Dealer, Soil and Beau Séjour win big at the Flemish Ensor Awards 2022

Flemish comedian and actor Guga Baúl opened the ceremony, with co-hosts Jennifer Heylen, Stijn Coninx, Bert Hamelinck and Minister-President Jan Jambon. The winners in 22 categories were announced in a mix of live awards and video excerpts. Savage Film's Dealer was the absolute winner in the Film category. This film by Jeroen Perceval managed to cash in no fewer than nine out of fourteen nominations, with the Ensors for Best Film, Best Direction (Film), Best Screenplay (Film), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Film) for Bart Hollanders, Best D.O.P. for David Williamson, Best Sound for Yanna Soentjens, Best Music for Stan Lee Cole, Best Make-up for Dorien Van Poucke and Best Art Direction Bart Van Loo. Perceval's directorial debut also won the Telenet Audience Award.

For television, Soil and Beau Séjour 2 were the big winners. Soil, the Lunanime production by directors Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah and Mathieu Mortelmans, was awarded the Ensors for Best TV Series, Best Screenplay (TV Series) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (TV Series) for Yassine Ouaich. The Beau Séjour 2 fiction series by De Mensen was able to cash in on just as many Ensors: Best Director (TV Series) for Kaat Beels and Nathalie Basteyns, Best Editing for Bert Jacobs and Best Costume Design for Catherine Marchand.

The Ghent boxing drama Cool Abdoul by Potemkino Productions did not go home empty-handed either. Nabil Mallat won the Ensor for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Film). In addition, Red Light also won prizes. Geert Van Rampelberg won the Ensor for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (TV Series) for the Flemish-Dutch co-production of Eyeworks. Hi My Name is Jonny Polonsky from Woestijnvis and Het leven in kleur van Panenka were the winners in the categories Documentary Film and Documentary TV. The Ensor for Best Youth Fiction went to My Dad is a Sausage. For Best Animation the Ensor went to Ben Tesseur and Steven De Beul of Beast Animation for their Meneer Papier.

The Ensor for International Achievement, awarded by the members of the board of directors of The Ensors, known as the Albert Bert Prize, went to Bert Hamelinck of Caviar. He won two Oscars for The Sound Of Metal with his production company Caviar.

Live music during the Ensor Gala was provided by the Ensorband, led by Joost Van den Broeck.. Mauro Pawlowski and his band provided a cinematic score to the compilation of all winners who already received their Ensor during the week. Another String Quartet brought their own version of Marina to accompany the ‘in memoriam’.

 Last week, during the Ostend Film Festival, we looked ahead to the Gala of De Ensors. Some winners have already been announced there. Un Monde not only won the Ensor for Best Co-production, but also for Best French-speaking Belgian production. Composer Ruben De Gheselle was also awarded Young Talent of the Year with the support of BNP Paribas Fortis. From a shortlist of five short films, Binge Loving by Thomas Deknop won the Ensor for Best Short Film. In the turbulent year for the film industry, Nachtwacht 3: the Day of the Blood Moon won the Box Office Award. Finally, the Ostend Film Festival presented three Lifetime Achievement Awards: to actress Sien Eggers, to the Dutch brothers Alex and Marc van Warmerdam and to Arno. In addition, Arno was also honoured with a real honorary hedge.

De Ensors are an initiative of Ostend Film Festival and the organization is in the hands of vzw De Ensors with the support of the Flemish Audiovisual Fund (VAF).

Results

Best Documentary (Film)

ALL-IN

Dark Rider

Four Seasons in a Day

Hi My Name is Jonny Polonsky WINNER

Holgut

Best Documentary (TV Series)

Als je eens wist - seizoen 2

Als je ons kan horen

Borderline

Het leven in kleur WINNER

Het Scheldepeloton

Best Sound

Eddy de Cloe - Beau Séjour 2

Geert Vlegels - Soil

Simone Galavazi - Cool Abdoul

Yanna Soentjens - Dealer WINNER

Yanna Soentjens, Arne Winderickx - F*** You Very, Very Much

Best Music

Faisal Chatar, Yello Staelens - Soil

Jeroen Swinnen - Beau Séjour 2

Jeroen De Pessemier, Lieven Van Pée - Cool Abdoul

King Dick, Yorgos Tsakiridis, Mounir Hathout - F*** You Very, Very Much

Stan Lee Cole - Dealer WINNER

Best Screenplay (TV Series)

Bert Scholiers - F*** You Very, Very Much

Esther Gerritsen, Christophe Dirickx, Frank Ketelaar, Halina Reijn - Red Light

Nico Moolenaar, Piet Matthys, Tibbe van Hoof, Pieter De Graeve - Undercover 3

Sanne Nuyens, Roel Mondelaers, Bert Van Dael - Beau Séjour 2

Wannes Cappelle, Zouzou Ben Chikha, Dries Heyneman - Soil WINNER

Best Screenplay (Film)

Habacuc Antonio De Rosario, Teodora Ana Mihai - La Civil

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem - My Dad is a Sausage

Jeroen Perceval - Dealer WINNER

Jonas Baeckeland, Fikry El Azzouzi, Wouter Van Haver - Cool Abdoul

Nico Moolenaar, Bart Uytdenhouwen - Ferry

Best Art Direction

Bart Van Loo - Beau Séjour 2

Bart Van Loo - Dealer WINNER

Kurt Rigolle - F*** You Very, Very Much

Stijn Verhoeven - Red Light

Stijn Verhoeven - Soil

Best Make-Up

Dorien Van Poucke - Dealer WINNER

Els Van Lierde - Soil

Esther De Goey - Beau Séjour 2

Liesbet Fijalka - F*** You Very, Very Much

Patricia Grant - Cool Abdoul

Best Costume Design

Catherine Marchand - Beau Séjour 2 WINNER

Laura Gryseels - F*** You Very, Very Much

Manon Blom - Dealer

Manu Verschueren - Soil

Nathalie Leborgne - Cool Abdoul

Best Director (Film)

Jeroen Perceval - Dealer WINNER

Teodora Ana Mihai - La Civil

Jonas Baeckeland - Cool Abdoul

Cecilia Verheyden - Ferry

Anouk Fortunier - Mijn vader is een Saucisse

Best Director (TV Series)

Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah & Mathieu Mortelmans - Soil

Anke Blondé & Wouter Bouvijn - Red Light

Bert Scholiers & Jonas Govaerts - F*** You Very, Very Much

Joël Vanhoebrouck - Undercover 3

Kaat Beels & Nathalie Basteyns - Beau Séjour 2 WINNER

Best Director of Photography

Anton Mertens - Beau Séjour 2

David Williamson - Dealer WINNER

Konrad Widelski - Undercover 3

Maximiliaan Dierickx - Soil

Wim Vanswijgenhoven - Red Light

Best Editing

Alain Dessauvage - La Civil

Bert Jacobs - Beau Séjour 2 WINNER

Bert Jacobs, Maarten Janssens - F*** You Very, Very Much

Maarten Janssens - Dealer

Nico Leunen, Fatih Tura - Cool Abdoul

Best Actor in a Leading Role (Film) 

Ben Segers - Dealer

Elise Schaap - Ferry

Frank Lammers - Ferry

Nabil Mallat - Cool Abdoul WINNER

Sverre Rous - Dealer

Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Film)

Bart Hollanders - Dealer WINNER

Idries Bensbaho - Cool Abdoul

Monic Hendrickx - Ferry

Veerle Baetens - Dealer

Viviane De Muynck - Red Sandra

Best Actor in a Leading Role ​ (TV Series)

Carice van Houten - Red Light

Frances Lefebure - F*** You Very, Very Much

Gene Bervoets - Beau Séjour 2

Natali Broods - Déjà Vu

Yassine Ouaich - Soil WINNER

Best Acting in a Supporting Role (TV Series)

Els Olaerts - F*** You Very, Very Much

Emilie De Roo - Beau Séjour 2

Jonas Geirnaert - F*** You Very, Very Much

Geert Van Rampelberg - Red Light WINNER

Greet Verstraete - Beau Séjour 2

Best Short Film

Binge Loving WINNER

De dag die wit was

Forestkeeper

Los Veo

Z bratem

Best Animation

Boerke

Meneer Papier WINNER

Mush-Mush en de Zwammetjes

Ninja Express

Rintje 2

Best Youth Fiction

3Hz

The Claus Family 2

De Gebroeders Schimm

Mijn Dad is a Sausage WINNER

Sinterklaas en Koning Kabberdas

Best TV Series

Beau Séjour 2

F*** You Very, Very Much

Soil WINNER

Red Light

Undercover 3

Best Picture

Cool Abdoul

Dealer WINNER

Ferry

La Civil

Rookie

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