6th Magritte Awards

{{Short description|2016 Belgian film awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 6

| award = Magritte Awards

| image = 6th Magritte Awards.png

| caption = Official poster

| date = {{Start date|2016|02|06}}

| site = Square
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium

| host = Charlie Dupont

| producer = José Bouquiaux

| director = Vincent J. Gustin

| best_film = The Brand New Testament

| most_wins = The Brand New Testament and Alleluia (4)

| most_nominations = The Brand New Testament (10)

| network = BeTV

| last = 5th

| next = 7th

}}

The 6th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2015 in Belgium and took place on February 6, 2016, 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 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by BeTV. Actress Marie Gillain presided the ceremony, while Charlie Dupont hosted the show for the second time.{{cite web|title=Magritte du Cinéma: Marie Gillain présidera la 6ème édition de la cérémonie|url=http://www.rtbf.be/info/regions/bruxelles/detail_magritte-du-cinema-marie-gillain-presidera-la-6e-edition-de-la-ceremonie?id=9174832|publisher=RTBF|date=December 30, 2015|access-date=January 13, 2016|language=fr}}{{cite news|title=Charlie Dupont, Maître de la 6e Cérémonie des Magritte|url=http://www.cinevox.be/81845/|access-date=December 10, 2015|work=Cinevox|date=December 10, 2015|language=fr}}

The nominees for the 6th Magritte Awards were announced on January 12, 2016.{{cite news|title=Magritte du cinéma : pluie de nominations pour Jaco van Dormael et Savina Dellicour|url=http://www.lesoir.be/1091603/article/culture/cinema/2016-01-12/magritte-du-cinema-pluie-nominations-pour-jaco-van-dormael-et-savina-dellicour|access-date=January 13, 2016|work=Le Soir|date=January 12, 2016|language=fr}} Films with the most nominations were The Brand New Testament with ten, followed by All Cats Are Grey with nine and Alleluia with eight. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 6, 2016.{{cite news|last1=Moury |first1=Gaëlle |last2=Bradfer |first2=Fabienne |title=Jaco Van Dormael et la Flandre se distinguent aux Magritte du cinéma |url=http://www.lesoir.be/1113141/article/culture/cinema/2016-02-05/jaco-van-dormael-et-flandre-se-distinguent-aux-magritte-du-cinema |access-date=February 7, 2016 |work=Le Soir |date=February 7, 2016 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312152921/http://www.lesoir.be/1113141/article/culture/cinema/2016-02-05/jaco-van-dormael-et-flandre-se-distinguent-aux-magritte-du-cinema |archive-date=March 12, 2016 }} The Brand New Testament won four awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Jaco Van Dormael. Other multiple winners were Alleluia also with four awards, and All Cats Are Grey with two.