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Cargo, Façades and Racer and the Jailbird lead the Ensor nominations

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- The Flemish cinema awards have announced the nominees for the 16 prizes to be awarded on 15 September in Ostend

Cargo, Façades and  Racer and the Jailbird lead the Ensor nominations
Cargo by Gilles Coulier

For its 9th edition, Ensor is reviewing its formula and will be awarding 16 prizes, many of which could potentially be won by three films: Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
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by Gilles Coulier, Façades [+see also:
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by Kaat Beels and Nathalie Basteyns and Racer and the Jailbird [+see also:
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by Michael R. Roskam, which top the list of nominees. The three films will be competing for the awards for Best Film and Best Mise en Scène alongside Patser [+see also:
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interview: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fal…
interview: Matteo Simoni
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by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and Zagros [+see also:
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interview: Sahim Omar Kalifa
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by Zahim Omar Kalifa.

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Gilles Coulier and Zahim Omar Kalifa will be competing for the first time with their feature films, while other directors have been in the running for an Ensor award in the past. Kaat Beels’ first film, Hotel Swooni, previously competed at the awards, while Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah won the award for Best Director in 2016 for Black [+see also:
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interview: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fal…
interview: Martha Canga Antonio
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, and Michael Roskam dominated the 2011 Ensor awards with Bullhead [+see also:
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interview: Bart Van Langendonck
interview: Michaël R. Roskam
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, for which he was awarded Best Film and Best Director.

There are a variety of acting nominees, some of whom have already won Ensors in the past, such as Wim Willaert, nominated this year for Cargo, and previously victorious in 2012 for Offline [+see also:
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by Peter Monsaert  and Flemish Heaven [+see also:
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by the same director in 2017. When it comes to female acting nominees, three of this year’s Belgian nominees have already won the trophy before: Natali Broods, nominated for Façades, was awarded for Galloping Mind [+see also:
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, Evelien Bosmans (Charlie and Hannah's big Night Out [+see also:
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) won with Groenten uit Balen and Viviane de Muynck (Vele Hemels) won with Flying Love [+see also:
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The Ensor awards are introducing two new major features this year. While in the past, awards were given out by a jury composed of audiovisual and culture sector professionals, this year, they will be awarded by an Academy composed of professional association members. Moreover, the Ensor awards will also be introducing awards for television series, an extremely active and creative sector in Flanders. Five prizes will be devoted to them, with some film category nominees also in the running, such as Kaat Beels and Natali Broods.

The nominations:

Best Film
Cargo [+see also:
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interview: Gilles Coulier
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- Gilles Coulier (Belgium/The Netherlands/France)
Façades [+see also:
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- Kaat Beels, Nathalie Basteyns
Racer and the Jailbird [+see also:
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interview: Michael Roskam
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]
- Michaël R. Roskam (Belgium/France/The Netherlands)
Patser [+see also:
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interview: Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fal…
interview: Matteo Simoni
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]
- Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah (Belgium/The Netherlands)
Zagros [+see also:
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interview: Sahim Omar Kalifa
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- Sahim Omar Kalifa (Belgium/The Netherlands)

Best Mise en Scène
Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah – Patser
Kaat Beels, Nathalie Basteyns – Façades
Gilles Coulier – Cargo
Sahim Omar Kalifa – Zagros
Michaël R. Roskam – Racer and the Jailbird

Best Screenplay
Gilles Coulier, Tom Dupont – Cargo
Sahim Omar Kalifa, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem – Zagros
Jan Pepermans – Façades
Michaël R. Roskam - Racer and the Jailbird
Bert Scholiers - Charlie and Hannah’s Grand Night Out [+see also:
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Best Actor
Sebastien Dewaele – Cargo
Johan Leysen – Façades
Sam Louwyck – Cargo
Matthias Schoenaerts - Racer and the Jailbird
Wim Willaert – Cargo

Best Actress
Evelien Bosmans - Charlie and Hannah’s Grand Night Out
Natali Broods – Façades
Viviane De Muynck - Vele Hemels
Adèle Exarchopoulos - Racer and the Jailbird
Halima Ilter – Zagros

Best Photography
Robrecht Heyvaert – Patser
Ruben Impens – Zagros
Nicolas Karakatsanis - Racer and the Jailbird
Anton Mertens – Façades
David Williamson – Cargo

Best Set Design
Philippe Bertin, Charlotte Goethals, Evalotte Oosterop, Valerie Le Roy – Cargo
Philippe Bertin,  Kristin Van Passel, Barbara Bijelic – Zagros
Geert Paredis, Kristin Van Passel, Mariel Hoevenaars - Racer and the Jailbird
Hubert Pouille, Catherine Marchand, Li Dang-vu – Façades
Stijn Verhoeven, Dorien Biesmans, Katrien Frenssen, Nina Caspari – Patser

Best Music
Peter Baert – Façades
Hannes De Meyer – Patser
Raf Keunen - Racer and the Jailbird
Spinvis - Vele Hemels
Liesa van der Aa – Cargo

Best Editing
Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, Kobe Van Steenberghe, Thijs Van Nuffel – Patser
Tom Denoyette – Cargo
Alain Dessauvage - Racer and the Jailbird
Bert Jacobs – Façades
Philippe Ravoet – Double Face [+see also:
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(Belgium/The Netherlands)

Best Documentary
Ceres [+see also:
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- Janet van den Brand (Belgium/The Netherlands)
Cornered in Molenbeek - Sahim Omar Kalifa
Michel, acteur verliest de woorden - Irma Wijsman, Patrick Minks
Rabot [+see also:
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- Christina Vandekerckhove
Taboe (één-reeks) - Philippe Geubels

Best Youth Film
Baba Yega: The Movie - Michael Van Ostade
Helden boven Alles - Geerard de Walle
K3 Love Cruise - Frederik Sonck
Rosie & Moussa - Dorothée van den Berghe
ZOOks - Dimitri Leue, Kristoff Leue

Best Television Series
De Infiltrant - Joël Vanhoebrouck
Gevoel voor tumor - Tom Goris
Salamander 2 - Frank Van Mechelen
Tabula rasa - Kaat Beels, Jonas Govaerts
Tytgat chocolat - Marc Bryssinck, Filip Lenaerts

Best Television Series Screenplay
Sarah Gozin, Veerle Baetens, Christophe Dirickx - Tabula rasa
Bas Adriaensen, Philippe De Schepper - De Infiltrant
Marc Bryssinck , Filip Lenaerts - Tytgat chocolat
Leander Verdievel, Mathias Claeys, Tom Goris - Gevoel voor tumor
Ward Hulselmans - Salamander 2

Best Television Series Mise en Scène
Tom Goris - Gevoel voor tumor
Kaat Beels & Jonas Govaerts - Tabula rasa
Marc Bryssinck , Filip Lenaerts - Tytgat chocolat
Joël Vanhoebrouck - De Infiltrant
Frank Van Mechelen - Salamander 2

Best Television Series Actor
Jeroen Perceval - Tabula rasa
Dirk Roofthooft - De infiltrant
Peter Van den Begin - Tabula rasa
Stijn Van Opstal - Tabula rasa
Geert Van Rampelberg - De infiltrant

Best Television Series Actress
Veerle Baetens - Tabula rasa
Natali Broods - De infiltrant
Natali Broods - Tabula rasa
Marthe Schneider - Gevoel voor tumor
Lynn Van Royen - Tabula rasa

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(Translated from French)

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