Picture: Joker (Todd Phillips) Director: Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker Actress: Kaitlyn Dever, Booksmart Supporting Actor: Al Pacino, The Irishman Supporting Actress: Park So-dam, Parasite Screenplay: One Cut of the Dead - Shinichiro Ueda Use of Music: Joker - Hildur Guonadottir, Todd Phillips Rediscovery: Day of Anger - Tonino Valerii
2018 - 29th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Hereditary (Ari Aster) Director: Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Actor: Yoo Ah-in, Burning Actress: Meryl Streep, The Post Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Supporting Actress: Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Screenplay: Hereditary - Ari Aster Use of Music: Climax - Steve Bouyer, Pascal Mayer, Gaspar Noe Rediscovery: Two-Lane Blacktop - Monte Hellman
2017 - 28th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd) Director: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight Actor: Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, Mother! Supporting Actor: Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea Screenplay: Manchester by the Sea - Kenneth Lonergan Use of Music: Dunkirk - Hans Zimmer, Christopher Nolan Rediscovery: Tokyo Story - Yosujiro Uzo
2016 - 27th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook) Director: Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight Actor: Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge Actress: Cate Blanchett, Carol Supporting Actor: Sylvester Stallone, Creed Supporting Actress: Kim Tae-ri, The Handmaiden Screenplay: The Hateful Eight - Quentin Tarantino Use of Music: Carol - Carter Burwell, Todd Haynes Rediscovery: Rocky - John G. Avildsen
2015 - 26th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Whiplash (Damien Chazelle) Director: George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road Actor: Miles Teller, Whiplash Actress: Laia Costa, Victoria Supporting Actor: Edward Norton, Birdman Supporting Actress: Veerle Baetens, The Ardennes Screenplay: Wild Tales - Damian Szifron Use of Music: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams, J.J. Abrams Rediscovery: True Romance - Tony Scott
2014 - 25th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese) Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Actress: Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender, X-Men: Days of Future Past Supporting Actress: Agata Kulesza, Ida Screenplay: Edge of Tomorrow - Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth Use of Music: The Grand Budapest Hotel - Alexandre Desplat, Wes Anderson
Rediscovery: Mean Streets - Martin Scorsese
2013 - 24th Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Gravity (Alfonso Cuaron) Director: Noah Baumbach, Frances Ha Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Actress: Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained Supporting Actress: Lea Seydoux, Blue is the Warmest Color Screenplay: Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell Use of Music: The Great Gatsby - Craig Armstrong, Jay Z, Baz Luhrman Rediscovery: Grand Illusion - Jean Renoir
2012 - 23rd Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Shame (Steve McQueen) Director: Leos Carax, Holy Motors Actor: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour Actress: Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Supporting Actor: Thomas Bo Larsen, The Hunt Supporting Actress: Carey Mulligan, Shame Screenplay: Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola Use of Music: The Broken Circle Breakdown - Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Bjorn Eriksson, Felix Van Groeningen Rediscovery: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg
2011 - 22nd Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn) Director: Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin Actor: Matthias Schoenaerts, Bullhead Actress: Natalie Portman, Black Swan Supporting Actor: Shahab Hosseini, A Separation Supporting Actress: Sareh Bayat, A Separation Screenplay: A Separation - Asghar Farhadi
Use of Music: Drive - Cliff Martinez, Nicolas Winding Refn Rediscovery: Three Kings - David O. Russell
2010 - 21st Annual Banane d'or Awards
Picture: Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois) Director: Adam Elliot, Mary & Max Actor: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary & Max Actress: Hye-ja Kim, Mother Supporting Actor: Moritz Bleibtreu, Soul Kitchen Supporting Actress: Chloe Moretz, Kick-Ass Screenplay: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Use of Music: A Single Man - Abel Korzeniowski, Shigeru Umebayashi, Tom Ford Rediscovery: Playtime - Jacques Tati
I have been handing out these awards since I was 14 at the end of 1990.
To be eligible in a certain year, a film must be released in Belgium and I must have seen it.
Screeners are always welcome :o)
(p.s. The winners were my favorites AT THE TIME, my tastes have changed over the years)