After two very divisive editions – the one with Florence Foresti at the helm during the Polanski controversy then the one with Marina Foïs in the midst of a pandemic and the closing of cinemas – the new Cesar ceremony is expected at the turn. It was Antoine de Caunes who took over the controls. The list of nominees was unveiled on January 26, 2022.
With no less than 15 nominations, the film Lost Illusions by director Xavier Giannoli largely leads the dance! Released in theaters last October, this adaptation of Honoré de Balzac’s novel ended its career with around 900,000 spectators. On the second step of the nominations podium, we find Annette of the director Leos Carax then comes Aline by Valérie Lemercier, who won no less than 10 nominations for her true/false biopic on the life of Celine Dion, seen by 1.3 million viewers. Something to delight the actress and director, who declared herself “tricardium” at the César for several years after having been a mistress of ceremonies adored by the public.
Among the other films in competition, it will be necessary to count on the excellent Black Box as well as on top BAC North, The divide or eiffel… The 47th Cesar ceremony, which called on Danièle Thomson as president, will be held on February 25, 2022 from the Olympia in Paris.
The list of nominations:
Best film
Aline, directed by Valérie Lemercier
Annette, directed by Leos Carax
Bac Nord, directed by Cédric Jimenez
The Event, directed by Audrey Diwan
The Fracture, directed by Catherine Corsini
Lost Illusions, directed by Xavier Giannoli
Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, directed by Arthur Harrari
Best Actress
Leïla Bekhti in “Les Intranquilles”
Valéria Bruni Tedeschi in “The Fracture”
Laure Calamy in “A Woman of the World”
Virginie Efira in “Benedetta”
Vicky Krieps in “Hold Me Tight”
Valérie Lemercier in “Aline”
Léa Seydoux in “France”
Best actor
Damien Bonnard in “Les Intranquilles”
Adam Driver in “Annette”
Gilles Lellouche in “Bac Nord”
Vincent Macaigne in “Night Doctor”
Benoît Magimel in “In his lifetime”
Pio Marmaï in “The Fracture”
Pierre Niney in “Black Box”
Best Supporting Actress
Jeanne Balibar in “Lost Illusions”
Cécile de France in “Lost Illusions”
Aissatou Diallou Sagna in “The Fracture”
Adele Exarchopoulos in “Mandibles”
Danielle Fichaud in “Aline”
Best Supporting Actor
François Civil in “Bac Nord”
Xavier Dolan in “Lost Illusions”
Vincent Lacoste in “Lost Illusions”
Karim Leklou in “Bac Nord”
Sylvain Marcel in “Aline”
Most promising Actress
Noee Abita in “Slalom”
Salomé Dewaels in “Lost Illusions”
Agathe Rousselle in “Titanium”
Anamaria Vartolomei in “The Event”
Lucie Zhang in “The Olympiads”
Best Male Hope
Sandor Funtek in “Supreme”
Sami Outalbali in “A story of love and desire”
Thimothée Robart in “Les Magnétiques”
Makita Samba in “The Olympiad”
Benjamin Voisin in “Lost Illusions”
Best Editing
Nelly Quettier for “Annette”
Simon Jacquet for “Bac Nord”
Valentin Féron for “Black Box”
Frédéric Baillehaiche for “The Fracture”
Cyril Nakache for “Lost Illusions”
Best costumes
Catherine Leterrier for “Aline”
Pascaline Chavanne for “Annette”
Madeline Fontaine for “Delicious”
Thierry Delettre for “Eiffel”
Pierre-Jean Larroque for “Lost Illusions”
Best sets
Emmanuelle Duplay for “Aline”
Florian Sanson for “Annette”
Bertrand Seitz for “Delicious”
Stéphane Taillasson for “Eiffel”
Riton Dupire-Clement for “Lost Illusions”
Best Original Screenplay
Valérie Lemercier, Brigitte Buc for “Aline”
Leos Carax, Ron Mael, Russel Mael for “Annette”
Yann Gozlan, Simon Moutaïrou, Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard for “Black Box”
Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss, Agnès Feuvre for “La Fracture”
Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro for “Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle”
Best adaptation
Yaël Langmann, Yvan Attal for “The Human Things”
Audrey Diwan, Marcia Romano for “The Event”
Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi for “Lost Illusions”
Céline Sciamma, Léa Mysius, Jacques Audiard for “Les Olympiades”
Mathieu Amalric for “Hold me tight”
Best Sound
Olivier Mauvezin, Arnaud Rolland, Edouard Morin, Daniel Sobrino for “Aline”
Erwan Kerzanet, Katia Boutin, MAxence Dussère, Paul Heymans, Thomas Gauder for “Annette”
Nicolas Provost, Nicolas Bouvet-Levrard, Marc Doisne for “Black Box”
François Musy, Renaud Musy, Didier Lohazic for “Lost Illusions”
Mathieu Descamps, Pierre Bariaud, Samuel Aïchou for “Les Magnétiques”
Best Original Score
Ron Mael, Russel Mael for “Annette”
Guillaume Roussel for “Bac Nord”
Philippe Rombi for “Black Box”
Rone for “The Olympiads”
Warren Ellis, Nick Cave for “The Snow Panther”
best picture
Caroline Champetier for “Annette”
Christophe Beaucarne for “Lost Illusions”
Paul Guilhaume for “The Olympiads”
Tom Harari for “Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle”
Ruben Impens, for “Titanium”
Best Visual Effects
Sébastien Rame for “Aline”
Guillaume Pondard for “Annette”
Olivier Cauwet for “Eiffel”
Arnaud Fouquet, Julien Meesters for “Lost Illusions”
Martial Vallanchon for “Titanium”
Best Achievement
Valérie Lemercier for “Aline”
Leos Carax for “Annette”
Cédric Jimenez for “Bac Nord”
Audrey Diwan for “The Event”
Xavier Giannoli for “Lost Illusions”
Arthur Harari for “Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle”
Julia Ducournau for “Titanium”
Best Animated Short Film
“Empty places” directed by Geoffroy de Crécy, produced by Nicolas Schmerkin
“Soft madness, hard madness” directed by Marine Laclotte, produced by Christian Pfohl
“The World in itself” directed by Sandrine Stoïanov, Jean-Charles Finck, produced by Jérôme Barthélemy, Daniel Sauvage
“Precious” directed by Paul Mas, produced by Marc Jousset, Perrine Capron
Best Documentary Short Film
“America” directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese, produced by Sébastien Hussenot, Marie Savare de Laitre
“Les Antelopes” directed by Maxime Martinot, produced by Quentin Brayer
“The End of Kings” directed by Rémi Brachet, produced by Joséphine Mourlaque, Antoine Salomé
“Maalbek” directed by Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis, produced by Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland, Jules Reinartz, Maxence Voiseux
Best Short Fiction Film
“The Tender Age” directed by Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, produced by Hélène Mitjavile
“Le Départ” directed by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi, produced by Sophie Penson
“Good People” directed by Elie Girard, produced by Lionel Massol, Pauline Seigland
“Black Soldier” directed by Jimmy Laporal-Trésor, produced by Manuel Chiche, Violaine Barbaroux, Nicolas Blanc, Sarah Egry
Best Animated Film
“Even Mice Go to Heaven” directed by Denisa Grimmova, Jan Bubenicek, produced by Alexandre Charlet, Jonathan Hazan
“Le Sommet des dieux” directed by Patrick Imbert, produced by Jean-Charles Ostorero, Didier Brunner, Damien Brunner
“La Traversée” directed by Florence Miailhe, produced by Dora Benousilio, Luc Camilli
Best Documentary Film
“Animal” directed by Cyril Dion, produced by Guillaume Thouret, Céline Roux, Patrice Lorton, Jean-Marie Michel, Thomas Bénet, Cyriel Dion, Patrick Fournier
“Bigger than us” directed by Flore Vasseur, produced by Denis Carot, Flore Vasseur
“Stand up women!” directed by Gilles Perret, François Ruffin, produced by Thibault Lhonneur
” Indes galantes ” directed by Philippe Béziat, produced by Philippe Martin, David Thion
“The Snow Panther” directed by Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier, produced by Laurent Baujard, Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Vincent Munie
“Slalom” directed by Charlène Favier, produced by Edouard Mauriat, Anne-Cécile Bethomeau
best foreign film
“Compartment n°6” directed by Juho Kuosmanen
“Drive my car” directed by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi
“First Cow” directed by Kelly Reichardt
“Julie (in 12 chapters)” directed by Joachim Trier
“The Law of Tehran” directed by Saeed Roustayi
“Madres Paralelas” directed by Pedro Almodovar
“The Father” directed by Florian Zeller