Ensor Award


The Ensor Award is an accolade presented by the Ensor Academy of Belgium to recognize cinematic achievement in the film industry and is the highest film honour in the Flemish speaking part of the country. Named after James Ensor, it is the successor of the Joseph Plateau Award that honoured films from the entire country. Since its discontinuation, the Magritte Awards are given to French speaking movies, while the Ensors honour Flemish productions.
The trophy was created by Ostend artist Yves Velter from Ostend. It is given out at the Ostend Film Festival in September. At the ninth edition, two films tied for the top prize as best film. The tenth Ensor Awards ceremony was held on September 14, 2019 and saw the film Girl dominating by winning eight trophies including best film.
The nominees are decided by a jury panel. While the winners are voted by the entire board of Ensor Academie, which consists of members from the film industry. In 2018 categories for achievement in television were introduced.

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Current awards

The following is a listing of all Magritte Awards ceremonies.
CeremonyDateBest Film winner
1st Ensor Awards10 September 2010The Misfortunates
2nd Ensor Awards10 September 2011Bullhead
3rd Ensor Awards14 and 15 September 2012Time of My Life
4th Ensor Awards13 and 14 September 2013The Broken Circle Breakdown
5th Ensor Awards20 September 2014Marina
6th Ensor Awards19 September 2015
7th Ensor Awards16 September 2016The Ardennes
8th Ensor Awards15 and 16 September 2017Home
9th Ensor Awards15 September 2018Racer and the Jailbird and Zagros
10th Ensor Awards14 September 2019Girl