After the Magritte awards a month ago (read the news), the Ensors took place this weekend, which crowned Dealer [+leggi anche:
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Dealer won Best Film, but also Best Sound, Best Make-up, Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Supporting Actor, and, nicely for Jeroen Perceval, Best Director.

Dealer is produced by Savage Film (Belgium), Tarantula (Belgium) and The Film Kitchen (Netherlands). Savage Film and its producer Bart Van Langendonck were already in the spotlight at the Ensors 2021, winning 7 awards for Tim Mielants' Patrick [+leggi anche:
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On the series side, Soil and Hotel Beau Séjour 2 are leading the way. Film and television are two very porous sectors in Flanders when it comes to seeing talent navigate. Soil is directed by Mathieu Mortelmans, as well as the duo of Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are just as successful in Belgium with films such as Black [+leggi anche:
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Other awards included two statuettes for Laura Wandel's French-language film Playground [+leggi anche:
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Finally, for the first time this year, the acting awards were mixed. Nabil Mallat received the Best Actor (Film) award for his role in Cool Abdoul, while Yassine Ouaich received the Best Performance in a Series award for Soil.

The list of winners:

Best Film
Dealer [+leggi anche:
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Best Series
Soil - Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah and Mathieu Mortelmans

Best Director (Feature Film)
Jeroen Perceval – Dealer

Best Director (Series)
Kaat Beels, Nathalie Basteyns – Hotel Beau Séjour 2

Best Performance (Feature Film)
Nabil Mallat – Cool Abdoul

Best Performance (Series)
Yassine Ouaich – Soil

Best Supporting Performance (Feature Film)
Bart Hollanders – Dealer

Best Supporting Performance (Series)
Geert Van Rampelberg – Red Light

Best Screenplay (Feature Film)
Jeroen Perceval – Dealer

Best Screenplay (Series)
Wannes Cappelle, Zouzou Ben Chikha, Dries Heyneman – Soil

Best Documentary (Feature Film)
Hi My Name is Jonny Polonsky - Otto-Jan Ham and Sjoerd Tanghe

Best Documentary (Series)
Het leven in kleur - Karine Claassen and Karel Van Mileghem

Best French-speaking Belgian Film
Playground [+leggi anche:
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Best Co-Production
Playground - Laura Wandel

Best Film for Young Audiences
My Dad is a Sausage [+leggi anche:
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Albert Bert Award for Best International Contribution
Bert Hamelinck (producer, Caviar) - Sound of Metal

Best Sound
Yanna Soentjens - Dealer

Best Original Score
Stan Lee Cole – Dealer

Best Artistic Direction
Bart Van Loo – Dealer

Best Make-up
Dorien Van Poucke – Dealer

Best Costumes
Catherine Marchand – Beau Séjour 2

Best Cinematography
David Williamson – Dealer

Best Editing
Bert Jacobs – Beau Séjour 2

Best Short Film
Binge Loving - Thomas Deknop

Best Animated Short Film
Meneer Papier - Ben Tesseur and Steven De Beul