Michaël Bier, Erika Sainte, Vincent Solheid
Sonar [+see also:
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interview: Jean-Philippe Martin
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- Jean-Philippe Martin (Belgium/France)
Spit’n’Split [+see also:
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- Jérôme Vandewattyne

Best Director
Lucas Belvaux - This is Our Land
Nabil Ben Yadir – Blind Spot
Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated
Stephan Streker – A Wedding

Best Belgian Film
Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
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- Gilles Coulier (Belgium/the Netherlands/France)
Home [+see also:
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interview: Fien Troch
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]
- Fien Troch
King of the Belgians [+see also:
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interview: Jessica Woodworth, Peter Br…
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- Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium/the Netherlands/Bulgaria)
Racer and the Jailbird [+see also:
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interview: Michael Roskam
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- Michaël R. Roskam (Belgium/France/the Netherlands)

Best International Co-Produced Film
Graduation [+see also:
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Q&A: Cristian Mungiu
interview: Cristian Mungiu
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- Cristian Mungiu (Romania/France/Belgium)
Loveless [+see also:
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interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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- Andreï Zviaguintsev (Russia/France/Germany/Belgium)
Raw [+see also:
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interview: Julia Ducournau
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- Julia Ducournau (France/Belgium)
I, Daniel Blake [+see also:
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- Ken Loach (UK/France/Belgium)

Best Screenplay
Lucas Belvaux – This is Our Land
Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth - King of the Belgians
Stephan Streker – A Wedding

Best Actress
Emilie Dequenne – This is Our Land
Lucie Debay - King of the Belgians
Cécile de France - Just To Be Sure [+see also:
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(France/Belgium)
Fiona Gordon – Lost in Paris

Best Actor
Peter Van Den Begin - King of the Belgians
Jérémie Renier - The Double Lover [+see also:
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(France/Belgium)
Matthias Schoenaerts – Racer and the Jailbird
François Damiens – Just To Be Sure

Best Supporting Actress
Lucie Debay - The Confession [+see also:
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(France/Belgium)
Isabelle De Hertogh - 150 Milligrams [+see also:
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(France)
Aurora Marion – A Wedding
Yolande Moreau - A Woman's Life [+see also:
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Q&A: Stéphane Brizé
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]
(France/Belgium)

Best Supporting Actor
Patrick Descamps – This is Our Land
David Murgia – Blind Spot
Laurent Capelluto – Don’t Tell Her
Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Racer and the Jailbird

Most Promising Actress
Adriana Da Fonseca - Even Lovers Get the Blues
Fantine Harduin - Happy End [+see also:
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Q&A: Michael Haneke
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]
(France/Germany/Austria)
Lena Suijkerbuijk – Home
Maya Dory - Angel [+see also:
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interview: Harry Cleven
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]
(Belgium/France)

Most Promising Actor
Soufiaane Chilah – Blind Spot
Mistral Guidotti - Home
Arieh Worthalter - Past Imperfect [+see also:
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interview: Nathalie Teirlinck
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]
(Belgium/the Netherlands/Denmark)
Baptiste Sornin - Sonar

Best Photography
Raw - Ruben Impens
Insyriated - Virginie Surdej
Angel - Juliette Van Dormael

Best Sound
Insyriated - Alek Goose, Paul Heymans
A Wedding - Olivier Ronval, Michel Schillings
Sonar - Benoît Biral, Félix Blume, Frédéric Meert
Raw - Laurie Colson
Angel - Luc Noël
A Wedding - Catherine Cosme

Best Costume Design
Raw - Elise Ancion
King of the Belgians - Claudine Tychon
A Wedding - Sophie Van Den Keybus

Best Original Score
This is Our Land - Frédéric Vercheval
Insyriated - Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Racer and the Jailbird - Raf Keunen

Best Editing
This is Our Land  - Ludo Troch
Home - Nico Leunen
Racer and the Jailbird - Alain Dessauvage
A Wedding- Jérôme Guiot
Lost in Paris - Sandrine Deegen

Best Short Fiction Film
Avec Thelma - Raphaël Balboni, Ann Sirot
Kapitalistis - Pablo Muñoz Gomez
Le Film de l’été - Emmanuel Marre
Les petites mains - Rémi Allier

Best Short Animated Film
69 Sec - Laura Nicolas
La licorne - Rémi Durin
Le lion et le singe - Benoît Feroumont
Le vent dans les roseaux - Arnaud Demuynck, Nicolas Liguori

Best Documentary
Burning out [+see also:
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- Jérôme le Maire (Belgium/France/Switzerland)
Children of Chance [+see also:
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- Thierry Michel, Pascal Colson
La belge histoire du festival de Cannes - Henri de Gerlache
Rester vivants - Pauline Beugnies

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(Translated from French)

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