André Cavens Award | |
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Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievement |
Country | Belgium |
Presented by | Belgian Film Critics Association |
First awarded | 1976 |
Currently held by | After Love (2016) |
The André Cavens Award (French: Prix André-Cavens) is an accolade presented annually by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels, Belgium. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 1976 by the organizing committee to honor cinematic achievement in Belgium. The name of the award comes from film director André Cavens.
The most awarded filmmakes are Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne with five awards, followed by Jaco Van Dormael and Joachim Lafosse with three. Other multiple winners are Jean-Jacques Andrien, André Delvaux, and Fien Troch with two awards each. As of 2015, After Love is the most recent winner.