“Dalva,” written and directed by Emmanuelle Nicot, received seven Magritte Awards yesterday at the thirteenth edition of the Magritte du Cinéma—the Walloon film awards—including the Magritte for Best Film. “Augure” by Baloji won five awards.

Performing-wise, Arieh Worthalter (feature image, top) became the first actor to be awarded twice at the same Magritte du Cinéma ceremony (as Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Actor in a Supporting Role), while actress Lubna Azabal won her fourth Magritte and third one as Best Actress. But the Magritte event was first and foremost a tribute to “Dalva,” about a young girl whose complex but clear path to reconstruction is the file rouge in Emmanuelle Nicot’s film debut. “Dalva” had its world premiere at last year’s Cannes Film Festival during the Critics’ Week where it already won two awards.

“Dalva” (2023, trailer)

At the Magritte du Cinéma, “Dalva” received seven awards out of nine nominations, including Best Film and Best Film Debut, and with a Magritte for Best Director and one for Best Screenplay, Emmanuelle Nicot’s personal contribution was highlighted all the more. The young actress in the film, Zelda Samson, received the Magritte for Most Promising Actress. The film also won Best Actress in a Supporting Role with Sandrine Blancke, as well as Best Sound for Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy and Olivier Thys.

“Le syndrome des amours passées” by Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni won two awards, for Best Editing by Sophie Vercruysse and Raphaël Balboni, and Most Promising Actor for Lazare Gousseau, the hero of this romantic comedy. Another major winner is “Augure” by Baloji, whose artistic direction was highly praized by the members of the Académie André Delvaux; the film won five awards. Baloji received a Magritte for his Best Original Music, and for Best Costumes which he designed in collaboration with Elke Hoste. Production designer Eve Martin (already awarded last year for “Close” by Lukas Dhont) won the Magritte for Best Production Design, and cameraman Joachim Philippe won for Best Cinematography.

Finally, Yves-Marina Gnahoua (a tie with Sandrine Blancke) received a Magritte for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. As already mentioned, Arieh Worthalter became the first actor to receive two awards at the same event. After his triumph at the Césars recently (where he won as Best Actor for his role in Cédric Kahn’s “Le procès Goldman”), the Belgian actor won a Magritte for Best Actor for this very same performance, while his role in “Rien à perdre” by French filmmaker Delphine Deloget earned him a second Magritte for Best Supporting Actor. In 2019 and 2020, respectively, Worthalter had won already two Magritte Awards for Best Supporting Actor in “Girl” (2019) by Lukas Dhont and “Duelles” (2020) by Olivier Masset-Depasse, making him now a four-time Magritte winner.

Actress Lubna Azabal also won her fourth Magritte yesterday; after previously winning for her stunning performances in “Incendies” (2012, Best Actress), “La marche” (2014, Best Supporting Actress) and “Tueurs” (2019, Best Actress), she was now awarded for her leading role in “Le bleu du caftan” by Maryam Touzani.

This year’s Magritte for Best Flemish Film went to Veerle Baetens with “When It Melts,” her adaptation of Lize Spit’s 2016 novel of the same name.

Here is the list of the nominees of the thirteenth edition of Les Magritte du Cinéma, with the winners indicated in bold, as well as photographs that were taken during the red carpet ceremonies when the guests arrived at the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, and of some of the recipients in the press room after they had received their Magritte.

The nominees and winners of Les Magritte du Cinéma 2024

Film

“Augure” directed by Baloji
“Dalva” directed by Emmanuelle Nicot
“Le paradis” directed by Zeno Graton
“Le syndrome des amours passées” directed by Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni
“Temps mort” directed by Eve Duchemin

Film debut

“Augure” directed by Baloji
“Dalva” directed by Emmanuelle Nicot
“Le paradis” directed by Zeno Graton
“Temps mort” directed by Eve Duchemin

Direction

Baloji (“Augure”)
Emmanuelle Nicot (“Dalva”)
Zeno Graton (“Le paradis”)
Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)

Flemish film

“Het smelt” directed by Veerle Baetens
“Holly” directed by Fien Troch
“LUKA” directed by Jessica Woodworth
“WIL” van directed by Mielants

Foreign co-production

“Le bleu du caftan” directed by Maryam Touzani
“Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens” directed by Ugo Ughetto
“Retour à Séoul” directed by Davy Chou
“Vincent doit mourir” directed by Stephan Castang

Actor in a leading role

Jérémie Renier (“Ailleurs si j’y suis”)
Marc Zinga (“Augure”)
Bouli Lanners (“Un coup de maître”)
Arieh Worthalter (“Le procès Goldman”)

Actress in a leading role

Yolande Moreau (“La fiancée du poète”)
Lubna Azabal (“Le bleu du caftan”)
Mara Taquin (“La petite”)
Lucie Debay (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)

Actor in a supporting role

Philippe Résimont (“L’employée du mois”)
Peter Van den Begin (“L’employée du mois”)
Jean-Benoît Ugeux (“Last Dance”)
Arieh Worthalter (“Rien à perdre”)

Actress in a supporting role

Lucie Debay (“Augure”)
Yves-Marina Gnahoua (“Augure”)
Sandrine Blancke (“Dalva”)
Myriem Akheddiou (“16 ans”)

Most promising actor

Amine Hamidou (“Le paradis”)
N’Landu Lubansu (“Le paradis”)
Lazare Gousseau (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)
Yoann Zimmer (“Retour à Séoul”)

Most promising actress

Bérangère McNeese (“Ailleurs si j’y suis”)
Mara Taquin (“La bête dans la jungle”)
Zelda Samson (“Dalva”)
Laetitia Mampaka (“L’employée du mois”)

Screenplay

Baloji (“Augure”)
Emmanuelle Nicot (“Dalva”)
Zeno Graton, Clara Bourreau (“Le paradis”)
Ann Sirot, Raphaël Balboni (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)

Cinematography

Joachim Philippe (“Augure”)
Florian Berutti (“L’autre Laurens”)
Caroline Guimbal (“Dalva”)

Sound

Jan Decca, Erik Griekspoor, Danny van Spreuwel, Vincent Nouaille (“Augure”)
Fabrice Osinski, Valérie Le Docte, Aline Gavroy, Olivier Thys (“Dalva”)
Dirk Bombey, Emilie Mauguet, Xavier Thieulin, Bertrand Boudaud (“Vincent doit mourir”)

Production design

Eve Martin (“Augure”)
Catherine Cosme (“Dalva”)
Julien Dubourg (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)

Costume design

Baloji, Elke Hoste (“Augure”)
Jessica Harkay (“The Belgian Wave”)
Claire Dubien (“L’étoile filante”)
Fréderick Denis (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)

Original score

Baloji (“Augure”)
Thomas Turine (“L’autre Laurens”)
Stéphanie Blanchoud, Benjamin Biolay, Jean-François Assy (“La ligne”)

Editing

Bruno Tracq, Bertrand Conard (“Augure”)
Sophie Vercruysse, Raphaël Balboni (“Le syndrome des amours passées”)
Bertrand Conard (“Tengo suenos eléctricos”)

Short (fiction)

“Beyond the Sea” directed by Hippolyte Leibovici
“Un bon garçon” directed by Paul Vincent de Lestrade
“Se dit d’un cerf qui quitte son bois” directed by Salomé Buelens
“Les silencieux” directed by Basile Vuillemin

Short (animation)

“Les marrons glacés” directed by Delphine Hermans, Michel Vandam
“Pina” directed by Giuseppe Accardo, Jérémy Depuydt
“Va-t’en, Alfred!” directed by Célia Tisserant, Arnaud Demuynck
“Voyage en amnésie” directed by Anouk Kilian-Debord

Documentary (feature)

“Adieu sauvage” directed by Sergio Guataquira
“Le balail libéré” directed by Coline Grando
“Une jeunesse italienne” directed by Mathieu Volpe
“Se crasher pour exister” directed by Julien Henry

Documentary (short)

“En attendant les robots” directed by Natan Castay
“Journal d’une solitude sexuelle” directed by Nina Alexandraki
“Les heures creuses” directed by Judith Longuet-Marx
“On Mothers and Daughters in Times of Justice” directed by Talia Jawitz

Honorary Magritte

Aurore Clément