Saint Laurent, Timbuktu, Hippocrates, Love at First Fight, Yves Saint Laurent, and The Bélier Family share the nominations for the top 2015 Cesar Awards between them. The suspense will be over on February 20!
10 nominations for Saint Laurent, 8 for Timbuktu and Love at First Fight, 7 for Hippocrates and Yves Saint Laurent, 6 for The Bélier Family: these are the films that dominate this year's Cesar Award nominations.
UniFrance Films is pleased to announce that two feature films (Eastern Boys and Love at First Fight), along with three short films (A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log, A Day Out in Paris, and Aïssa) which will be competing for Best Film honors this year are accessible for viewing at MyFrenchFilmFestival, our online French Film Festival that is currently open around the world.
This year's Cesar Award nominations:
Most Promising Actress
Lou De Laâge in Breathe
Louane Emera in The Bélier Family
Joséphine Japy in Breathe
Ariane Labed in Fidelio, Alice's Journey
Karidja Touré in Girlhood
Best Supporting Actor
Éric Elmosnino in The Bélier Family
Guillaume Gallienne in Yves Saint Laurent
Louis Garrel in Saint Laurent
Reda Kateb in Hippocrates
Jérémie Renier in Saint Laurent
Best Costume Design
Pierre-Yves Gayraud in Beauty and the Beast
Carine Sarfati in The Connection
Anaïs Romand in Saint Laurent
Pascaline Chavanne in The New Girlfriend
Madeline Fontaine in Yves Saint Laurent
Best Production Design
Thierry Flamand for Beauty and the Beast
Jean-Philippe Moreaux for The Connection
Katia Wyszkop for Saint Laurent
Sébastian Birchler for Timbuktu
Aline Bonetto for Yves Saint Laurent
Best Animated Film (feature film)
Song of the Sea by Tomm Moore
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart by Mathias Malzieu and Stéphane Berla
Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants by Hélène Giraud and Thomas Szabo
Best Animated Film (short film)
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) by Julien Bisaro
A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log by Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier
Anatole’s Little Saucepan by Éric Montchaud
The Little Stones by Chloé Mazlo
Most Promising Actor
Kévin Azaïs in Love at First Fight
Ahmed Dramé in Once in a Lifetime
Kirill Emelyanov in Eastern Boys
Pierre Rochefort in Going Away
Marc Zinga in May Allah bless France
Best First Film
Love at First Fight by Thomas Cailley
Elle l'adore by Jeanne Herry
Fidelio, Alice's Journey by Lucie Borleteau
Party Girl by Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
May Allah bless France by Abd Al Malik
Best Documentary
Cartoonists, Foot Soldiers of Democracy by Stéphanie Valloatto
School Of Babel by Julie Bertuccelli
All My Mother's Goats by Sophie Audier
National Gallery by Frederick Wiseman
The Salt of the Earth by Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Best Original Music
Jean-Baptiste De Laubier for Girlhood
Béatrice Thiriet for Bird People
Lionel Flairs, Benoît Rault, Philippe Deshaies for Love at First Fight
Amine Bouhafa for Timbuktu
Ibrahim Maalouf for Yves Saint Laurent
Best Supporting Actress
Marianne Denicourt in Hippocrates
Claude Gensac in Lulu in the Nude
Izia Higelin in Samba
Charlotte Le Bon in Yves Saint Laurent
Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Short Film
Aïssa by Clément Tréhin-Lalanne
La Femme de Rio by Emma Luchini and Nicolas Rey
Inupiluk by Sébastien Betbeder
Les Jours d'avant by Karim Moussaoui
My Sense of Modesty by Sébastien Bailly
A Day Out in Paris by Carine May and Hakim Zouhani
Best Original Screenplay
Thomas Cailley, Claude Le Pape for Love at First Fight
Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carré De Malberg for The Bélier Family
Thomas Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Julien Lilti, Pierre Chosson for Hippocrates
Olivier Assayas for Clouds of Sils Maria
Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Fatoumata Tall for Timbuktu
Best Cinematography
Christophe Beaucarne for Beauty and the Beast
Josée Deshaies for Saint Laurent
Thomas Hardmeier for Yves Saint Laurent
Yorick Le Saux for Clouds of Sils Maria
Sofian El Fani for Timbuktu
Best Screen Adaptation
The Blue Room
Diplomacy
Lulu in the Nude
Not My Type
Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
Best Editing
Love at First Fight
Hippocrates
Party Girl
Saint Laurent
Timbuktu
Best Sound
Girlhood
Bird People
Love at First Fight
Saint Laurent
Timbuktu
Best Foreign Film
Twelve Years a Slave
Boyhood
Two Days, One Night
Ida
Mommy
Grand Budapest Hotel
Winter Sleep
Best Director
Céline Sciamma for Girlhood
Thomas Cailley for Love at First Fight
Robin Campillo for Eastern Boys
Thomas Lilti for Hippocrates
Bertrand Bonello for Saint Laurent
Olivier Assayas for Clouds of Sils Maria
Abderrahmane Sissako for Timbuktu
Best Actress
Juliette Binoche in Clouds of Sils Maria
Marion Cotillard in Two Days, One Night
Catherine Deneuve in In the Courtyard
Émilie Dequenne in Not My Type
Adèle Haenel in Love at First Fight
Sandrine Kiberlain in Elle l'adore
Karin Viard in The Bélier Family
Best Actor
Niels Arestrup in Diplomacy
Guillaume Canet in Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
François Damiens in The Bélier Family
Romain Duris in The New Girlfriend
Vincent Lacoste in Hippocrates
Pierre Niney in Yves Saint Laurent
Gaspard Ulliel in Saint Laurent
Best Film
Love at First Fight by Thomas Cailley
Eastern Boys by Robin Campillo
The Bélier Family by Éric Lartigau
Hippocrates by Thomas Lilti
Saint Laurent by Bertrand Bonello
Clouds of Sils Maria by Olivier Assayas
Timbuktu by Abderrahmane Sissako
