16th Ensor Awards

Gala of the Ensors
Gala of the Ensors
Date	7 February 2026
Highlights
Best Picture	Julian
Most nominations	Putain and How To Kill Your Sister

The 16th Ensor Awards, presented by the Ensor Academy, took place on 7 February 2026 at the end of the Ostend Film Festival during the Gala of the Ensors to honor Flemish films and TV of 2025.^[1]^[2] The TV series Putain won 8 awards and the film Julian won 4 awards, including best picture.

Winners and nominees

Film Awards

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).^[3]^[1]

Best Film Julian‡ BXL Soft Leaves Têtes brûlées Young Hearts	Best Direction Cato Kusters - Julian‡ Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah - Patsers Miwako Van Weyenberg - Soft Leaves Anthony Schatteman - Young Hearts Maja-Ajmia Zellama - Têtes brûlées
Best Performance in a Lead Role Laurence Roothooft - Julian‡ Lou Goossens - Young Hearts Fouad Hajji - BXL Frank Lammers - Ferry 2 Nina Meurisse - Julian	Best Performance in a Supporting Role Emilie De Roo - Young Hearts‡ Veerle Baetens - Comeback Jennifer Heylen - Julian Peter Seynaeve - Julian Geert Van Rampelberg - Young Hearts
Best Screenplay Angelo Tijssens, Cato Kusters - Julian‡ Ish Ait Hamou, Monir Ait Hamou - BXL Anthony Schatteman - Young Hearts Miwako Van Weyenberg - Soft Leaves Maja-Ajmia Zellama - Têtes brûlées	Best Editing Stijn Deconinck, Joppe Van Den Brande - Putain‡ Mathieu Depuydt, Gert Fimmers - This is Not a Murder Mystery Bert Jacobs - How To Kill Your Sister Maarten Janssens, Ward Geerts - Comeback Pieter Smet - Patsers
Best Director of Photography (DOP) Jordan Vanschel - Putain‡ Esmoreit Lutters - Roomies 2 Esmoreit Lutters - How To Kill Your Sister Kobe Vangronsveld - Oh, Otto! David Williamson - This Is Not a Murder Mystery	Best Makeup Labhise Allara Mandango Ciratu - Putain‡ Esther De Goey - Dood Spoor Leonie Gysel - De big fuck-up Dorien Van Poucke, Kitty Van Meel - How To Kill Your Sister Kaatje Van Damme - This Is Not a Murder Mystery
Best Costume Design Charlotte Willems - This Is Not a Murder Mystery‡ Maud Kuypers - De big fuck-up Isabel Van Renterghem - Putain Manu Verschueren - Ferry 2 Charlotte Willems - How To Kill Your Sister	Best Art Direction Bart Van Loo - This Is Not a Murder Mystery‡ Toon Mariën - De big fuck-up Jonathan Van Essche - Putain Bart Van Loo - Dood Spoor Jimmy Van Meel, Jan Roos - How To Kill Your Sister
Best Sound Matthias Hillegeer, Gedeon Depauw - How To Kill Your Sister‡ Miguel De Oliveira e Silva, Bram Deryckere - This Is Not a Murder Mystery Neal Willaert - De big fuck-up Arne Winderickx, Arnout Colaert - Putain Arne Winderickx, Arnout Colaert, Matthias Hillegeer, Alek Goosse - Julian	Best Music Hannes De Maeyer, Justine Bourgeus - This is Not a Murder Mystery‡ Meskerem Mees, Pieter Van Dessel, Cedric Engels, Mounir Hathout - How To Kill Your Sister Zwangere Guy, Chuki Beats, Gala Dragot, FORSISSIES, Nah, Peet, Bredren & Amaea Rea, Faberyayo, Hash Converters, Madou, OCB, Krisy, Sam Gélis & Eva Rose, BRUTUS, Bert Cools, Boule Mpanya, Stab Beatmaker, 2 Times Nothing, Driss Bennis, Chris Uptown, Liesa Van der Aa, Chris Ferreira, Pablo's Eye, De Nooit Moede, Paulo Rietjens - Putain Mick Lemaire, Eefje de Visser, Bobbi Lu, CLELIA, Maria Iskariot, Porcelain id, Judith Kiddo, Dushime, Ategha, Mickael Karkousse, Juicy, Hermanos Inglesos, Mounir Hathout - Roomies 2 Ruben De Gheselle - Young Hearts
Best Documentary Film Schaap‡ Fantastique Grand me Slave Island Une Femme Qui Part	Best Short Film Shutterspeed - Jasper De Maeseneer‡ De dag dat het zonlicht niet meer scheen - Maria Stuut, Frederik Stuut De leider komt - Michiel Geluykens, Manuel Janssens Het wonder daaronder - Nina Landau Klein verhaal - Mirjam Plettinx
Best Youth Fiction Young Hearts‡ #LikeMe (S5) Diede-Skate Têtes Brûlées United	Best Animation Flavors Of Iraq‡ De ijsbeerprins De omgekeerde rivier Een nieuwe vriend voor Dikkie Dik Onze zomer van vrijheid
The Box Office Prize Patsers‡	Promise of the Year - supported by BNP Paribas Fortis Cato Kusters‡
Best French-language Belgian film Jeunes Mères - Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne‡	Best Co-production Köln 75‡

TV Awards

Best Fiction – Series Putain‡ De big fuck-up Dood Spoor How To Kill Your Sister Oh, Otto!	Best Direction TV-Series Deben Van Dam - Putain‡ Jonas Geirnaert - How To Kill Your Sister Hans Herbots - This is Not a Murder Mystery Stijn Van Kerkhoven - Oh, Otto! Flo Van Deuren, Kato De Boeck - Roomies 2
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Fiction Series) Liesa Van der Aa - Putain‡ Marjan De Schutter - How To Kill Your Sister Willem De Schryver - De big fuck-up Liam Jacqmin - Putain Mona Mina Leon - Holy Sh!t	Best Supporting Actor (Fiction Series) Felix Heremans - Putain‡ Sofie Decleir - How To Kill Your Sister Marjan De Schutter - Roomies 2 Jennifer Heylen - Oh, Otto! Nico Sturm - How To Kill Your Sister
Best Screenplay (Fiction Series) Deben Van Dam, Frederik Daem, Nadège Bibo-Tansia - Putain‡ Evelien Broekaert, Pedro Elias - How To Kill Your Sister Malin-Sarah Gozin - Dood Spoor Ditte Jacoby, Emiel Van Wouwe - Oh, Otto! Flo Van Deuren, Kato De Boeck - Roomies 2	Best Documentary Series Basisschool Balder‡ 82 Dagen in de hel Mobutu's Game The deal with Iran Voorbij de schaamte

References

1 2 "Dit zijn alle winnaars van De Ensors 2026". De Ensors. February 7, 2026. Archived from the original on March 14, 2026. Retrieved May 18, 2026.
↑ "Topfavorieten voor Ensor-filmprijzen kleuren Brussels met 'Putain' en 'Julian'". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-05-18.
↑ "These are the nominees for De Ensors 2026". De Ensors. January 6, 2026. Retrieved May 18, 2026.

[:0-1] 1 2 "Dit zijn alle winnaars van De Ensors 2026". De Ensors. February 7, 2026. Archived from the original on March 14, 2026. Retrieved May 18, 2026.

[2] "Topfavorieten voor Ensor-filmprijzen kleuren Brussels met 'Putain' en 'Julian'". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2026-05-18.

[3] "These are the nominees for De Ensors 2026". De Ensors. January 6, 2026. Retrieved May 18, 2026.

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