César 2015
The 40th César Awards ceremony took place on February 20, 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris , the nominations were announced on January 28, 2015. The film prizes awarded by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma were awarded in 21 categories. The French actor Dany Boon took over the chairmanship of the gala, which changes annually in 2015 . As host (maître de cérémonie), Édouard Baer led through the evening .
The award ceremony was broadcast live on the French television channel Canal +. American actor Sean Penn , who was awarded the honorary award of the French Film Academy, was already the winner before the broadcast .
Winners and nominees
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Statistics (films with more than one nomination are listed) N = nomination; S = win (s) |
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| Movie | N | S. |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Laurent | 10 | 1 |
| Love at first sight | 9 | 3 |
| Timbuktu | 8th | 7th |
| Hippocrates | 7th | 1 |
| Yves Saint Laurent | 7th | 1 |
| The clouds of Sils Maria | 6th | 1 |
| Do you understand the Béliers? | 6th | 1 |
| Band de filles | 4th | 0 |
| Beauty and the Beast | 3 | 1 |
| Eastern Boys - Paris terminus | 3 | 0 |
| diplomacy | 2 | 1 |
| Bird People | 2 | 0 |
| The incorruptible - murderous Marseille | 2 | 0 |
| A new friend | 2 | 0 |
| Elle l'adore | 2 | 0 |
| Alice and the Sea | 2 | 0 |
| Quicksand | 2 | 0 |
| Party girl | 2 | 0 |
| Pas son genre | 2 | 0 |
| La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur | 2 | 0 |
| Qu'Allah bénisse la France | 2 | 0 |
| Respire | 2 | 0 |
| Two days, one night | 2 | 0 |
Best film ("Meilleur film")
presented by Dany Boon
Timbuktu - Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
- Love at first stroke (Les combattants) - Director: Thomas Cailley
- Eastern Boys - Terminus Paris (Eastern Boys) - Director: Robin Campillo
- Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier) - Director: Éric Lartigau
- Saint Laurent - Director: Bertrand Bonello
- Hippocrate - Director: Thomas Lilti
- The Clouds of Sils Maria - Director: Olivier Assayas
Best Director ("Meilleur réalisateur")
presented by Nathalie Baye and Guillaume Canet
Abderrahmane Sissako - Timbuktu
- Olivier Assayas - The Clouds of Sils Maria
- Thomas Lilti - Hippocrate
- Celine Sciamma - Bande de filles
- Thomas Cailley - Love at First Strike (Les combattants)
- Bertrand Bonello - Saint Laurent
- Robin Campillo - Eastern Boys - Paris Terminus (Eastern Boys)
Best leading actress ("Meilleure actrice")
presented by Guillaume Gallienne
Adèle Haenel - love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Juliette Binoche - The clouds of Sils Maria
- Catherine Deneuve - The Court to the World (Dans la cour)
- Marion Cotillard - Two days, one night (Deux jours, une nuit)
- Émilie Dequenne - Pas son genre
- Sandrine Kiberlain - Elle l'adore
- Karin Viard - Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier)
Best leading actor ("Meilleur acteur")
presented by Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart
Pierre Niney - Yves Saint Laurent
- Romain Duris - A New Friend (Une nouvelle amie)
- Gaspard Ulliel - Saint Laurent
- Guillaume Canet - La prochaine fois je viserai le coeur
- Niels Arestrup - Diplomacy
- François Damiens - Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier)
- Vincent Lacoste - Hippocrate
Best supporting actress ("Meilleure actrice dans un second rôle")
presented by Celine Sallette and Joeystarr
Kristen Stewart - The Clouds of Sils Maria
- Marianne Denicourt - Hippocrate
- Claude Gensac - Quicksand
- Izïa Higelin - Today I'm Samba (Samba)
- Charlotte Le Bon - Yves Saint Laurent
Best supporting actor ("Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle")
presented by Leïla Bekhti and Géraldine Nakache
- Éric Elmosnino - Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier)
- Jérémie Renier - Saint Laurent
- Guillaume Gallienne - Yves Saint Laurent
- Louis Garrel - Saint Laurent
Best Young Actress ("Meilleur espoir féminin")
presented by Cécile de France and Cédric Klapisch
Louane Emera - Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier)
- Lou de Laâge - Respire
- Joséphine Japy - Respire
- Ariane Labed - Alice and the Sea (Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice)
- Karidja Touré - Bande de filles
Best Young Actor ("Meilleur espoir masculin")
presented by Julie Gayet and Denis Podalydès
Kévin Azaïs - love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Ahmed Dramé - The pupils of Madame Anne (Les héritiers)
- Kirill Jemeljanow - Eastern Boys - Endstation Paris (Eastern Boys)
- Pierre Rochefort - Un beau dimanche
- Marc Zinga - Qu'Allah bénisse la France
Best camera ("Meilleure photographie")
presented by Alex Lutz and Stéphane De Groodt
- Christophe Beaucarne - Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête)
- Josée Deshaies - Saint Laurent
- Yorick Le Saux - The clouds of Sils Maria
- Thomas Hardmeier - Yves Saint Laurent
Best cut ("Meilleur montage")
presented by Franck Gastambide and Léa Drucker
- Lilian Corbeille - love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Christel Dewynter - Hippocrate
- Frédéric Baillehaiche - Party Girl
- Fabrice Rouaud - Saint Laurent
Best original script ("Meilleur scénario original")
presented by Pascal Elbé
Abderrahmane Sissako , Kessen Tall - Timbuktu
- Thomas Cailley , Claude Le Pape - Love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Victoria Bedos , Stanislas Carré de Malberg - Do you understand the Béliers? (La famille Bélier)
- Thomas Lilti , Julien Lilti , Baya Kasmi , Pierre Chosson - Hippocrate
- Olivier Assayas - The Clouds of Sils Maria
Best adapted script ("Meilleure adaptation")
presented by Sylvie Testud and Abd al Malik
Cyril Gély , Volker Schlöndorff - Diplomacy
- Mathieu Amalric , Stéphanie Cléau - The blue room (La chambre bleue)
- Lucas Belvaux - Pas son genre
- Sólveig Anspach , Jean-Luc Gaget - quicksand
- Cédric Anger - La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur
Best film music ("Meilleure musique originale")
presented by Cécile Cassel and Etienne Daho
- Jean-Baptiste de Laubier - Bande de filles
- Béatrice Thiriet - Bird People
- Lionel Flairs , Benoît Rault , Philippe Deshaies - love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Ibrahim Maalouf - Yves Saint Laurent
Best note ("Meilleur son")
presented by Alex Lutz and Stéphane De Groodt
Philippe Welsh , Roman Dymny , Thierry Delor - Timbuktu
- Pierre André , Daniel Sobrino - Bande de filles
- Jean-Jacques Ferran , Nicolas Moreau , Jean-Pierre Laforce - Bird People
- Jean-Luc Audy , Guillaume Bouchateau , Antoine Baudouin , Niels Barletta - love at first stroke (Les combattants)
- Nicolas Cantin , Nicolas Moreau , Jean-Pierre Laforce - Saint Laurent
Best production design ("Meilleurs décors")
presented by Franck Gastambide and Léa Drucker
Thierry Flamand - Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête)
- Jean-Philippe Moreaux - The Incorruptible - Murderous Marseille (La French)
- Katia Wyszkop - Saint Laurent
- Sébastien Birchler - Timbuktu
- Aline Bonetto - Yves Saint Laurent
Best costumes ("Meilleurs costumes")
presented by Marilou Berry and Jean Paul Gaultier
- Pierre-Yves Gayraud - Beauty and the Beast (La belle et la bête)
- Carine Sarfati - The Incorruptible - Murderous Marseille (La French)
- Pascaline Chavanne - A New Friend (Une nouvelle amie)
- Madeline Fontaine - Yves Saint Laurent
Best debut film ("Meilleur premier film")
presented by Zabou Breitman and Pierre Deladonchamps
Love at first stroke (Les combattants) - Director: Thomas Cailley
- Elle l'adore - Director: Jeanne Herry
- Alice and the Sea (Fidelio, l'odyssée d'Alice) - Director: Lucie Borleteau
- Party Girl - Directed by Marie Amachoukeli , Claire Burger , Samuel Theis
- Qu'Allah bénisse la France - Director: Abd al Malik
Best animation film ("Meilleur film d'animation")
presented by Laura Smet and Joann Sfar
Minuscule - La vallée des fourmis perdues - Director: Thomas Szabo , Hélène Giraud
Les petits cailloux - Director: Chloé Mazlo (short film)
- The Melody of the Sea (Song of the Sea) - Director: Tomm Moore
- Jack and the cuckoo clock heart (Jack et la mécanique du cœur) - directed by Mathias Malzieu , Stéphane Berla
- Bang bang! - Director: Julien Bisaro (short film)
- La bûche de noël - Director: Vincent Patar , Stéphane Aubier (short film)
- La petite casserole d'Anatole - Director: Eric Montchaud (short film)
Best documentary ("Meilleur film documentaire")
presented by Charlotte Lebon and Jalil Lespert
Das Salz der Erde (The Salt of the Earth) - Director: Wim Wenders , Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
- Caricaturistes, fantassins de la démocratie - Director: Stéphanie Valloatto
- Les chèvres de ma mère - Director: Sophie Audier
- La cour de Babel - Director: Julie Bertuccelli
- National Gallery - Director: Frederick Wiseman
Best short film ("Meilleur film de court-métrage")
presented by Sabrina Ouazani and Félix Moati
La femme de Rio - Director: Emma Luchini , Nicolas Rey
- Aïssa - Director: Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
- Inupiluk - Director: Sébastien Betbeder
- Les jours d'avant - Director: Karim Moussaoui
- Où je mets ma pudeur - Director: Sébastien Bailly
- La virée à Paname - Directed by Carine May , Hakim Zouhani
Best foreign film ("Meilleur film étranger")
presented by Émilie Dequenne and Lambert Wilson
Mommy , Canada - Director: Xavier Dolan
- 12 Years a Slave , United States - Director: Steve McQueen
- Boyhood , United States - Director: Richard Linklater
- Two days, one night (Deux jours, une nuit) , Belgium - directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
- Ida , Poland - Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
- Grand Budapest Hotel , United States - Director: Wes Anderson
- Winter Sleep (Kış Uykusu) , Turkey - Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Honorary Award ("César d'honneur")
presented by Marion Cotillard
Sean Penn - American actor
Web links
- César nominations 2015 on academie-cinema.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yannick Vely: César 2015 - Mercredi, les nominations . parismatch.com, January 27, 2015.
- ↑ Elsa Keslassy: Sean Penn Set to Receive Honorary Cesar Award in France . variety.com, January 26, 2015.