The Broken Circle Breakdown dominates the Ensor nominations
- Felix Van Groeningen’s latest film unsurprisingly dominates by far the nominations for the next Flemish Cinema Awards with 10 mentions
The organization of the Flemish Cinema Awards announced in August the nominations for the Ensor Ceremony, which will take place on September 14 during the Ostende Film Festival. Unsurprisingly, The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
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interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile] by Felix Van Groeningen dominates with 10 nominations (only missing out on the nominations for Best Actors in a Supporting Role).
A notch ahead, Little Black Spiders [+see also:
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film profile] by Patrice Toye received 11 nominations, notably thanks to the young talents revealed in his cast: Charlotte De Bruyne is nominated twice for Best Actress as well as Best Female Newcomer, and her co-stars Marjan De Schutter, Inneke Nijssen and Line Pillet are also nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role or Best Newcomer. However, whilst Patrice Toye was nominated for the Ensor for Best Director, the film will not compete for the Best Film Prize, for which a jury will have to choose between The Broken Circle Breakdown, Offline [+see also:
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film profile] (Fien Troch). The former received 7 nominations (Best Director, Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Actor and Actress for its duo Wim Willaert and Anémone Valcke), while the latter received 5, including two for its young actor Bent Simons (Best Actor and Best Male Newcomer)
Brasserie Romantiek [+see also:
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film profile] with a well-deserved nomination in the Best Cinematography category (Hans Bruch Jr). In the Best Francophone Coproduction category, we find Tango Libre [+see also:
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The Ensor Prizes are awarded by a jury of professionals presided by Bart De Pauw, and this year made up of Maaike Neuville, Mike Verdrengh, Rick De Leeuw, Peter Bouckaert, Malin- Sarah Gozin, Jan Matthys and Kevin Janssens.
(Translated from French)
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