PARIS, FRANCE (SMI-GLOBAL-ENTERTAINMENT-AWARDS-FEB 24-26, 2024) Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma released the winners in 24-categories on Feb 24, of the 49th annual French's Cesar Award honoring the best in French during an award ceremony at the Olympia in Paris, France.

 

The 49th Cesar Awards ceremony was hosted by French actress and film director Valerie Lemercier.

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The Cesar Awards is the most prestigious film awards in France equivalent to the Academy Award " The Oscars " in the US, presented by the Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema, honoring the best in French Cinema in 24-categories and two special award Honorary Award.

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The WINNERS in 24 Categories of the 2024-49th César Awards are:

 

 

César Best Film:

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Anatomy of a fall de Justine Triet WINNER
The Animal Kingdom of Thomas Cailley
The Goldman Case by Cédric Kahn
Junkyard Dog of the breakage by Jean-Baptiste Durand
I will always see your faces by Jeanne Herry

 

César for Best Director:

Justine Triet for Anatomy of a fall WINNER
Catherine Breillat for Last summer
Jeanne Herry for I will always see your faces
Cédric Kahn for The Goldman Trial
Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom

 

César for Best Actor:

Romain Duris in The Animal Kingdom
Benjamin Lavernhe in Abbé Pierre – A life of struggle
Melvil Poupaud in Love and forests
Raphaël Quenard in Yannick
Arieh Worthalter dans The Goldman Trial WINNER

 

César for Best Actress:

Marion Cotillard in Little Girl Blue
Léa Drucker in Last summer
Virginie Efira in Love and Forests
Hafsia Herzi in The Rapture
Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a fall WINNER

 

César for Best Supporting Actor:

Swann Arlaud in Anatomy of a fall WINNER
Anthony Bajon dans Dog of the breakage
Arthur Harari in The Goldman Trial
Pio Marmaï in Yannick
Antoine Reinartz in Anatomy of a fall

 

César for Best Supporting Actress:

Leila Bekhti in I will always see your faces
Galatea Bellugi in Dog of the breakage
Élodie Bouchez in I will always see your faces
Adèle Exarchopoulos in I will always see your faces WINNER
Miou Miou in I will always see your faces

 

César for Male revelation/Promising Actor:

Julien Frison in Marguerite’s Theorem
Paul Kircher in The Animal Kingdom
Samuel Kircher in Last summer
Milo Machado-Graner in Anatomy of a fall
Raphaël Quenard in Dog of the breakage WINNER

 

César for Female revelation/Promising Actress:

Celeste Brunnquell in Her Father’s Daughter
Kim Higelin in The consent
Suzanne Jouannet in The Royal Way
Rebecca Marder in Great Expectations
Ella Rumpf in Marguerite’s Theorem WINNER

 

César for Best Original screenplay:

Anatomy of a fall WINNER
Dog of the breakage
I will always see your faces
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom

 

César for Best Adaptation:

Love and Forests Just the Two of Us-Valerie Donzelli and Audrey Diwan based on the novel L'Amour et les Forets by Eric Reinhardt  WINNER

The consent
Last summer

 

César for Best costumes:

Jeanne du Barry
My Crime
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
The Animal Kingdom WINNER
The three Musketeers

 

César for Best Decorations:

Anatomy of a fall
Jeanne du Barry
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant
The Animal Kingdom
The three Musketeers WINNER

 

César for Best Editing:

Anatomy of a fall WINNER
I will always see your faces
Little Girl Blue
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom

 

César for Best Sound:

Anatomy of a fall
I will always see your faces
The Goldman Trial
The Animal Kingdom WINNER
The three Musketeers

 

César for Best Visual effects:

Acid
The mountain

 Animal Kingdom Cyrille Bonjean, Bruno Sommier, and Jean-Louis Autret  WINNER

three Musketeers
Vermines

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César for Best Original Music:

Love and Forests
Dog of the breakage
Disco Boy
The Animal Kingdom-Andrea Lazlo de Simone WINNER
The three Musketeers

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César for Best Animated Film:

Prohibited to dogs and Italians

Chicken for Linda/Linda wants chicken! WINNER
Mars Express

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César for Best Foreign Film:

Pick up by Marco Bellocchio

The Nature of Love (France/Canada) by Monika Chokri WINNER

Dead leaves d’Aki Kaurismäki
Oppenheimer de Christopher Nolan
Perfect Days the Wim Wenders
Simple like Sylvain by Monia Chokri

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César for Best Documentary:

Atlantic Bar
Olfa’s Daughters /Four Daughters produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, Habib Attia, Thanassis Karathanos, and Martin Hampel; directed by Kaouther ben Hania WINNER

 

Little Girl Blue
Our body
On the Adamant

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César for Best Short Fiction film:

The Wait Expecting – produced by Marie Boitard and Alice Douard;

directed by Alice Douard.  WINNER
Bolero
Fast
The Silent

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César for Best Documentary Short Film:

La mécanique des fluides – produced by Ninon Chapuis, Thibault de Gantès, and Lucas Le Postec; directed by Gala Hernández López WINNER

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The actor, or the surprising virtue of incomprehension
The Effect of my wrinkles
Fluid Mechanics

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César for Best Animated Short Film:

Été 96 – produced by Ninon Chapuis, Thibault De Gantès, Lucas Le Postec, and Simon Ingelaere; directed by Mathilde Bédouet WINNER

Droles
La Foret

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César Honorary Award:

Agnes Jaoui (French actress & filmmaker) & Christopher Nolan(British-US filmmaker)

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