Joseph Plateau Awards 2005

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19th Joseph Plateau Awards<br> <div style="padding-left: 15px"> March 7, 2006 </div>

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Best Film: <br> <big> The Child </big> </div> The 19th Annual Joseph Plateau Awards, given on 7 March 2006, honoured the best Belgian filmmaking of 2005.

This year, L'enfant (The Child) of the brothers Dardenne won the "Big 5" (the five biggest prizes): Best Film, Actor, Actress, Director and Screenplay.

Winners and nominees

Best Belgian Actor

Jérémie Renier - The Child (L'enfant)

• Benoît Poelvoorde - Entre ses mains
• Koen De Bouw - The Intruder (De indringer) and Elongated Weekend (Verlengd weekend)

Best Belgian Actress

Déborah François - The Child (L'enfant)

• Marie du Bled - Ultranova
• Karlijn Sileghem - Suspect

Best Belgian Cinematography

The Wedding Party (Die Bluthochzeit) - Danny Elsen

• Bunder paradise and Ultranova
• The Ordeal (Calvaire)

Best Belgian Composer

George Van Dam - Friday or Another Day (Vendredi ou un autre jour)

• Jan Leyers - Gilles (Buitenspel)
• Casimir Liberski - Bunder paradise

Best Belgian Director

Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne - The Child (L'enfant)

• Bouli Lanners - Ultranova
• Frien Troch - Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk)

Best Belgian Film

The Child (L'enfant)

• The Sleeping Child (L'enfant endormi)
• Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk)

Best Belgian Screenplay

The Child (L'enfant) - Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

• Someone Else's Happiness (Een ander zijn geluk) - Fien Troch
• Duplicity (Trouble) - Harry Cleven

Best Belgian Short Film

Forever

• Love's Lost and Happiness
• The One Thing to Do (Une seule chose à faire)
• The Sunflyers

Box Office Award

Buitenspel

References