8th Magritte Awards

{{Short description|2018 Belgian film awards ceremony}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 8

| award = Magritte Awards

| image = 8th Magritte Awards.jpg

| caption = Official poster

| date = {{Start date|2018|02|03|df=y}}

| site = Square
Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium

| host = Fabrizio Rongione

| producer = Olivier Auclair

| director = Vincent J. Gustin

| best_film = Insyriated

| most_wins = Insyriated (6)

| most_nominations = A Wedding (8)

| network = RTBF

| last = 7th

| next = 9th

}}

The 8th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2017 in Belgium and took place on 3 February 2018 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels, beginning at 8:45 p.m. CET. During the ceremony, the Académie André Delvaux presented Magritte Awards in 22 categories. The ceremony was televised in Belgium by La Deux, after RTBF took over broadcast rights from BeTV.{{cite news|title=La RTBF va produire les Magritte du cinéma|url=http://www.lavenir.net/cnt/dmf20170719_01032305/les-magritte-desormais-produits-par-la-rtbf|access-date=November 18, 2017|work=L'Avenir|author=Belga|date=July 19, 2017|language=fr}} Actress Natacha Régnier presided the ceremony, while Fabrizio Rongione hosted the show for the third time.{{cite news|last1=Bradfer|first1=Fabienne|title=Natacha Régnier, présidente de la 8e édition des Magritte du Cinéma|url=http://www.lesoir.be/134991/article/2018-01-19/natacha-regnier-presidente-de-la-8e-edition-des-magritte-du-cinema|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=Le Soir|date=January 19, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Lecocq|first1=Jean-Jacques|title=Fabrizio Rongione, maître des Magritte|url=https://www.cinetelerevue.be/actus/fabrizio-rongione-maitre-des-magritte|access-date=December 15, 2017|work=Ciné Télé Revue|date=December 15, 2017|language=fr}}

The nominees for the 8th Magritte Awards were announced on 11 January 2018.{{cite news|last1=Huon|first1=Julie|title=Les Magritte, nouvelle ère|url=https://www.lesoir.be/133515/article/2018-01-11/les-magritte-nouvelle-ere|access-date=January 16, 2018|work=Le Soir|date=January 11, 2018|language=fr}} Films with the most nominations were A Wedding with eight, followed by This Is Our Land with seven and Insyriated with six. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 3, 2018.{{cite news|last1=Belga|title=Cérémonie des Magritte: Carton plein pour "Insyriated", élu meilleur film, qui remporte 6 distinctions|url=http://www.lalibre.be/culture/cinema/ceremonie-des-magritte-carton-plein-pour-insyriated-elu-meilleur-film-qui-remporte-6-distinctions-5a760c0fcd70f924c7d2fb70|access-date=February 4, 2018|work=La Libre Belgique|date=February 3, 2018|language=fr}} Insyriated won six awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Philippe Van Leeuw. Other multiple winners were A Wedding and Raw with two awards each.