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André Cavens Award

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André Cavens Award
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic achievement
Presented byBelgian Film Critics Association
First awarded1976
Currently held byLove According to Dalva (2023)

The André Cavens Award (French: Prix André-Cavens) is an accolade presented annually by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), an organization of film critics from publications based in Brussels. The André Cavens Award was introduced in 1976 by the organizing committee to honor cinematic achievement in Belgium.[1] The name of the award comes from film director André Cavens.

The most awarded filmmakers are Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne with five awards, followed by Jaco Van Dormael, Joachim Lafosse, and Fien Troch with three. Other multiple winners are Jean-Jacques Andrien, André Delvaux, and Lukas Dhont with two awards each. As of 2023, Love According to Dalva is the most recent winner.

Winners

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1970s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
1976 The Son of Amir Is Dead Le Fils d'Amr est mort Jean-Jacques Andrien [2]
1977 In the Name of the Führer In naam van de Fuehrer Lydia Chagoll [3]
1978 Les Rendez-vous d'Anna Chantal Akerman [4]
1979 Woman Between Wolf and Dog Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf André Delvaux [5]

1980s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
1980 My Name Is Anna Magnani Io sono Anna Magnani Chris Vermorcken [6]
1981 Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven Jean-Jacques Andrien [2]
1982 Le Lit Marion Hänsel [7]
1983 Brussels by Night Marc Didden [8]
1985 Permeke Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck [9]
1986 The van Paemel Family Het gezin van Paemel Paul Cammermans [10]
1987 Wedding in Galilee Urs al-Jalil Michel Khleifi [11]
1988 The Abyss L'Œuvre au noir André Delvaux [12]
1989 Wait Until Spring, Bandini Dominique Deruddere [13]

1990s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
1990 Monsieur Jean-Philippe Toussaint [14]
1991 Toto the Hero Toto le Héros Jaco Van Dormael [15]
1992 Man Bites Dog C'est arrivé près de chez vous Rémy Belvaux, André Bonzel and Benoît Poelvoorde [16]
1993 Just Friends Marc-Henri Wajnberg [17]
1994 The Sexual Life of the Belgians La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978 Jan Bucquoy [18]
1995 Manneken Pis Frank Van Passel [19]
1996 La Promesse Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [20]
1997 Gabriel's Dream Le rêve de Gabriel Anne Lévy-Morelle [21]
1998 Rosie Patrice Toye [22]
1999 Rosetta Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [20]

2000s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
2000 Lijmen/Het Been Robbe De Hert [23]
2001 No Man's Land Ničija zemlja Danis Tanović [24]
2002 The Son Le Fils Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [20]
2003 On the Run Cavale Lucas Belvaux [25]
An Amazing Couple Un couple épatant
After Life Après la vie
2004 Gilles' Wife La Femme de Gilles Frédéric Fonteyne [26]
2005 L'Enfant Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [27]
2006 The Only One Vidange perdue Geoffrey Enthoven [28]
2007 Private Property Nue propriété Joachim Lafosse [29]
2008 Eldorado Bouli Lanners [30]
2009 Unspoken Fien Troch [31]

2010s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
2010 Mr. Nobody Jaco Van Dormael [32]
2011 Bullhead Rundskop Michaël R. Roskam [33]
2012 Our Children À perdre la raison Joachim Lafosse [34]
2013 Kid Fien Troch [35]
2014 Two Days, One Night Deux jours, une nuit Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [36]
2015 The Brand New Testament Le Tout Nouveau Testament Jaco Van Dormael [37]
2016 After Love L'Économie du couple Joachim Lafosse [38]
2017 Home Fien Troch [39]
2018 Girl Lukas Dhont [40]
2019 Our Mothers Nuestras madres César Díaz [41]

2020s

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Year English title Original title Director(s) Ref.
2020 Adoration Fabrice Du Welz [42]
2021 Playground Un monde Laura Wandel [43]
2022 Close Lukas Dhont [44]
2023 Love According to Dalva Dalva Emmanuelle Nicot [45]

Multiple winners

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Eight directors or co-directors have won the award multiple times. Three of them () have also received a nomination for the Grand Prix.

Number of wins Director(s) Films
5 Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne La Promesse (1996),
Rosetta (1999),
The Son (2002),
L'Enfant (2005),
Two Days, One Night (2014)
3 Jaco Van Dormael Toto the Hero (1991),
Mr. Nobody (2010),
The Brand New Testament (2015)
Joachim Lafosse Private Property (2007),
Our Children (2012),
After Love (2016)
Fien Troch Unspoken (2009),
Kid (2013),
Home (2017)
2 Jean-Jacques Andrien The Son of Amir Is Dead (1976),
Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven (1981)
André Delvaux Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979),
The Abyss (1988)
Lukas Dhont Girl (2018),
Close (2022)

References

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  2. ^ a b "Jean Jacques Andrien" (in French). Les Films de la Drève. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  3. ^ Bailly, Michel (November 16, 1992). "Un colloque international à Bruxelles". Le Soir (in French). p. 10. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  4. ^ Akerman, Chantal (1978). "Les rendez-vous d'Anna". Les Cahiers du GRIF (in French). 23: 146. doi:10.3406/grif.1978.2148. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "El realismo mágico en la obra cinematográfica de André Delvaux" (PDF) (PDF) (in Spanish). UCM.es. 2008. p. 252. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 23, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  6. ^ "Chris Vermorcken" (in French). Cinergie.be. August 1, 1999. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  7. ^ Bradfer, Fabienne (March 21, 2007). "Marion Hänsel met en scène la détresse et l'enchantement". Le Soir (in French). p. 2. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
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  9. ^ "Conrad, Patrick" (in Dutch). Schrijversgewijs.be. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  10. ^ "Het gezin Van Paemel" (in Dutch). Bibliotheek.nl. Archived from the original on December 25, 2013. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
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  12. ^ Denis, Fernand (December 19, 1988). "Babette invitée au festin de l'U.C.C." Le Soir (in French). p. 23. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  13. ^ "Dominique Deruddere" (in Dutch). Bloedbruiloft. Archived from the original on April 1, 2007. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
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  15. ^ "Toto le Héros". Le Soir (in French). September 5, 1992. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  16. ^ "Le Cavens à "C'est arrivé..."". Le Soir (in French). December 15, 1992. p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  17. ^ "Le Prix Cavens à "Just Friends"". Le Soir (in French). December 23, 1993. p. 12. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  18. ^ "Jan Bucquoy, prix Cavens". Le Soir (in French). December 19, 1994. p. 9. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
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  20. ^ a b c "L'année du "Fils"". La Libre Belgique (in French). December 21, 2002. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  21. ^ "Le prix Cavens à Anne Lévy-Morelle pour "Le Rêve de Gabriel"". Le Soir (in French). December 20, 1997. p. 10. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  22. ^ "Le prix Cavens à "Rosie"". Le Soir (in French). December 26, 1998. p. 10. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  23. ^ "Lijmen / Het been" (in French). CCRN. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved December 13, 2013.
  24. ^ "No Man's Land : Des Recompenses Et Des Bonus" (in French). TF1. August 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-10-19. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  25. ^ "En forme en panne". La Libre Belgique (in French). December 19, 2003. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  26. ^ ""La femme de Gilles", prix Cavens 2004". Le Soir (in French). December 23, 2004. p. 27. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
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  30. ^ "Le grand prix de l'UCC à "Hunger"". La Libre Belgique (in French). January 12, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
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  33. ^ ""Rundskop", meilleur film belge 2011 pour l'UCC". La Libre Belgique (in French). December 23, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  34. ^ ""À perdre la raison", le film inspiré de l'affaire Lhermitte, reçoit le Prix Cavens". L'Avenir (in French). Corelio. December 19, 2012. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2012.
  35. ^ "Le prix Cavens décerné à Kid de Fien Troch". Le Vif (in French). December 19, 2013. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
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  37. ^ De Clercq, Charles (December 18, 2015). "La présélection de l'UCC et le prix Cavens". Cinécure (in French). Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  38. ^ "Le film "L'économie du couple" reçoit le Prix Cavens 2016". 7sur7 (in French). De Persgroep. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  39. ^ "«Home» reçoit le Prix Cavens 2017". Cinevox (in French). December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  40. ^ "L'UCC décerne le prix Cavens à GIRL de Lukas Dhont et a annoncé les 5 finalistes pour le Grand Prix 2019". Cinopsis (in French). 21 December 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  41. ^ "Le Prix Cavens 2019 attribué au film "Nuestras Madres" de César Diaz" (in French). RTBF. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  42. ^ "'Adoration' Prix André Cavens 2020". Cinevox (in French). December 28, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  43. ^ Van Cutsem, Eric (19 December 2021). "La sélection 2021 de l'UCC". Cinopsis (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  44. ^ "'Close' remporte le prix du meilleur film belge de l'année". Le Soir (in French). 21 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  45. ^ "'Dalva' wint de Andre Cavens-prijs". Fast Forward (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 March 2024.
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