1st Magritte Awards

1st Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date5 February 2011 (2011-02-05)
SiteSquare
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted byHelena Noguerra
Produced byJosé Bouquiaux
Directed byVincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best FilmMr. Nobody
Most awardsMr. Nobody (6)
Most nominationsIllegal (8)
Television coverage
NetworkBeTV

The 1st Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2010 in Belgium and took place on 5 February 2011 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 7:30 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in twenty categories. The ceremony, televised in Belgium by BeTV, was produced by José Bouquiaux and directed by Vincent J. Gustin.[1] Film director Jaco Van Dormael presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the evening.[2] The pre-show ceremony was hosted by film director Fabrice Du Welz.[1]

Mr. Nobody won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Jaco Van Dormael.[3] Other winners included Illegal, Private Lessons, and A Town Called Panic with two awards each, and The Barons, The Boat Race, Looking for Eric, Paths of Memory, Sleepless Night, and Soeur Sourire with one.

  1. ^ a b "Une grande salle et un petit écran" (in French). Académie André Delvaux. February 4, 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  2. ^ "Magritte du cinéma: les nominés sont connus". L'Avenir (in French). January 14, 2011. Archived from the original on January 11, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
  3. ^ "Le cinéma belge était à l'honneur lors de la Première édition des Magritte du cinéma belge francophone". Moniteur du film (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-12-05. Retrieved January 1, 2014.