César Award

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César Award
Josiane Balasko, Daniel Auteuil, Catherine Deneuve and Karin Viard at the 2000 Césars Award Ceremony
Awarded for	Best in film
Presented by	Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
Country	France
First awarded	1975
Official website	http://www.lescesarducinema.com/

The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma.

The nationally televised award ceremony is held in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris each February.

The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998). The trophies are actual sculptures of the artist. They are considered to be the French equivalent of the American Academy Awards. The 36th César Awards were presented on 25 February 2011.

Categories

César Award for Best Film César Award for Best Debut César Award for Best Film from the European Union César Award for Best Director César Award for Best Actor César Award for Best Supporting Actor César Award for Most Promising Actor César Award for Best Actress César Award for Best Supporting Actress César Award for Most Promising Actress César Award for Best Foreign Film

César Award for Best Writing César Award for Best Cinematography César Award for Best Editing César Award for Best Production Design César Award for Best Costume Design César Award for Best Music Written for a Film César Award for Best Sound César Award for Best Documentary César Award for Best Animated Feature Honorary César

Presidents of the ceremony

1976 : Jean Gabin 1977 : Lino Ventura 1978 : Jeanne Moreau 1979 : Charles Vanel 1980 : Jean Marais 1981 : Yves Montand 1982 : Orson Welles 1983 : Catherine Deneuve 1984 : Gene Kelly 1985 : Simone Signoret 1986 : Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault 1987 : Sean Connery

1988 : Miloš Forman 1989 : Peter Ustinov 1990 : Kirk Douglas 1991 : Sophia Loren 1992 : Michèle Morgan 1993 : Marcello Mastroianni 1994 : Gérard Depardieu 1995 : Alain Delon 1996 : Philippe Noiret 1997 : Annie Girardot 1998 : Juliette Binoche 1999 : Isabelle Huppert

2000 : Alain Delon 2001 : Daniel Auteuil 2002 : Nathalie Baye 2003 : none 2004 : Fanny Ardant 2005 : Isabelle Adjani 2006 : Carole Bouquet 2007 : Claude Brasseur 2008 : Jean Rochefort 2009 : Charlotte Gainsbourg 2010 : Marion Cotillard 2011 : Jodie Foster

Trivia

Films which received 5 or more César Awards

• 10 wins – Cyrano de Bergerac (1990) (13 nominations)
• 10 wins – The Last Metro (1980) (12 nominations)
• 9 wins – A Prophet (2009) (13 nominations)
• 8 wins – The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) (10 nominations)
• 7 wins – All the World's Mornings (1991) (11 nominations)
• 7 wins – Camille Claudel (1988) (12 nominations)
• 7 wins – Goodbye, Children (1987) (9 nominations)
• 7 wins – The Pianist (2002) (10 nominations)
• 7 wins – Providence (1977) (8 nominations)
• 7 wins – Same Old Song (1997) (12 nominations)
• 7 wins – Séraphine (2008) (9 nominations)
• 6 wins – Thérèse (1986) (10 nominations)
• 5 wins – Lady Chatterley (2007) (9 nominations)
• 5 wins – Queen Margot (1994) (12 nominations)
• 5 wins – Smoking/No Smoking (1993) (9 nominations)
• 5 wins – Too Beautiful for You (1989) (11 nominations)
• 5 wins – A Very Long Engagement (2004) (12 nominations)
• 5 wins – La Vie en Rose (2007) (11 nominations)

Films which received 10 or more César Award nominations

Film	Year	Noms.	Wins
Amélie	2001	13	4
Cyrano de Bergerac	1990	13	10
Subway	1985	13	3
A Prophet	2009	13	9
8 Women	2002	12	0
The Last Metro	1980	12	10
Tchao Pantin	1984	12	5
Camille Claudel	1988	12	5
Queen Margot	1994	12	5
Ridicule	1996	12	4
Same Old Song	1997	12	7
A Very Long Engagement	2004	12	5
All the World's Mornings	1991	11	7
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud	1995	11	2
A Secret	2007	11	1
À l'origine	2009	11	1
Of Gods and Men	2010	11	3
Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train	1998	11	3
Too Beautiful for You	1989	11	5
La Vie en Rose	2007	11	5
Public Enemy Number One	2008	10	3
The Beat That My Heart Skipped	2005	10	8
Clean Up	1981	10	0
The Pianist	2002	10	7
Thérèse	1986	10	6
Welcome	2009	10	0

Directors with Two or More Awards

• Roman Polanski – 3 nominations, 3 wins
• Alain Resnais – 8 nominations, 2 wins
• Bertrand Tavernier – 7 nominations, 2 wins
• Jean-Jacques Annaud – 4 nominations, 2 wins
• Claude Sautet – 4 nominations, 2 wins
• Jacques Audiard – 4 nominations, 2 wins
• Abdellatif Kechiche – 2 nominations, 2 wins

Actors with 7 or more nominations

• Gérard Depardieu – 16 nominations, 2 César
• Isabelle Huppert – 13 nominations, 1 César
• Daniel Auteuil – 12 nominations, 2 César
• Catherine Deneuve – 11 nominations, 2 César
• Nathalie Baye – 9 nominations, 4 César
• Dominique Blanc – 9 nominations, 4 César
• François Cluzet – 9 nominations, 1 César
• Miou-Miou – 9 nominations, 1 César
• Isabelle Adjani – 8 nominations, 5 César (record for most wins)
• Michel Serrault – 8 nominations, 3 César
• Catherine Frot – 8 nominations, 1 César
• André Dussollier – 7 nominations, 3 César

"Big Five" winners and nominees

Winners

• The Last Metro (1980)

1. Best Film: The Last Metro
2. Best Director: François Truffaut
3. Best Actor: Gérard Depardieu
4. Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve
5. Best Writing: Suzanne Schiffman and François Truffaut

Nominees

Four awards won

• Smoking/No Smoking (1993): best Actress (Sabine Azéma)
• Too Beautiful for You (1989): best Actor (Gérard Depardieu)

Three awards won

• Cyrano de Bergerac (1990): best Actress (Anne Brochet) and Writing (Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
• Same Old Song (1997): best Actress (Sabine Azéma) and Director (Alain Resnais)

Most acting wins and nominations

Total	Wins	Film	Actors
5	3	Same Old Song	Actor: André Dussollier (won), Actress: Sabine Azéma Supporting Actor: Jean-Pierre Bacri (won), Supporting Actress: Agnès Jaoui (won) and Lambert Wilson
4	0	Amélie	Actress: Audrey Tautou Supporting Actor: Jamel Debbouze and Rufus, Supporting Actress: Isabelle Nanty
4	2	The Last Metro	Actor: Gérard Depardieu (won), Actress: Catherine Deneuve (won) Supporting Actor: Heinz Bennent, Supporting Actress: Andréa Ferréol
4	3	Queen Margot	Actress: Isabelle Adjani (won) Supporting Actor: Jean-Hugues Anglade (won), Supporting Actress: Dominique Blanc and Virna Lisi (won)
4	1	Too Beautiful for You	Actor: Gérard Depardieu, Actress: Josiane Balasko and Carole Bouquet (won) Supporting Actor: Roland Blanche
3	0	Camille Claudel	Actor: Gérard Depardieu, Actress: Isabelle Adjani(won) Supporting Actor: Alain Cuny
3	0	Ridicule	Actor: Charles Berling Supporting Actor: Bernard Giraudeau and Jean Rochefort

See also

• List of film awards

External links

• http://www.lescesarducinema.com/