The President of the Académie des César and Florence Foresti unveil the list of nominees for the 2020 edition

On February 28th, the entire world of French cinema will have its eyes turned to the 45th Césars ceremony. The President of the Académie des César and Florence Foresti unveil the list of nominees for the 2020 edition.

It’s time for the revelation of the Caesar nominations. The event that rewards the best French film productions is taking shape and the academy is unveiling the list of potential winners. This year, Roman Polanski is the clear favourite, with 12 nominations. The director is closely followed by Nicolas Bedos and Ladj Ly, with La Belle Epoque and Les Misérables respectively. Here is the complete list:

Best Film

  • Portrait of the young girl on fire by Céline Sciamma
  • Thanks be to God from François Ozon
  • Hors Normes by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano
  • I accuse Roman Polanski
  • Les Misérables de Ladj Ly
  • The Belle Époque of Nicolas Bedos
  • Roubaix, a light by Arnaud Desplechin

Best Director

  • Roman Polanski for I accuse
  • François Ozon for Thanks be to God
  • Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano for Hors Normes
  • Céline Sciamma for Portrait of the Girl on Fire
  • Ladj Ly for Les Misérables
  • Nicolas Bedos for La Belle Epoque
  • Arnaud Desplechin for Roubaix, a light

Best Actress

  • Anaïs Demoustier for Alice and the mayor
  • Eva Green for Proxima
  • Adèle Haenel for Portrait of the girl on fire
  • Chiara Mastroianni for Room 212
  • Noémie Merlant for Portrait of the Girl on Fire
  • Doria Tillier for La Belle Epoque
  • Karin Viard for Chanson Douce

Best Actor

  • Daniel Auteuil for La Belle Epoque
  • Damien Bonnard for Les Misérables
  • Vincent Cassel for Hors Normes
  • Jean Dujardin for I accuse
  • Reda Kateb for Hors Normes
  • Melvil Poupaud for Grace to God
  • Roschdy Zem for Roubaix, a light

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

  • Swann Arlaud for Thanks be to God
  • Grégory Gadebois for J’accuse
  • Louis Garrel for I accuse
  • Benjamin Lavernhe for My Stranger
  • Denis Ménochet for Thanks be to God

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

  • Fanny Ardant in La Belle Epoque
  • Josiane Balasko in Grace to God
  • Laure Calamy in Only the Beasts
  • Sara Forestier in Roubaix, a light
  • Hélène Vincent in Hors Normes

Best female hopeful

  • Luana Bajrami for Portrait of the Girl on Fire
  • Celeste Brunnquell for Les Eblouis
  • Lyna Khoudri for Papicha
  • Nina Meurisse for Camille
  • Mama Sané for Atlantic

Best male prospect

  • Anthony Bajon for On behalf of the Earth
  • Benjamin Lesieur for Hors Normes
  • Alexis Manenti for Les Misérables
  • Liam Perron for School Life
  • Djebril Zonga for Les Misérables

Best First Film

  • Atlantic of Mati Diop
  • In the name of the Land of Édouard Bergeon
  • The Song of the Wolf by Antonin Baudry
  • Les Misérables de Ladj Ly
  • Papicha de Mounia Meddour

Best Documentary

  • 68, my father and Samuel Bigiaoui’s nails
  • The Cordillera of Dreams by Patricio Guzman
  • Lourdes by Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai
  • M by Yolande Zauberman
  • Wonder Boy Olivier Rousteing, born under X of Anissa Bonnefont

Best Foreign Film

  • Pain and Glory of Pedro Almodovar
  • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s young Ahmed
  • Joker by Todd Phillips
  • Once Upon A Time… by Quentin Tarantino…
  • Bong Joon-Ho Parasite
  • Lola towards the sea by Laurent Micheli

Best Original Screenplay

  • Nicolas Bedos for La Belle Epoque
  • François Ozon for Thanks be to God
  • Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache for Hors Normes
  • Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti for Les Misérables
  • Céline Sciamma for Portrait of the Girl on Fire

Better adaptation

  • Costa-Gavras pour Adults in the room
  • Roman Polanski and Robert Harris for I accuse
  • Jérémy Clapin and Guillaume Laurant for I Lost My Body
  • Arnaud Desplechin and Léa Mysius for Roubaix, a light
  • Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand for Only the Animals

Best Costumes

  • Emmanuelle Youchnovski for La Belle Epoque
  • Thierry Delettre for Edmond
  • Pascaline Chavanne for J’accuse
  • Alexandra Charles for Jeanne
  • Dorothée Guiraud for Portrait of the young girl on fire

Best decors

  • Stéphane Rozenbaum for La Belle Epoque
  • Benoit Barouh for The Song of the Wolf
  • Franck Schwarz for Edmond
  • Jean Rabasse for I accuse
  • Thomas Grézaud for Portrait of the girl on fire

Best Animated Film

  • I lost my body to Jeremy Clapin.
  • Lorenzo Mattotti’s famous invasion of bears in Sicily
  • The Swallows of Kabul by Zabou Breitman and Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec

Best Animated Short Film

  • This beautiful cake by Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels
  • I’m going out to buy some cigarettes from Osman Cerfon.
  • Make it soul by Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
  • The night of Gabriel Harel’s plastic bags

Best Original Music

  • Fatima Al Qadiri for Atlantic
  • Alexandre Desplat for J’accuse
  • Dan Levy for I Lost My Body.
  • Marco Casanova and Kim Chapiron for Les Misérables
  • Grégoire Hetzel for Roubaix, a light

Best Short Film

  • Beautiful Loser by Maxime Roy
  • The Song of Ahmed by Foued Mansour
  • Blue Dog by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
  • Yves Piat’s Nefta Football Club
  • Pile of hair by Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller

Best photograph

  • Nicolas Bolduc for La Belle Epoque
  • Pawel Edelman for I accuse
  • Julien Poupard for Les Misérables
  • Claire Mathon for Portrait of the Girl on Fire
  • Irina Lubtchansky for Roubaix, a light

Better editing

  • Anny Danché and Florent Vassault for La Belle Epoque
  • Laure Gardette for Thanks be to God
  • Dorian Rigal-Ansous for Hors Normes
  • Hervé de Luze for J’accuse
  • Flora Volpelière for Les Misérables

Better sound

  • Rémi Daru, Séverin Favriau, Jean-Paul Hurier for La Belle EpoqueLucien
    Balibar, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta for J accuse
  • Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquières, Raphael Mouterde, Olivier Gonnard and Randy Thom for Le Chant du LoupArnaud
    Lavaleix, Jérôme Gonthier and Marco Casanova for Les Misérables
  • Julien Sicart, Valériede Loof and Daniel Sobrino for Portrait of the Girl on Fire

 

 

 

 

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