8th Magritte Awards

The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV. Actress Natacha Régnier presided the ceremony, while Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the third time.
The nominees for the 8th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2018. Films with the most nominations were A Wedding with eight, followed by This Is Our Land with seven and Insyriated with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 3, 2018. Insyriated won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Philippe Van Leeuw. Other multiple winners were A Wedding and Raw with two awards each.

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Winners and nominees

Best Film

Insyriated

Best Director

Philippe Van Leeuw – Insyriated

Best Actor

Peter Van den Begin – King of the Belgians

* François Damiens – Just to Be Sure
* Jérémie Renier – L'Amant double
* Matthias Schoenaerts – ''Racer and the Jailbird''

Best Actress

Émilie Dequenne – This Is Our Land

Best Supporting Actor

Jean-Benoît Ugeux – Racer and the Jailbird

Best Supporting Actress

Aurora Marion – A Wedding

* Isabelle de Hertogh – 150 Milligrams
* Lucie Debay – The Confession
* Yolande Moreau – ''A Woman's Life''

Most Promising Actor

Soufiane Chilah – Blind Spot

* Mistral Guidotti – Home
* Baptiste Sornin – Sonar
* Arieh Worthalter – ''Past Imperfect''

Most Promising Actress

Maya Dory – Angel

* Adriana de Fonseca – Even Lovers Get the Blues
* Fantine Harduin – Happy End
* Lena Suijkerbuik – ''Home''

Best Screenplay

Insyriated – Philippe Van Leeuw

* King of the Belgians – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
* This Is Our Land – Lucas Belvaux
* A Wedding – Stephan Streker

Best First Feature Film

Don't Tell Her

* Even Lovers Get the Blues
* Sonar
* Spit 'n' Split
* ''Staying in the Woods''

Best Flemish Film

Home

Best Foreign Film in Coproduction

Raw

Best Cinematography

Insyriated – Virginie Surdej

* Angel – Juliette Van Dormael
* Raw – Ruben Impens

Best Production Design

Raw – Laurie Colson

* Angel – Luc Noël
* A Wedding – Catherine Cosme

Best Costume Design

A Wedding – Sophie Van Den Keybus

* King of the Belgians – Claudine Tychon
* Raw – Elise Ancion

Best Original Score

Insyriated – Jean-Luc Fafchamps

* Racer and the Jailbird – Raf Keunen
* This Is Our Land – Frédéric Vercheval

Best Sound

Insyriated – Paul Heymans and Alek Gosse and Chadi Roukoz

* A Wedding – Olivier Ronval and Michel Schillings
* Sonar – Félix Blume, Benoît Biral and Frédéric Meert

Best Editing

Lost in Paris – Sandrine Deegen

* Home – Nico Leunen
* Racer and the Jailbird – Alain Dessauvage
* This Is Our Land – Ludo Troch
* A Wedding – Jérôme Guiot

Best Fiction Short Film

With Thelma

* Kapitalistis
* Little Hands
* ''The Summer Movie''

Best Animated Short Film

Le Lion et le Singe

* 69 sec
* The Unicorn
* ''The Wind in the Reeds''

Best Documentary Film

Burning Out

* The Belgian Road to Cannes
* Children of Chance
* ''Still Alive''

Honorary Magritte Award

'''Sandrine Bonnaire'''

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following fourteen films received multiple nominations.

Eight: A Wedding
Seven: This Is Our Land
Six: Insyriated
Five: King of the Belgians, Racer and the Jailbird
Four: Blind Spot, Home, Raw
Three: Angel, Lost in Paris, Sonar
Two: Don't Tell Her, Even Lovers Get the Blues, Just to Be Sure

The following three films received multiple awards.

Six: Insyriated
Two: Raw and ''A Wedding''