The 10th edition of the Belgian Magritte Film Awards, which took place last Saturday night, saw the triumph of Olivier Masset-Depasse’s Mothers' Instinct [+leggi anche:
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The film won, amongst other prizes, the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress for Veerle Baetens, and Best Photography for Hichame Alaouie.

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This evening was also a resounding success for Versus Production, which thus won its 4th Best Film award in 10 editions of the Belgian Magritte Film Awards. The company also won in the Best Flemish Film category for Tim Mielants’ Patrick [+leggi anche:
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This deluge of awards naturally did not leave much space for other films in the list of award winners. Nominated for 9 prizes, Young Ahmed [+leggi anche:
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Nominated for 7 awards, Laurent Micheli’s Lola [+leggi anche:
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Finally, the Best Actor award went to filmmaker and actor Bouli Lanners for his moving performance in Claire Burger’s Real Love [+leggi anche:
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The complete list of award winners:

Best Film
Mothers' Instinct [+leggi anche:
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Best First Film
Our Mothers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cesar Diaz
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Best Director
Olivier Masset-Depasse – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Flemish Film
Patrick [+leggi anche:
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Best Foreign Film in Co-production
Sorry We Missed You [+leggi anche:
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Best Original or Adapted Screenplay
Olivier Masset-Depasse, Giordano Gederlini – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Actress
Veerle Baetens – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Actor
Bouli Lanners - Real Love [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actress
Myriem Akheddiou - Young Ahmed [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actor
Arieh Worthalter – Mothers’ Instinct

Most Promising Actress
Mya Bollaers - Lola [+leggi anche:
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Most Promising Actor
Idir Ben Addi - Young Ahmed

Best Photography
Hichame Alaouie – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Sound
Marc Bastien, Thomas Gauder, Héléna Réveillère, Olivier Struye – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Production Design
Catherine Cosme - Lola

Best Costume Design
Claudine Tychon - Alone at My Wedding [+leggi anche:
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Best Original Score
Frédéric Vercheval – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Editing
Damien Keyeux – Mothers’ Instinct

Best Live Action Short Film
Matriochkas - Bérangère Mc Neese (Belgium/France)

Best Animated Short Film
The Country Fair (La Foire agricole) - Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar (Belgium)

Best Documentary
My Name Is Clitoris [+leggi anche:
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Honorary Magritte Award
Monica Bellucci