2nd Magritte Awards

2nd Magritte Awards
Official poster
Date	February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04)
Site	Square Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Hosted by	Helena Noguerra
Produced by	José Bouquiaux
Directed by	Vincent J. Gustin
Highlights
Best Film	The Giants
Most awards	The Giants (5)
Most nominations	The Giants (12)
Television coverage
Network	BeTV
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The 2nd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2011 in Belgium and took place on February 4, 2012, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 21 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Film director Bertrand Tavernier presided the ceremony, while actress Helena Noguerra hosted the show for the second time.^[1]

The nominees for the 2nd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2012.^[2] Films with the most nominations were The Giants with twelve, followed by Bullhead with nine and The Kid with a Bike with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 4, 2012.^[3] The Giants won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Bouli Lanners. Other multiple winners were Bullhead with four awards, and The Fairy with two.

• The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Beyond the Steppes
  • The Fairy (La Fée)
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)

• Bouli Lanners – The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Sam Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

• Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • 22nd of May (22 mei)
  • Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • Madly in Love (Smoorverliefd)
  • Pulsar

• Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • A Screaming Man (Un homme qui crie)
  • Potiche
  • Route Irish

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Michael R. Roskam
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Bouli Lanners and Elise Ancion
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
  • Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes) – Philippe Blasband

• Matthias Schoenaerts – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Dominique Abel – The Fairy (La Fée)
  • Benoît Poelvoorde – Romantics Anonymous (Les Émotifs anonymes)
  • Jonathan Zaccaï – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)

• Lubna Azabal – Incendies
  • Cécile de France – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Isabelle De Hertogh – Come as You Are (Hasta la Vista)
  • Yolande Moreau – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)

• Jérémie Renier – Potiche
  • Laurent Capelluto – The Long Falling (Où va la nuit)
  • Bouli Lanners – Kill Me Please
  • Didier Toupy – The Giants (Les Géants)

• Gwen Berrou – The Giants (Les Géants)
  • Virginie Efira – Kill Me Please
  • Tania Garbarski – A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain)
  • Marie Kremer – Final Balance (Légitime Défense)

• Thomas Doret – The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo)
  • Romain David – Black Ocean (Noir océan)
  • David Murgia – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Martin Nissen – The Giants (Les Géants)

• Erika Sainte – She's Not Crying, She's Singing (Elle ne pleure pas, elle chante)
  • Stéphanie Crayencour – Les Mythos
  • Jeanne Dandoy – Bullhead (Rundskop)
  • Hande Kodja – Marieke, Marieke

• The Giants (Les Géants) – Jean-Paul De Zaeytijd
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Nicolas Karakatsanis
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Alain Marcoen

• The Fairy (La Fée) – Emmanuel de Boissieu, Fred Meert and Hélène Lamy-Au-Rousseau
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Benoît De Clerck, Yves De Mey, Quentin Collette, Christine Verschorren and Benoît Biral
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Marc Bastien and Thomas Gauder

• A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) – Véronique Sacrez
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Paul Rouschop
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Igor Gabriel
  • The Pack (La Meute) – Eugénie Collet and Florence Vercheval

• The Fairy (La Fée) – Claire Dubien
  • A Distant Neighborhood (Quartier lointain) – Florence Scholtes
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Elise Ancion

• The Giants (Les Géants) – Bram Van Parys
  • Bullhead (Rundskop) – Raf Keunen
  • Trader Games (Krach) – Frédéric Vercheval

• Bullhead (Rundskop) – Alain Dessauvage
  • The Giants (Les Géants) – Ewin Ryckaert
  • The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) – Marie-Hélène Dozo

• Sundays (Dimanches)
  • Back Against the Wall (Dos au mur)
  • Bad Moon (Mauvaise lune)
  • The Wolf's Version (La Version du loup)

• LoveMEATender
  • Fritkot
  • In Their Hands (Sous la main de l'autre)
  • Summer of Giacomo (L'estate di Giacomo)

• Nathalie Baye

• Virginie Efira

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