11th Magritte Awards

11th Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
SiteSquare
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Produced byLeslie Cable
Tanguy Cortier
Directed byBenoît Vlietinck
Highlights
Best FilmMadly in Life
Most awardsMadly in Life and Playground (7)
Most nominationsMadly in Life (12)
Television coverage
NetworkRTBF

The 11th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2020 and 2021 in Belgium. It took place on 12 February 2022, at the Square, in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels. It was the first ceremony in two years after the 2021 event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 23 categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by La Trois, was produced by Leslie Cable and Tanguy Cortier and was directed by Benoît Vlietinck.[2] Film director Thierry Michel presided the ceremony, while comedians Laurence Bibot, Dena, Ingrid Heiderscheidt, Achille Ridolfi and Bwanga Pilipili co-hosted the show.[3]

The nominees for the 11th Magritte Awards were announced on 12 January 2022.[4] Films with the most nominations were Madly in Life with twelve, followed by Playground with ten, and Adoration and The Restless with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 February 2022.[5] Madly in Life won seven awards, including Best Film. Other multiple winners were Playground with seven awards and Titane with two.

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  2. ^ Loader, Maureen (7 February 2022). "Le grand retour des Magritte du Cinéma : la RTBF soutient le cinéma belge plus que jamais" (in French). RTBF. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  3. ^ Degré, Michaël (12 February 2022). "Des magrittes d'un genre nouveau". L'Avenir (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 January 2022). "'Madly In Life', 'Playground' lead Belgium's Magritte nominations". Screen International. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ ""Un monde" et "Une vie démente" grands vainqueurs des Magritte du cinéma 2022: découvrez l'ensemble du palmarès". 7sur7 (in French). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.