Already awarded many times, including the Oscars, the film The Father by Florian Zeller adds the César for Best Foreign Film to his fine list. The prize for Best Original Screenplay was awarded to Arthur Harari and Vincent Poymiro for Onoda, 10,000 nights in the jungle. The César for Best Documentary Fiction Short was awarded to Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis for Maalbeek.
The award for Best Documentary Film went to The Snow Pantherdirected by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier, while the César for Best Short Fiction Film went to the Bad Boys by Elie Girard. Vincent Maël Cardona won the César for Best First Film for Magnetics.
The Best Animated Short Film goes this year to Sweet madness, hard madnessdirected by Marine Laclotte, while the César for Best Animated Film was awarded to summit of the godsby Patrick Imbert.
The winners of the 47th edition of the Césars :
Best film :
“Aline” by Valerie Lemercier
“Annette” by Leos Carax
“BAC Nord” by Cédric Jimenez
“The Event” by Audrey Diwan
“The Fracture” by Catherine Corsini
Winner: “Lost Illusions” by Xavier Giannoli
“Onoda, 10,000 Nights in the Jungle” by Arthur Harari
Best Achievement:
Valérie Lemercier for “Aline”
Winner: Leos Carax for “Annette”
Cedric 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 Actress:
Leïla Bekhti in “Les Intranquilles”
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi in “The Fracture”
Laure Calamy in “A Woman of the World”
Virginie Efira in “Benedetta”
Vicky Krieps in “Hold Me Tight”
Winner: 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”
Winner: 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”
Winner: Aissatou Diallo Sagna in “La Fracture”
Adele Exarchopoulos in “Mandibles”
Danielle Fichaud in “Aline”
Best Supporting Actor:
François Civil in “BAC Nord”
Xavier Dolan in “Lost Illusions”
Winner: Vincent Lacoste in “Lost Illusions”
Karim Leklou in “BAC Nord”
Sylvain Marcel in “Aline”
Best first film:
Gagarin by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
“Magnetics” by Vincent Maël Cardona
“The Cloud” by Just Philippot
“The Snow Panther” by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier
“Slalom” by Charlene Favier
Most promising Actress :
Noee Abita in “Slalom”
Salomé Dewaels in “Lost Illusions”
Agathe Rousselle in “Titanium”
Winner: 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”
Timothée Robart in “Les Magnétiques”
Makita Samba in “The Olympiads”
Winner: Benjamin Voisin in “Lost Illusions”