With the Cesar for Best Film, Fatima by Philippe Faucon (photo) has hooked the top award, but few "major" films of this 2016 edition would have been left out. Mustang and Marguerite carried of 4 prizes each, Arnaud Desplechin was awarded the Cesar for Best Director, Valley of Love received the Best Photography award. All the awards can be found below.
Cesar Awards 2016
- Cesar for Best Feature Film: Fatima by Philippe Faucon
- Cesar for Best Actress: Catherine Frot for the film Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli
- Cesar for Best Actor: Vincent Lindon for the film The Measure of a Man by Stéphane Brizé
- Cesar for Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin for his film My Golden Days
- Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Sidse Babett Knudsen for the film Courted by Christian Vincent
- Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Benoît Magimel for the film Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot
- Best Female Newcomer: Zita Hanrot for the film Fatima by Philippe Faucon
- Best Male Newcomer: Rod Paradot for the film Standing Tall by Emmanuelle Bercot
- Cesar for Best Animated Feature: The Little Prince by Mark Osborne
- Cesar for Best Documentary Feature: Tomorrow by Mélanie Laurent, Cyril Dion
- Cesar for Best First Film: Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cesar for Best Original Screenplay: Deniz Gamze Ergüven, Alice Winocour for the film Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cesar for Best Adaptation: Philippe Faucon for the film Fatima by Philippe Faucon
- Cesar for Best Photography: Christophe Offenstein for the film Valley of Love by Guillaume Nicloux
- Cesar for Best Set Design: Martin Kurel for the film Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli
- Cesar for Best Editing: Mathilde Van De Moortel for the film Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Cesar for Best Sound: Gabriel Hafner, François Musy for the film Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli
- Cesar for Best Costumes: Pierre-Jean Larroque for the film Marguerite by Xavier Giannoli
- Cesar for Best Original Music: Warren Ellis for the film Mustang by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Honorary Cesar: Michael Douglas
- Cesar for Best Short Film: Back Alley by Cécile Ducrocq
- Cesar for Best Animated Short: Sunday Lunch by Céline Devaux
- Cesar for Best Foreign-Language Film: Birdman, by Alejandro González Iñárritu
