12/01/2016 - The André Delvaux Academy has just announced the nominations for the sixth Magritte Awards, which will be handed out on 6 February in Brussels

As widely expected, The Brand New Testament [+see also:
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interview: Jaco van Dormael
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interview: Jaco Van Dormael
interview: Jaco Van Dormael
film profile] in 2011), has been nominated in the main categories, including Best Film and Best Director, and has a total of ten chances to win a Magritte statuette. Nevertheless, it should be noted that the movie is not nominated for Best Actor or Best Actress, which can no doubt be explained by its nature as something of an ensemble film. And in any case, it has indeed received nods in the Best Supporting Actor and Actress categories.

However, The Brand New Testament is followed very closely by a great number of films that were released this year, including All Cats Are Grey [+see also:
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interview: Guillaume and Stéphane Mala…
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interview: Antoine Cuypers
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interview: Bernard Bellefroid
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As a novelty this year, the Delvaux Academy has decided to create a new award, the Magritte for Best Debut Film. So far, this statuette has been voted for by the audience, but from now on, it will be the professionals who will decide on the winner. This year’s contenders for this freshly updated award are L’Année Prochaine [+see also:
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Here is the complete list of the nominees:

Best Film
Je suis mort mais j’ai des amis [+see also:
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interview: Guillaume and Stéphane Mala…
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The Brand New Testament [+see also:
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interview: Jaco van Dormael
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Melody [+see also:
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trailer
interview: Bernard Bellefroid
film profile] - Bernard Bellefroid
Prejudice [+see also:
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interview: Antoine Cuypers
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All Cats Are Grey [+see also:
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Best Director
Fabrice du Welz - Alleluia [+see also:
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Jaco Van Dormael - The Brand New Testament
Bernard Bellefroid - Melody
Savina Dellicour – All Cats Are Grey

Best Debut Film
L’Année Prochaine [+see also:
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Prejudice - Antoine Cuypers
All Cats Are Grey - Savina Dellicour 

Best Flemish Film
Brabançonne [+see also:
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Cafard [+see also:
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The Ardennes [+see also:
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interview: Robin Pront
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Waste Land [+see also:
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interview: Pieter Van Hees
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Best Co-produced Foreign Film
The Bélier Family [+see also:
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Song of the Sea [+see also:
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interview: Tomm Moore
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Marguerite [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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Best Original or Adapted Screenplay
Alleluia - Fabrice du Welz, Vincent Tavier
Je suis mort mais j’ai des amis - Guillaume Malandrin, Stéphane Malandrin
The Brand New Testament - Thomas Gunzig, Jaco Van Dormael
Prejudice - Antoine Cuypers, Antoine Wauters 

Best Actress
Christelle Cornil - Jacques a vu [+see also:
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Yolande Moreau - Voyage en Chine [+see also:
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Annie Cordy - Memories [+see also:
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Veerle Baetens - Un début prometteur [+see also:
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Best Actor
Wim Willaert - Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
François Damiens - The Bélier Family
Jérémie Renier - The Wakhan Front
Bouli Lanners - All Cats Are Grey

Best Supporting Actress
Helena Noguerra – Alleluia
Yolande Moreau - The Brand New Testament
Anne Coesens - All Cats Are Grey
Babetida Sadjo - Waste Land

Best Supporting Actor
Marc Zinga – Dheepan [+see also:
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Laurent Capelluto – The Clearstream Affair [+see also:
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David Murgia - The Brand New Testament
Arno Hintjens - Prejudice

Best Female Newcome
Stéphanie Van Vyve – Etre
Pili Groyne - The Brand New Testament
Lucie Debay – Melody
Manon Capelle - All Cats Are Grey

Best Male Newcomer
David Thielemans - Chubby [+see also:
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Benjamin Ramon - Etre
Romain Gelin - The Brand New Testament
Arthur Bols - Prejudice

Best Cinematography
Manu Dacosse – Alleluia
Christophe Beaucarne - The Brand New Testament 
Frédéric Noirhomme - Prejudice

Best Sound
Emmanuel de Boissieu, Frédéric Meert, Ludovic Van Pachterbeke – Alleluia
Marc Bastien, Marc Engels, Franco Piscopo - Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
François Dumont, Michel Schillings, Dominique Warnier - The Brand New Testament

Best Set Design
Emmanuel de Meulemeester – Alleluia
Eve Martin - Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
Paul Rouschop - All Cats Are Grey

Best Costumes
Elise Ancion - Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
Pascaline Chavanne - The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun [+see also:
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Sabine Zappitelli - All Cats Are Grey

Best Original Score
Vincent Cahay - Alleluia
An Pierlé - The Brand New Testament
Frédéric Vercheval - Melody

Best Editing
Anne-Laure Guégan – Alleluia
Yannick Leroy - Je suis mort mais j'ai des amis
Ewin Ryckaert - All Cats Are Grey

Best Short Fiction
Jay parmi les hommes - Zeno Graton
The Black Bear - Méryl Fortunat-Rossi and Xavier Seron
Tout va bien - Laurent Scheid

Best Short Animation
Last Door South - Sacha Feiner
Le parfum de la carotte - Rémi Durin and Arnaud Demuynck
Tranche de campagne - Hannah Letaïf

Best Documentary
Bureau de chômage - Anne Schiltz and Charlotte Grégoire
I Don’t Belong Anywhere - Le cinéma de Chantal Akerman - Marianne Lambert
The Man Who Mends Women [+see also:
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La nef des fous - Patrick Lemy and Eric D’Agostino

(Translated from French)