3rd Magritte Awards
The 3rd Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2012 in Belgium and took place on February 2, 2013, at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 8:00 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 20 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Yolande Moreau presided the ceremony, while actor Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the first time.
The nominees for the 3rd Magritte Awards were announced on January 10, 2013. Films receiving the most nominations were Dead Man Talking with eight, followed by Our Children, Mobile Home and One Night with seven. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 2, 2013. Our Children won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Joachim Lafosse. Other multiple winners were The Minister with three awards, and Mobile Home with two.
Winners and nominees
Best Film
- Our Children
- * Dead Man Talking
- * Mobile Home
- * One Night
Best Director
- Joachim Lafosse – Our Children
- * Lucas Belvaux – One Night
- * François Pirot – Mobile Home
- * Patrick Ridremont – Dead Man Talking
Best Flemish Film in Coproduction
- Time of My Life
- * Little Black Spiders
- * Madonna's Pig
Best Foreign Film in Coproduction
- The Minister
- * The Angels' Share
- * Rust and Bone
- * When Pigs Have Wings
Best Screenplay
- One Night – Lucas Belvaux
- * Dead Man Talking – Patrick Ridremont and Jean-Sébastien Lopez
- * Mobile Home – François Pirot, Maarten Loix, and Jean-Benoît Ugeux
- * Our Children – Joachim Lafosse and Matthieu Reynaert
Best Actor
- Olivier Gourmet – The Minister
- * Benoît Poelvoorde – Le grand soir
- * Jérémie Renier – My Way
- * Matthias Schoenaerts – Rust and Bone
Best Actress
- Émilie Dequenne – Our Children
- * Christelle Cornil – Miles from Anywhere
- * Déborah François – A Checkout Girl's Big Adventures
- * Marie Gillain – All Our Desires
Best Supporting Actor
- Bouli Lanners – Rust and Bone
- * Jean-Luc Couchard – Dead Man Talking
- * Dieudonné Kabongo – The Invader
- * Denis M'Punga – Dead Man Talking
Best Supporting Actress
- 'Yolande Moreau – Camille Rewinds
- * Stéphane Bissot – Our Children
- * Natacha Régnier – One Night
- * Catherine Salée – Mobile Home''
Most Promising Actor
- David Murgia – Headfirst
- * Cédric Constantin – Torpedo
- * Gael Maleux – Mobile Home
- * Martin Swabey – Little Glory
Most Promising Actress
- Anne-Pascale Clairembourg – Mobile Home
- * Pauline Burlet – Dead Man Talking
- * Mona Jabé – Miss Mouche
- * Aurora Marion – Almayer's Folly
Best Cinematography
- Last Winter – Hichame Alaouie
- * Almayer's Folly – Remon Fromont
- * Dead Man Talking – Danny Elsen
Best Sound
- The Minister – Julie Brenta and Olivier Hespel
- * One Night – Henri Morelle, Luc Thomas, and Aline Gavroy
- * Our Children – Ingrid Simon and Thomas Gauder
Best Production Design
- Dead Man Talking – Alina Santos
- * The Invader – Françoise Joset
- * Almayer's Folly – Patrick Dechesne and Alain-Pascal Housiaux
Best Costume Design
- Le grand soir – Florence Laforge
- * The Minister – Pascaline Chavanne
- * Almayer's Folly – Catherine Marchand
Best Original Score
- Mobile Home – Coyote, Renaud Mayeur, François Petit, and Michaël de Zanet
- * Last Winter – DAAU
- * One Night – Arne Van Dongen
Best Editing
- Our Children – Sophie Vercruysse
- * Approved for Adoption – Ewin Ryckaert
- * One Night – Ludo Troch
- * When Pigs Have Wings – Damien Keyeux
Best Short Film
- The Lobster's Cry
- * Domestic Tale
- * A New Old Story
- * U.H.T.
Best Documentary
- Tea or Electricity
- * The Chebeya Case
- * Cinéma Inch'Allah!
- * Greetings from the Colony
Honorary Magritte Award
- Costa-Gavras
Films with multiple nominations and awards
- Eight: Dead Man Talking
- Seven: Mobile Home, One Night, and Our Children
- Four: Almayer's Folly and The Minister
- Three: Rust and Bone
- Two: The Invader, Last Winter, Le grand soir, and When Pigs Have Wings
- Four: Our Children
- Three: The Minister
- Two: Mobile Home