4th Magritte Awards
The 4th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2013 in Belgium and took place on February 1, 2014, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Émilie Dequenne presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the second time.
The nominees for the 4th Magritte Awards were announced on January 9, 2014. Films with the most nominations were Tango libre with ten, followed by In the Name of the Son with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 1, 2014. Ernest & Celestine won three awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar. Other multiple winners were Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Tango libre with two awards each.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Ernest & Celestine
- * In the Name of the Son
- * Kinshasa Kids
- * Tango libre
- * The World Belongs to Us
Best Director
- Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar – Ernest & Celestine
- * Frédéric Fonteyne – Tango libre
- * Sam Garbarski – Vijay and I
- * Vincent Lannoo – In the Name of the Son
Best Flemish Film in Coproduction
- Kid
- * Brasserie Romantiek
- * The Fifth Season
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- * Horses of God
- * The Nun
- * Populaire
Best Screenplay
- Tango libre – Philippe Blasband and Anne Paulicevich
- * Kid – Fien Troch
- * The Fifth Season – Peter Brosens and Jessica Woodworth
- * Vijay and I – Philippe Blasband and Sam Garbarski
Best Actor
- Benoît Poelvoorde – A Place on Earth
- * François Damiens – Tango libre
- * Jan Hammenecker – Tango libre
- * Sam Louwyck – The Fifth Season
Best Actress
- Pauline Étienne – The Nun
- * Lubna Azabal – Goodbye Morocco
- * Déborah François – Populaire
- * Astrid Whettnall – In the Name of the Son
Best Supporting Actor
- Laurent Capelluto –
- * Olivier Gourmet – Grand Central
- * Bouli Lanners – 11.6
- * David Murgia – I Am a Standard Supporter
- * Renaud Rutten – A Song for My Mother
Best Supporting Actress
- Catherine Salée – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- * Dominique Baeyens – In the Name of the Son
- * Christelle Cornil – Landes
- * Nicole Shirer – BXL/USA
Most Promising Actor
- Achille Ridolfi – In the Name of the Son
- * Mehdi Dehbi – The Bag of Flour
- * Steve Driesen – Landes
- * Bent Simons – Kid
Most Promising Actress
- Pauline Burlet – The Past
- * Rania Mellouli – The Bag of Flour
- * Anne Paulicevich – Tango libre
- * Mona Walravens – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Best Cinematography
- Horses of God – Hichame Alaouié
- * Mood Indigo – Christophe Beaucarne
- * Tango libre – Virginie Saint-Martin
Best Sound
- Ernest & Celestine – Frédéric Demolder, Emmanuel de Boissieu, Luc Thomas, and Franco Piscopo
- * In the Name of the Son – Philippe Charbonnel, Guilhem Donzel, and Matthieu Michaux
- * Tango libre – Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder
Best Production Design
- Tango libre – Véronique Sacrez
- * Mood Indigo – Pierre Renson
- * The Fifth Season – Igor Gabriel
Best Costume Design
- Vijay and I – Catherine Marchand
- * A Place on Earth – Elise Ancion
- * A Song for My Mother – Nathalie Deceuninck and Aliette Vliers
Best Original Score
- The World Belongs to Us – Ozark Henry
- * The Bag of Flour – Christophe Vervoort
- * In the Name of the Son – Michelino Bisceglia
Best Editing
- Kinshasa Kids – Marie-Hélène Dozo
- * Tango libre – Ewin Ryckaert
- * Vijay and I – Sandrine Deegen
Best Short Film
- Welkom
- * Bowling Killers
- * Le Conseiller
- * Partouze
Best Documentary Film
- La Nuit qu'on suppose
- * Amsterdam Stories USA
- * L'irrésisitible ascension de Moïse Katumbi
- * The Sound of Belgium
Best First Feature
- A Song for My Mother
Honorary Magritte Award
- Emir Kusturica
Films with multiple nominations and awards
- Ten: Tango libre
- Seven: In the Name of the Son
- Four: The Fifth Season, Vijay and I
- Three: The Bag of Flour, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Ernest & Celestine, Kid, A Song for My Mother
- Two: Horses of God, Kinshasa Kids, Landes, Mood Indigo, The Nun, A Place on Earth, Populaire, The World Belongs to Us
- Three: Ernest & Celestine
- Two: Blue Is the Warmest Colour and Tango libre