7th Magritte Awards
The 7th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2016 in Belgium and took place on 4 February 2017 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 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Virginie Efira presided the ceremony, while Anne-Pascale Clairembourg hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 7th Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2017. Films with the most nominations were The First, the Last and Keeper with eight, followed by Death by Death and Parasol with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2017. The First, the Last won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Keeper with three awards, and Death by Death, Parasol, and The Red Turtle with two.Winners and nominees
Best Film
- The First, the Last
- * After Love
- * Death by Death
- * Keeper
- * Parasol
Best Director
- Bouli Lanners – The First, the Last
- * Joachim Lafosse – After Love
- * Valéry Rosier – Parasol
- * Xavier Seron – Death by Death
Best Actor
- Jean-Jacques Rausin – Death by Death
- * Aboubakr Bensaihi – Black
- * François Damiens – Les Cowboys
- * Bouli Lanners – The First, the Last
Best Actress
- Virginie Efira – In Bed with Victoria
- Astrid Whettnall – Road to Istanbul
- * Jo Deseure – Man Overboard
- * Marie Gillain – Mirage of Love
- David Murgia – The First, the Last
- * Laurent Capelluto – I Am a Soldier
- * Charlie Dupont – Odd Job
- * Sam Louwyck – Keeper
Best Supporting Actress
- Catherine Salée – Keeper
- * Anne Coesens – Jailbirds
- * Virginie Efira – Elle
- * Julienne Goeffers – Parasol
Most Promising Actor
- Yoann Blanc – Man Overboard
- * Lazare Gousseau – Baden Baden
- * Martin Nissen – Welcome Home
- * Pierre Olivier – Nous quatre
Most Promising Actress
- Salomé Richard – Baden Baden
- * Martha Canga Antonio – Black
- * Ghalia Benali – As I Open My Eyes
- * Jade Soentjens and Margaux Soentjens – After Love
Best Screenplay
- Death by Death – Xavier Seron
- * After Love – Joachim Lafosse
- * The First, the Last – Bouli Lanners
- * Keeper – Guillaume Senez and David Lambert
- Keeper
- * Death by Death
- * Parasol
Best Flemish Film
- Belgica
- * Black
- * The Land of the Enlightened
- * Problemski Hotel
- The Red Turtle
- * As I Open My Eyes
- * Eternity
- * Les Cowboys
Best Cinematography
- Parasol – Olivier Boonjing
- * The Dancer – Benoît Debie
- * Evolution – Manuel Dacosse
- * The First, the Last – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
- The First, the Last – Paul Rouschop
- * Eternity – Véronique Sacrez
- * Keeper – Florin Dima
- The First, the Last – Elise Ancion
- * Baden Baden – Sandra Campisi
- * Black – Nina Caspari
- Parasol – Cyrille de Haes and Manuel Roland
- * Black – Hannes De Maeyer
- * Rising Voices – Catherine Graindorge
Best Sound
- The Red Turtle – Nils Fauth and Peter Soldan
- * Death by Death – Arnaud Calvar, Julien Mizac, and Philippe Charbonnel
- * Keeper – Virginie Messiaen and Franco Piscopo
Best Editing
- Keeper – Julie Brenta
- * Death by Death – Julie Naas
- * Parasol – Nicolas Rumpl
- The Plumber
- * Lovers
- * Snatched
- Pornography
- * Summer
- * Totems
- Into Battle
- * Abandoned Land
- * Intégration Inch'Allah''
Honorary Magritte Award
- André Dussollier
Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following twelve films received multiple nominations.
- Eight: The First, the Last, Keeper
- Seven: Death by Death, Parasol
- Five: Black
- Four: After Love
- Three: Baden Baden
- Two: As I Open My Eyes, Eternity, Les Cowboys, Man Overboard, The Red Turtle
The following five films received multiple awards.
- Five: The First, the Last
- Three: Keeper
- Two: Death by Death, Parasol and The Red Turtle
