40th César Awards

The 40th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director Dany Boon, with actor Édouard Baer acting as master of ceremonies for the second time.[1][2]

40th César Awards
The official César Award poster features French actress Fanny Ardant, in the 1983 film Vivement dimanche !
Date20 February 2015
SiteThéâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Hosted byÉdouard Baer
Highlights
Best FilmTimbuktu
Best ActorPierre Niney
Best ActressAdèle Haenel
Most awardsTimbuktu (7)
Most nominationsSaint Laurent (10)
Television coverage
NetworkCanal+

The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President Alain Terzian. Saint Laurent received the most nominations with ten, followed by Love at First Fight with nine nominations.[3][4][5]

In related events, the Médaille d'Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at Monnaie de Paris on 19 January 2015. Luc Besson was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades.[6][7] On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Sylvie Pialat, who produced Timbuktu via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year.[8]

Timbuktu won seven awards including Best Film and Best Director for Abderrahmane Sissako. Other winners included Love at First Fight with three awards, and Yves Saint Laurent, Hippocrate, Clouds of Sils Maria, La Famille Bélier, Diplomacy, Saint Laurent, Beauty and the Beast, The Salt of the Earth, Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, Les Petits Cailloux, La Femme de Rio and Mommy with one.[9][10]

Winners and nominees
Dany Boon, President of the ceremony.
Édouard Baer hosted the ceremony.
Abderrahmane Sissako, director and writer of Timbuktu, won the César Awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.
Pierre Niney, Best Actor winner.
Adèle Haenel, Best Actress winner.
Reda Kateb, Best Supporting Actor winner.

Timbuktu

Abderrahmane Sissako – Timbuktu

Pierre Niney – Yves Saint Laurent as Yves Saint Laurent

Adèle Haenel – Love at First Fight as Madeleine

Reda Kateb – Hippocrate as Abdel Rezzak

Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine

Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight as Arnaud Labrède

Louane Emera – La Famille Bélier as Paula Bélier

Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall

Diplomacy – Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff

Love at First Fight

Sofian El Fani – Timbuktu

Nadia Ben Rachid – Timbuktu

Philippe Welsh, Roman Dymny and Thierry Delor – Timbuktu

  • Pierre André and Daniel Sobrino – Girlhood
  • Jean-Jacques Ferran, Nicolas Moreau and Jean-Pierre Laforce – Bird People
  • Jean-Luc Audy, Guillaume Bouchateau and Niels Barletta – Love at First Fight
  • Nicolas Cantin, Nicolas Moreau and Jean-Pierre Laforce – Saint Laurent

Amine Bouhafa – Timbuktu

Anaïs Romand – Saint Laurent

Thierry Flamand – Beauty and the Beast

The Salt of the Earth

Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants

Les Petits Cailloux

  • Bang Bang!
  • La Bûche de Noël
  • Anatole's Little Saucepan

La Femme de Rio

  • Aïssa
  • Inupiluk
  • The Days Before
  • My Sense of Modesty
  • La Virée à Paname

Mommy

Sean Penn

Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier

Sylvie Pialat

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma – Médaille d'Or

Luc Besson

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Presenters
Kristen Stewart (left), Best Supporting Actress winner, and Juliette Binoche, Best Actress nominee, presented the award for Best Actor.
Guillaume Gallienne presented the award for Best Actress.

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.

Name(s)Role
Cécile de France and Cédric KlapischPresenters of the award for Most Promising Actress
Alex Lutz and Stéphane De GroodtPresenters of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound
Zabou Breitman and Pierre DeladonchampsPresenters of the award for Best First Feature Film
Leïla Bekhti and Géraldine NakachePresenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor
Cécile Cassel and Étienne DahoPresenters of the award for Best Music Written for a Film
Laura Smet and Joann SfarPresenters of the awards for Best Animated Feature Film & Best Animated Short Film
Julie Gayet and Denis PodalydèsPresenters of the award for Most Promising Actor
Marilou Berry and Jean-Paul GaultierPresenters of the award for Best Costume Design
Pascal ElbéPresenter of the award for Best Original Screenplay
Franck Gastambide and Léa DruckerPresenters of the awards for Best Production Design and Best Editing
Charlotte Le Bon and Jalil LespertPresenters of the award for Best Documentary Film
Marion CotillardPresenter of the Honorary César
Sabrina Ouazani and Félix MoatiPresenters of the award for Best Short Film
Céline Sallette and Joey StarrPresenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress
Nathalie Baye and Guillaume CanetPresenters of the award for Best Director
Emilie Dequenne and Lambert WilsonPresenters of the award for Best Foreign Film
Juliette Binoche and Kristen StewartPresenters of the award for Best Actor
Sylvie Testud and Abd al MalikPresenters of the award for Best Adaptation
Guillaume GalliennePresenter of the award for Best Actress
Dany BoonPresenter of the award for Best Film

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.[11]

See also

References
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  2. "César 2015 : Édouard Baer présentera la cérémonie". Le Figaro. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  3. "L'Agenda-Conférence de Presse d'Annonce des Nominations 2015". Académie du cinéma. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  4. "César 2015 : les nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  5. "Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  6. "Médaille d'Or de l'Académie". Académie des César. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. "César 2015 : Une Médaille d'Or pour Luc Besson". Canal+. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. "'Timbuktu' Producer Sylvie Pialat Wins Second Toscan du Plantier Award". Variety. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  9. "César Awards: 'Timbuktu' Best Film; Kristen Stewart In Historic Supporting Actress Win". Deadline Hollywood. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  10. "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  11. "César 2015 : Audiences en légère hausse pour Canal+". 21 February 2015.
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