Nominations for French Oscars announced

Depardieu, Huppert and Deneuve in contention for Césars.

by Richard Mowe

France’s Oscar contender Mustang figures strongly in the César nominations (Photo: Unifrance)
France’s Oscar contender Mustang figures strongly in the César nominations (Photo: Unifrance)

The nominations for the French Oscars, the Césars, which will be bestowed at a ceremony on 26 February, were unveiled today at Fouquet’s Restaurant in Paris by Alain Terzian, the president of the Academy of the Césars.

Among the big hitters for best film and best director are Jacques Audiard (Dheepan); Stephan Brizé (The Measure Of A Man); Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite); Maiwenn (My King); Emmanuelle Bercot (Standing Tall), and Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days). France’s Oscar contender for best foreign film Mustang also figures strongly in the nominations.

Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu both picked up acting nominations for Valley Of Love by Guillaume Nicloux.

The complete list is:

Best film

Best director

Best first film

  • L'Affaire SK1 - Frédéric Tellier
  • Les Cowboys - Thomas Bidegain
  • Mustang - Deniz Gamze Erguven
  • Ni Le Ciel Ni La Terre - Clément Cogitore
  • Nous Trois Ou Rien - Kheiron

Best actress

  • Lubna Abidar - Much Loved
  • Emmanuelle Bercot - My King / Mon Roi
  • Cécile de France - La Belle Saison
  • Catherine Deneuve - Standing Tall / La Tête Haute
  • Catherine Frot - Marguerite
  • Isabelle Huppert - Valley Of Love
  • Soria Zeroual - Fatima

Best actor

  • Jean-Pierre Bacri - La Vie Très Privée De Monsieur Sim
  • Vincent Cassel - My King / Mon Roi
  • François Damiens - Les Cowboys
  • Gérard Depardieu - Valley Of Love
  • Antonythasan Jesuthasan - Dheepan
  • Vincent Lindon - The Measure Of A Man / La Loi Du Marché
  • Fabrice Luchini - Courted / L'Hermine

Best male newcomer

  • Swann Arlaud - The Anarchists / Les Anarchistes
  • Quentin Dolmaire - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse
  • Félix Moati - All About Them / A Trois On Ya Va
  • Finnegan Oldfield - Les Cowboys
  • Rod Paradot - Standing Tall / La Tête Haute

Best female newcomer

  • Lou Leroy-Collinet - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse
  • Diane Rouxel - Standing Tall / La Tête Haute
  • Zita Hanrot - Fatima
  • Sara Giraudeau - Les Bêtises
  • Camille Cottin - Connasse, Princesse Des Coeurs

Best actor in a second role

  • Michel Fau - Marguerite
  • Louis Garrel - My King / Mon Roi
  • Benoît Magimel - La Tête Roi
  • André Marcon - Marguerite
  • Vincent Rottiers - Dheepan

Best actress in a second role

  • Sara Forestier - La Tête Haute
  • Agnès Jaoui - Comme Un Avion
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen - L'Hermine
  • Noémie Lvovsky - La Belle Saison
  • Karin Viard - 21 Nuits Avec Pattie

Best costumes

  • Anaïs Romand - Diary Of A Chambermaid / Journal D'Une Femme De Chambre
  • Pierre-Jean Larroque - Marguerite
  • Selin Sözen - Mustang
  • Catherine Leterrier - L'Odeur De La Mandarine
  • Nathalie Raoul - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best set design

  • Michel Barthélémy - Dheepan
  • Katia Wyszkop - Diary Of A Chambermaid / Journal D'Une Femme De Chambre
  • Martin Kurel - Marguerite
  • Jean Rabasse - L'Odeur De La Mandarine
  • Toma Baqueni - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best animation film

  • Adama - Simon Rouby
  • Le Petit Prince - Mark Osborne
  • Avril Et Le Monde Truqué - Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci

Best documentary

  • Le Bouton De Nacre - Patrico Guzman
  • Cavanna - Denis and Nina Robert
  • Demain - Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent
  • L'Imange Manquante - Rithy Panh
  • Une Jeunesse Allemande - Jean-Gabriel Periot

Best original music

  • Raphaël - Les Cowboys
  • Ennio Morricone - En Mai, Fais Ce Qu'il Te Plaît
  • Stephen Warbeck - My King / Mon Roi
  • Warren Ellis - Mustang
  • Grégoire Hetzel - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best original script

  • Noé Debré, Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard - Dheepan
  • Xavier Giannoli - Marguerite
  • Deniz Gamze Erguven - Mustang
  • Emmanuelle Bercot, Marcia Romano - Standing Tall / La Tête Haute
  • Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best photography

  • Eponine Momenceau - Dheepan
  • Glynn Speeckaert - Marguerite
  • David Chizallet - Mustang
  • Irina Lubchansky - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse
  • Christophe Offenstein - Valley Of Love

Best Adaptation

  • David Oelhoffen - Dheepan
  • Samuel Benchetrit - Asphalte
  • Vincent Garenq, Stéphane Cabel - L'Enquête
  • Philippe Faucon - Fatima
  • Hélène Zimmer, Benoît Jacquot - Diary Of A Chambermaid / Journal D'Une Femme De Chambre

Best editing

  • Juliette Wetfling - Dheepan
  • Cyril Nakache - Marguerite
  • Simon Jacquet - My King / Mon Roi
  • Mathilde Van de Moortel - Mustang
  • Laurence Briaud - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best sound

  • Daniel Sobrino, Valérie Deloof, Cyril Holtz - Dheepan
  • François Musyn, Gabriel Hafner - Marguerite
  • Nicolas Provost, Agnès Ravez, Emmanuel Croset - My King / Mon Roi
  • Ibrahim Gök, Damien Guillaume, Olivier Goinard - Mustang
  • Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant, Stéphane Thébaut - My Golden Days / Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse

Best foreign film

  • Birdman - Alejandro González Iñárritu
  • Son Of Saul / Le Fils De Saul - Lazlo Nemes
  • Je Suis Mort De Mes Amis - Guillaume and Stéphane Malandrin
  • Mia Madre - Nanni Moretti
  • Taxi Teheran - Jafar Panahi
  • The Brand New Testament / Le Tout Nouveau Testament - Jaco Van Dormael
  • Youth - Paolo Sorrentino

Best short film

  • La Contre Allée
  • Le Dernier Des Ce Francs
  • Essaie De Mourir Jeune
  • Guy Mocquet
  • Mon Héros - Sylvain Decloux

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