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Bernard de Launoit Prizes

Reflecting the passions of Bernard de Launoit, the Foundation will award four prizes highlighting the values of self-surpassing, ambition, creativity, and commitment..

To best showcase the four disciplines and avoid confusion, it was decided to award two prizes each year in alternating cycles.

March 2026

In March 2026, the Bernard de Launoit Prize for Music and the Bernard de Launoit Prize for Visual Arts will be awarded.

2027

In 2027, the prizes for Cinema and Mountain-Adventure will be awarded.

Bernard de Launoit Prize
Visual Arts

The Bernard de Launoit Visual Arts Prize is intended to reward, support, and promote a project led by one or more artists in the field of Visual Arts (painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, performance, digital arts, visual arts). The prize will be awarded to artists as part of an original and ambitious project contributing to the development of their artistic career.


Bernard de Launoit Prize
Music

The Bernard de Launoit – Music Prize is intended to support a musical project or initiative led by one or more young artists between the ages of 18 and 35. The project must stand out for its ambitious and innovative nature and be part of an approach emphasizing artistic excellence, openness, and sharing with audiences. The program is open to all musical genres, with a preference for projects featuring a strong live or performative aspect that fosters direct contact with the audience.

Bernard de Launoit Prize
Mountain & Adventure

The Bernard de Launoit Prize for Mountain and Adventure encourages those who wish to fulfill their dreams of mountain expeditions, journeys, and adventures in hostile and/or atypical environments. What some may call the « quest for the useless » often reveals an intense personal journey where one surpasses their own limits to achieve a deep connection with oneself. Originality, firsts, and self- surpassing will be important criteria for receiving this prize.

Bernard de Launoit Prize
Cinema

The Bernard de Launoit Prize for Cinema supports Belgian or international film initiatives in the fields of fiction or documentary. Covering several categories, the Cinema Prize can support anything from a first original production to a film project on music, adventure, or art, or a work focused on youth and culture. The prize will always aim to support original and ambitious film productions.