André Cavens Award
{{Infobox award
| name = André Cavens Award
| awarded_for = Excellence in cinematic achievement
| presenter = Belgian Film Critics Association
| year = 1976
| holder = Night Call and Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)
| website =
}}
The André Cavens Award ({{langx|fr|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.{{cite news|url=http://archives.lesoir.be/breve-cinema-le-fils-des-dardenne-prix-cavens-en-attend_t-20021221-Z0MMDW.html|title="Le fils" des Dardenne prix Cavens|journal=Le Soir|date=December 21, 2002|page=34|accessdate=October 28, 2012|language=fr}} 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 2024, Night Call and Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat are the most recent winners ex aequo.
Winners
=1970s=
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scope="col" width="50"| Year
! scope="col" width="300"| English title ! scope="col" width="300"| Original title ! scope="col" width="300"| Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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align="center"| 1976
| Le Fils d'Amr est mort |
align="center"| 1977
| In naam van de Fuehrer | align="center"| {{cite news|url=http://archives.lesoir.be/un-colloque-international-a-bruxelles-histoire-et-memoi_t-19921116-Z061VR.html|title=Un colloque international à Bruxelles|journal=Le Soir|first=Michel|last=Bailly|date=November 16, 1992|page=10|accessdate=October 30, 2012|language=fr}} |
align="center"| 1978
| colspan="2"| Les Rendez-vous d'Anna |
align="center"| 1979
| Een vrouw tussen hond en wolf |
=1980s=
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scope="col" width="50"| Year
! scope="col" width="300"| English title ! scope="col" width="300"| Original title ! scope="col" width="300"| Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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align="center"| 1980
| Io sono Anna Magnani |
align="center"| 1981
| colspan="2"| Le Grand Paysage d'Alexis Droeven |
align="center"| 1982
| colspan="2"| Le Lit |
align="center"| 1983
| colspan="2"| Brussels by Night | align="center"| {{cite web|url=http://www.cinergie.be/film/brussels_by_night|title=Brussels by night (Marc Didden)|publisher=Cinergie.be|accessdate=October 30, 2012|language=fr}} |
align="center"| 1985
| colspan="2"| Permeke | Patrick Conrad and Henri Storck | align="center"| {{cite web|url=http://schrijversgewijs.be/schrijvers/conrad-patrick/|title=Conrad, Patrick|publisher=Schrijversgewijs.be|accessdate=October 30, 2012|language=nl}} |
align="center"| 1986
| Het gezin van Paemel |
align="center"| 1987
| Urs al-Jalil |
align="center"| 1988
| L'Œuvre au noir |
align="center"| 1989
| colspan="2"| Wait Until Spring, Bandini |
=1990s=
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scope="col" width="50"| Year
! scope="col" width="300"| English title ! scope="col" width="300"| Original title ! scope="col" width="300"| Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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align="center"| 1990
| colspan="2"| Monsieur |
align="center"| 1991
| Toto le Héros |
align="center"| 1992
| C'est arrivé près de chez vous |
align="center"| 1993
| colspan="2"| Just Friends |
align="center"| 1994
| The Sexual Life of the Belgians | La Vie sexuelle des Belges 1950–1978 |
align="center"| 1995
| colspan="2"| Manneken Pis |
align="center"| 1996
| colspan="2"| La Promesse |
align="center"| 1997
| Le rêve de Gabriel |
align="center"| 1998
| colspan="2"| Rosie |
align="center"| 1999
| colspan="2"| Rosetta |
=2000s=
=2010s=
=2020s=
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scope="col" width="50"| Year
! scope="col" width="300"| English title ! scope="col" width="300"| Original title ! scope="col" width="300"| Director(s) ! scope="col" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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align="center"| 2020
| colspan="2"| Adoration |
align="center"| 2021
| Un monde |
align="center"| 2022
| colspan="2"| Close |
align="center"| 2023
| Dalva | align="center"| {{cite web |title='Dalva' wint de Andre Cavens-prijs|url=https://fastforwardfilm.be/?p=25854 |website=Fast Forward |access-date=19 March 2024 |language=Dutch}} |
rowspan="2" align="center"| 2024
| La nuit se traîne |
colspan="2"| Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat |
Multiple winners
Eight directors or co-directors have won the award multiple times. Three of them ({{double dagger|alt=Grand Prix nominee}}) have also received a nomination for the Grand Prix.
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! scope="col" | Number of wins ! scope="col" | Director(s) ! scope="col" | Films |
5
| Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne {{double dagger|alt=Grand Prix nominee}} | La Promesse (1996), |
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rowspan="3" | 3
| Toto the Hero (1991), |
Joachim Lafosse
| Private Property (2007), |
Fien Troch |
rowspan="3" | 2
| The Son of Amir Is Dead (1976), |
André Delvaux
| Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979), |
Lukas Dhont {{double dagger|alt=Grand Prix nominee}} |
References
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External links
- [https://www.rtbf.be/recherche/article?q=prix%20cavens André Cavens Award] at RTBF
- {{IMDb event|0055376|Belgian Film Critics Association}}
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