Magritte Award
| Magritte Award | |
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 7th Magritte Awards
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| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements |
| Country | Belgium |
| Presented by | Académie André Delvaux |
| First awarded | 2011 |
| Official website | lesmagritteducinema |
A Magritte Award (French: Magritte du cinéma) is an accolade presented by the Académie André Delvaux of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry. Modelled after the French César Award, the formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is one of the most prominent award ceremonies in Belgium. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette. The awards, first presented in 2011, are considered the Belgian equivalent of the Academy Awards in the United States.
Historically given during the first quarter of the new year, the awards honor achievements for cinematic accomplishments for the preceding year. The 7th Magritte Awards ceremony was held on February 4, 2017, at the Square Meeting Centre in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels.
Founded in 2010, the Académie André Delvaux was established at the request of the Francophone Film Producers Association (UPFF) and Pro Spère, to unite the five branches of the film industry, including actors, directors, producers, technicians and writers. The Académie aims to recognize excellence in Belgian cinematic achievements in order to have a Belgian counterpart to the César Awards of France. After the cancellation of the Joseph Plateau Awards ceremony, which was absorbed into the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent in 2007, a national film award was missing in Belgium. This led the Académie André Delvaux to establish the Magritte Award.
The name of the award comes from the painter René Magritte. Charly Herscovici, who created the Magritte Foundation, allowed the Académie to use the name of the artist. The awarding statuette was created by designer and sculptor Xavier Lust, who drew inspiration from a poster entitled Moments inoubliables du cinema created by René Magritte in 1958 for a film festival. The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony took place on February 5, 2011, at the Square Meeting Centre in Brussels. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories. Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by BeTV, was produced by José Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J. Gustin.
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