Today the nominees for the Joseph Plateau Awards 2003 were announced. All Belgian short and feature length films released in Belgian theatres between January 1st and December 31st, 2003 were eligible.

These are the nominees

BEST BELGIAN FILM
ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS (Corridor)
LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE (Vivi Films)
THE ALZHEIMER CASE (MMG)

BEST BELGIAN DIRECTOR
LUCAS BELVAUX (Cavale, Un Couple Epatant & Apres La Vie)
STIJN CONINX (Sea Of Silence)
ERIK VAN LOOY (The Alzheimer Case)

BEST BELGIAN ACTRESS
NATALIE BROODS (Any Way The Wind Blows)
EMILIE DEQUENNE (Mariées Mais Pas Trop)
TANIA GARBARSKI (Le Tango Des Rashevski)

BEST BELGIAN ACTOR
KOEN DE BOUW (The Alzheimer Case)
JAN DECLEIR (The Alzheimer Case)
MEHDI DEHBI (Le Soleil Assassiné)

BEST BELGIAN SCRIPT
TOM BARMAN (Any Way The Wind Blows)
PHILIPPE BLASBAND (Le Tango Des Rashevski)
CARL JOOS & ERIK VAN LOOY (The Alzheimer Case)

BEST BELGIAN COMPOSER
TOM BARMAN (Any Way The Wind Blows)
OLIVIER BILQUIN (L'Autre)
SIOEN (Team Spirit II)

BEST BELGIAN SHORT
MAYRA (by Julie de Clercq)
MR. J. RUSSEL (by Wouter Sel)
LE PORTEFEUILLE (by Vincent Bierrewaerts)


The Joseph Plateau Ceremony is an organization of the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent. “There used to be a lot of confusion between the Joseph Plateau Awards for Best Belgian Films and the awards that are handed out during the festival for winners in the feature film competition “The Impact Of Music On Film. That’s why we choose to have the ceremony no longer in the framework of the October festival, and moved to Brussels”, explains secretary general of the festival Jacques Dubrulle.

The winners will be announced on May 7th, 2004.

The Joseph Plateau Award Ceremony is an initiative of the Flanders International Film Festival, in co-operation with VAF, The city of Ghent, SABAM and private partners MCS and Sofitel Gent Belfort.