The 49th Césars ceremony will take place on Friday, February 23, at the Olympia in Paris. The fantasy film The Animal Kingdom, nominated in 12 categories including Best Film and Best Director, leads the nominations.
Justine Triet's Palme d'Or winning film Anatomy of a Fall, which is not cessing to sweep up awards abroad and attracted over 1.6 million spectators in France, is also, unsurprisingly, racking up nominations (eleven in all). Among others, Triet is nominated for Best Director, a category that had no female nominees last year and in which only one female director, Tonie Marshall, has ever won in the history of the ceremony. In addition to the categories presented below, two honorary Césars will be awarded on Friday: the first to actress Agnès Jaoui and the second to British director Christopher Nolan, whose feature Oppenheimer is nominated for Best Foreign Film.
Best film
Best Director
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Female Newcomer
Best Male Newcomer
Best Foreign Film
Best First Film
Best Animated Feature
Best Documentary Film
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Sound
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Costumes
Best Set Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Animated Short Film
Best Documentary Short
Best Fictional Short