The Flemish cinema awards, the Ensors Awards, were handed out last Friday during the Ostend Film Festival, crowning veteran director Koen Mortier, whose latest feature Skunk received the Best Film Award, but also young filmmaker Leonardo van Dijl, whose debut feature Julie Keeps Quiet [+leggi anche:
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In a completely different register, Julie Keeps Quiet also paints the portrait of a young girl as though crushed by the dominating violence of her tennis coach, who will find her own path to emancipation from this weight and break her silence. The film, presented last May in Critics’ Week in Cannes, has been met with critical success in Belgium, but also in France, where it was just released. Leonardo van Dijl received the Best Directing Award, as well as the Best Screenplay Award, for the script he co-wrote with actress Ruth Becquart. The film also received awards for Best Cinematography for DoP Nicolas Karakatsanis (who also shot Skunk and is a frequent collaborator of Koen Mortier, as he is for Michael Roskam, for instance), Best Costumes and Best Sound.

Another popular film, Holy Rosita [+leggi anche:
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Amongst the many prizes handed out on Friday night, considering that the Ensors celebrate both cinema and television series, we will note the more than enthusiastic reception with which the excellent Soundtrack to a Coup d’État [+leggi anche:
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Finally, the Best French-language Film Award went to Night Call [+leggi anche:
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The full list of winners:

Best Film
Skunk [+leggi anche:
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Best Series
Moresnet - Jef Hoogmartens, Jonas Van Geel, Frank Van Passel

Best Directing (feature)
Leonardo van Dijl - Julie Keeps Quiet [+leggi anche:
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Best Directing (series)
Frank Van Passel - Moresnet

Best Actor (feature)
Daphne Agten - Holy Rosita [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actor (feature)
Mieke De Groote - Holy Rosita

Best Actor (series)
Isabelle Van Hecke - Nonkels

Best Supporting Actor (series)
Greg Timmermans - Assisen: De Insulinemoord

Best Screenplay (feature)
Leonardo van Dijl, Ruth Becquart - Julie Keeps Quiet

Best Screenplay (series)
Jelle De Beule, Floris Schillebeeckx – Nonkels

Best Documentary (feature)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary (series)
Zij Hen Wij - Zaïde Bil, Sam Peeters, Heleen Declercq

Best Animation
Bad Bad Belgium - Jasper Declercq, Jonas Wellens, Wouter Medaer (short film)

Best Co-production
Emperors of Nothing [+leggi anche:
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Best French-language Film
Night Call [+leggi anche:
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Best Newcomer
Rik Chaubet - Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Best Cinematography
Nicolas Karakatsanis - Julie Keeps Quiet

Best Editing
Thomas Pooters, Nico Poedts, Stijn Deconinck, Koen Timmerman, Pieter Smet - Moresnet

Best Sound
Arne Winderickx, Boris Debackere, Gustaf Berger - Julie Keeps Quiet

Best Music
David Martijn - Holy Rosita

Best Art Direction
Toon Mariën - Holy Rosita

Best Make-Up
Evalotte Oosterop - Skunk

Best Costumes
Ellen Blereau - Julie Keeps Quiet

Best Short Film
Upper - Lennert Madou

Best Youth Series
Hawa & Adam - Mathias Brouns

Best International Performance
Malin-Sarah Gozin

Audience Award
Holy Rosita - Wannes Destoop

Impact Award
Angelo Tijssens

Life Achievement Award
Guido Henderickx