10th Magritte Awards
The 10th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2019 in Belgium. It took place on 1 February 2020, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux. Actor Pascal Duquenne presided the ceremony, while comedian Kody hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 10th Magritte Awards were announced on 8 January 2020. Films with the most nominations were Mothers' Instinct with ten, followed by Young Ahmed with nine and Lola with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 1 February 2020. Mothers' Instinct won a record-breaking nine awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Olivier Masset-Depasse. Other multiple winners were Lola and Young Ahmed with two awards each.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Mothers' Instinct
- * Alone at My Wedding
- * Lola
- * Our Mothers
- * Young Ahmed
Best Director
- Olivier Masset-Depasse – Mothers' Instinct
- * Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – Young Ahmed
- * César Díaz – Our Mothers
- * Laurent Micheli – Lola
Best Actor
- Bouli Lanners – Real Love
- * Kevin Janssens – Patrick
- * Benoît Poelvoorde – Sink or Swim
- * Marc Zinga – The Mercy of the Jungle
Best Actress
- Veerle Baetens – Mothers' Instinct
- * Lubna Azabal – Tel Aviv on Fire
- * Anne Coesens – Mothers' Instinct
- * Cécile de France – A Bigger World
Best Supporting Actor
- Arieh Worthalter – Mothers' Instinct
- * Othmane Moumen – Young Ahmed
- * Bouli Lanners – Patrick
- * Jonathan Zaccaï – Sink or Swim
Best Supporting Actress
- Myriem Akheddiou – Young Ahmed
- * Claire Bodson – Young Ahmed
- * Stéphanie Crayencour – Emma Peeters
- * Yolande Moreau – Cleo
Most Promising Actor
- Idir Ben Addi – Young Ahmed
- * Baloji – Binti
- * François Neycken – Escapada
- * Jeremy Senez – Three Days and a Life
Most Promising Actress
- Mya Bollaers – Lola
- * Bebel Tshiani Baloji – Binti
- * Victoria Bluck – Young Ahmed
- * Raphaëlle Corbisier – Escapada
Best Screenplay
- Mothers' Instinct – Olivier Masset-Depasse
- * Lola – Laurent Micheli
- * Our Mothers – César Díaz
- * Young Ahmed – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Best First Feature Film
- Our Mothers
- * Alone at My Wedding
- * Escapada
- * For a Happy Life
- * Girls on the Run
Best Flemish Film
- Patrick
- * Bastaard
- * Binti
- * Cleo
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
- Sorry We Missed You
- * Atlantics
- * The Sisters Brothers
- * Tel Aviv on Fire
Best Cinematography
- Mothers' Instinct – Hichame Alaouié
- * Our Mothers – Virginie Surdej
- * The Sisters Brothers – Benoît Debie
Best Production Design
- Lola – Catherine Cosme
- * Patrick – Hubert Pouille and Pepijn Van Looy
- * The Room – Françoise Joset
Best Costume Design
- Alone at My Wedding – Claudine Tychon
- * Emma Peeters – Gaëlle Fierens
- * Patrick – Valérie Le Roy
Best Original Score
- Mothers' Instinct – Frédéric Vercheval
- * Binti – Fabien Leclercq
- * Girls on the Run – Dan Klein
- * Lola – Raf Keunen
Best Sound
- Mothers' Instinct – Olivier Struye, Marc Bastien, Héléna Réveillère, Thomas Gauder
- * Atlantics – Benoît De Clerck, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Claude Gillet
- * Our Mothers – Emmanuel de Boissieu and Vincent Nouaille
Best Editing
- Mothers' Instinct – Damien Keyeux
- * Lola – Julie Naas
- * Young Ahmed – Marie-Hélène Dozo
Best Live Action Short Film
- Matriochkas – Bérangère McNeese
- * Bruxelles–Beyrouth – Thibaut Wohlfahrt and Samir Youssef
- * Detours – Christopher Yates
- * Lucia en el limbo – Valentina Maurel
Best Animated Short Film
- The County Fair – Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
- * Big Wolf & Little Wolf – Rémi Durin
- * Sweet Night – Marine Jacob
- * Under the Rib Cage – Bruno Tondeur
Best Documentary Film
- My Name Is Clitoris – Daphné Leblond and Lisa Billuart Monet
- * Bains Publics – Kita Bauchet
- * By the Name of Tania – Mary Jiménez and Bénédicte Liénard
- * That Which Does Not Kill – Alexe Poukine
Honorary Magritte Award
- Monica Bellucci
Films with multiple nominations
- Ten: Mothers' Instinct
- Nine: Young Ahmed
- Seven: Lola
- Six: Our Mothers
- Five: Patrick
- Four: Binti
- Three: Alone at My Wedding, Escapada
- Two: Atlantics, Cleo, Emma Peeters, Girls on the Run, Sink or Swim, The Sisters Brothers, Tel Aviv on Fire
- Nine: Mothers' Instinct
- Two: Lola, Young Ahmed