César Awards 2006
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The 2006 César Award
s were the 31st edition of the biggest annual film
awards in France
. The ceremony
took place in the Théâtre du Châtelet
on February 25, 2006; hosted by Carole Bouquet
and presented by Valérie Lemercier
.
(De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté), which received 8 awards. Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) however, received none. The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start. The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23 minute delay to the start of the proceedings.
Best Film
Best Foreign Film
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Most Promising Actor
Most Promising Actress
Best Director
Best Music Written for a Film
Best Cinematography
Best Costume Design
Best Sound
Best Editing
Best Short Film
Best Production Design
Honorary César
2 Honorary Césars were awarded, one to British actor Hugh Grant
, who accepted the award in French and to Pierre Richard
César Award
The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....
s were the 31st edition of the biggest annual film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
awards in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. The ceremony
Award ceremony
An awards ceremony is an event and television programming genre where an award, of any type, is given to a person or people. Ceremonies are usually held at night, with guests wearing formal gowns and suits. They also usually have a host, with many categories for the awards. In the event that there...
took place in the Théâtre du Châtelet
Théâtre du Châtelet
The Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.One of two theatres built on the site of a châtelet, a small castle or fortress, it was designed by Gabriel Davioud at the request of Baron Haussmann between 1860 and...
on February 25, 2006; hosted by Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet
Carole Bouquet is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France....
and presented by Valérie Lemercier
Valérie Lemercier
Valérie Lemercier is a French actress, scriptwriter, director and singer.-Biography:Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, she grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988, in the...
.
Summary
2006's biggest winner was The Beat That My Heart SkippedThe Beat That My Heart Skipped
The Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival...
(De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté), which received 8 awards. Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël) however, received none. The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start. The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23 minute delay to the start of the proceedings.
Best FilmCésar Award for Best FilmThe winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- The Beat That My Heart SkippedThe Beat That My Heart SkippedThe Beat That My Heart Skipped is a 2005 French film directed by Jacques Audiard and starring Romain Duris. It tells the story of Tom, a real estate thug torn between a criminal life and his desire to become a concert pianist. The film premiered on February 17, 2005 at the Berlin Film Festival...
(De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté)- The ChildL'EnfantL'enfant is a 2005 film directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. The film was released under its French title in the English-speaking world.-Synopsis:...
(L'enfant) - Live and Become (Va, vis et deviens)
- Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noël)
- The Young Lieutenant (Le petit lieutenant)
- The Child
Best Foreign FilmCésar Award for Best Foreign FilmThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Foreign Film .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
- Million Dollar BabyMillion Dollar BabyMillion Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman...
– Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
- A History of ViolenceA History of Violence (film)A History of Violence is a 2005 American crime thriller film directed by David Cronenberg and written by Josh Olson. It is an adaptation of the 1997 graphic novel of the same name by John Wagner and Vince Locke...
– David CronenbergDavid CronenbergDavid Paul Cronenberg, OC, FRSC is a Canadian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor. He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror or venereal horror genre. This style of filmmaking explores people's fears of bodily transformation and infection. In his films, the... - The Sea InsideMar adentroThe Sea Inside is a 2004 film by the Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar. It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro , a Spanish ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident and his 29-year campaign in support of euthanasia and the right to end his life.- Plot summary :This is...
(Mar adentro) – Alejandro AmenabarAlejandro AmenábarAlejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos is a Spanish- Chilean film director. Amenábar was born in Santiago, Chile to a Spanish mother and Chilean father, but the family moved to Spain just one year after his birth... - Match PointMatch PointMatch Point is a 2005 dramatic thriller film written and directed by Woody Allen, and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Matthew Goode, Brian Cox and Penelope Wilton....
– Woody AllenWoody AllenWoody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema... - Walk on WaterWalk on Water (film)Walk on Water is an Israeli film released in 2004. It stars Lior Ashkenazi, Knut Berger, and Caroline Peters. It was directed by New York-born Israeli director Eytan Fox. The screenplay was written by Gal Uchovsky...
(ללכת על המים / Lalekhet Al HaMayim) – Eytan FoxEytan Fox-Biography:Fox was born in New York City and moved with his family to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a leading professor of Jewish education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His mother, Sara Kaminker-Fox, was the head of the Jerusalem city...
- A History of Violence
Best ActorCésar Award for Best ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
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| Winner Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet Michel Bouquet is a French film actor. He has appeared in over 90 films since 1947. He was born in Paris, France.-Selected filmography:* La petite chambre * Le Promeneur du Champ de Mars... in Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars (The Last Mitterrand) |
| Patrick Chesnais Patrick Chesnais - Biography :Patrick Chesnais was born in La Garenne-Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine. He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.In 1989, he won the César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in the film La Lectrice directed by Michel Deville... in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Romain Duris Romain Duris -Life:Born on 28 May 1974 in Paris, son of an engineer-architect father, Duris studied arts at university. He was noticed in the street by a casting director whilst waiting in a queue in 1993 and offered a part in the 1994 Cédric Klapisch film Le péril jeune... in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| José Garcia José Garcia (actor) José Garcia , sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia, is a French film and television actor.- Early life and education :He was born in Paris, France.- Career :... in Le couperet Le Couperet Le Couperet is a Belgian-French-Spanish film. The English title of this film is The Axe.Directed by Costa Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet, Le Couperet is an adaptation of the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake. The film follows the "hero", Bruno D... (The Axe) |
| Benoît Poelvoorde Benoît Poelvoorde Benoît Poelvoorde is a Belgian actor and comedian who often associates cynicism, humour and drama in his movies.His mother was a grocer and his father a driver, who died when Poelvoorde was still young... in Entre ses mains Entre ses mains Entre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent, and was based on the novel "Les Kangourous" by Dominique Barbéris.... (In His Hands) |
Best ActressCésar Award for Best ActressList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...
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| Winner Nathalie Baye Nathalie Baye Nathalie Marie Andrée Baye is a French film, television, and stage actress. After having dance and dramatic education, Baye began acting in 1970. She has appeared in more than 70 films. She won four César Awards for Sauve qui peut , Une étrange affaire , La Balance , and Le Petit Lieutenant... in Le Petit Lieutenant Le Petit Lieutenant The Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's... |
| Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré Isabelle Carré is a French actress, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1989. She won a César Award for Best Actress for her role in Se souvenir des belles choses , and has been nominated a further six times, for Beau fixe , Le Hussard sur le toit , La Femme défendue , Les Sentiments ,... in Entre ses mains Entre ses mains Entre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent, and was based on the novel "Les Kangourous" by Dominique Barbéris.... |
| Anne Consigny Anne Consigny Anne Consigny is a French film actress who is active since 1981. She received a César Awards nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé... in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Huppert Isabelle Anne Madeleine Huppert is a French actress who has appeared in over 90 film and television productions since 1971. She has had 14 films in official competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Best Actress Award twice, for Violette Nozière and La pianiste . She is also the most... in Gabriel Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
| Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier Valérie Lemercier is a French actress, scriptwriter, director and singer.-Biography:Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime as the daughter of farmers, she grew up in Gonzeville and then studied at the Rouen Conservatoire - a dance, music and drama school. Lemercier made her screen debut in 1988, in the... in Palais Royal! |
Best Supporting ActorCésar Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actor .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:...
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| Winner Niels Arestrup Niels Arestrup Niels Arestrup is a French actor.Born in Paris into a family of modest means, his father was Danish and his mother was French... in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Maurice Bénichou Maurice Bénichou Maurice Bénichou is a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke , and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie... in Caché Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:... (Hidden) |
| Dany Boon in Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Georges Wilson Georges Wilson Georges Wilson was a French film and television actor. He is the father of French actor Lambert Wilson.Wilson was born in Champigny-sur-Marne, Seine , to a French father and an Irish mother... in Je ne suis pas là pour être aimé (Not Here to Be Loved) |
| Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem Roschdy Zem is a French actor of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Days of Glory" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.... in Le Petit Lieutenant Le Petit Lieutenant The Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's... |
Best Supporting ActressCésar Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleList of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Supporting Actress .-Winners:Adapted from the article , from Wikinfo, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License....
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| Winner Cécile de France Cécile de France Cécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she... in Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
| Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve Catherine Deneuve is a French actress. She gained recognition for her portrayal of aloof and mysterious beauties in films such as Repulsion and Belle de jour . Deneuve was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1993 for her performance in Indochine; she also won César Awards for that... in Palais Royal! |
| Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky Noémie Lvovsky is a French film director, writer, and actress.She studied cinema at La Fémis in Paris, notably a contemporary of Arnaud Desplechin, with whom she often collaborates... in Backstage Backstage (2005 film) Backstage is a French film directed by Emmanuelle Bercot, released in 2005. It was screened in the Official Selection category of the 62nd Venice International Film Festival.-Synopsis:... |
| Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling Charlotte Rampling, OBE is an English actress. Her career spans four decades in English-language as well as French and Italian cinema.- Early life :... in Lemming Lemming (film) Lemming is a psychological thriller film, directed by Dominik Moll and starring André Dussollier, Charlotte Rampling, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Laurent Lucas. It was entered into the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Synopsis:... |
| Kelly Reilly in Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
Most Promising Actor César Award for Most Promising ActorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Most Promising Actor .-1980s:-1990s:*1991: Gérald Thomassin: Le petit criminel*1992: Manuel Blanc: J'embrasse pas...
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| Winner Louis Garrel Louis Garrel Louis Garrel is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci... in Les Amants réguliers (Regular Lovers) |
| Walid Afkir in Caché Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:... (Hidden) |
| Gilles Lellouche Gilles Lellouche Gilles Lellouche is a French actor. He started his career as a director before changing to acting. Lellouche has appeared in more than thirty films since 1995. He was nominated twice for a César Award... for Ma vie en l'air |
| Aymen Saïdi in Saint-Jacques... La Mecque |
| Adrien Jolivet in Zim and Co. Zim and Co. Zim and Co. is a 2005 French comedy film directed by Pierre Jolivet. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Adrien Jolivet - Victor Zimbietrovski, dit Zim* Mhamed Arezki - Cheb* Yannick Nasso - Arthur... |
Most Promising ActressCésar Award for Most Promising ActressThe following is the list of winners of the César Award for Most Promising Actress . Since its inception in 1983, the award is given as part of the French film industry's annual César Awards....
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| Winner Linh Dan Pham Linh Dan Pham Linh Dan Pham is a French actress.She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris... in De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Déborah François Déborah François Déborah François is a Belgian actress. She starred in the Palme d'Or winning film L'Enfant playing the lead role of Sonya... in L'Enfant |
| Mélanie Doutey Mélanie Doutey Mélanie Doutey is a French actress, the daughter of director and producer, Alain Doutey, and the actress Arielle Séménoff. She has appeared in Claude Chabrol's La Fleur du Mal, which also starred Nathalie Baye, and El Lobo, the true story of a mole within the Basque terrorist group ETA... in Il ne faut jurer de rien! |
| Fanny Valette Fanny Valette Fanny Valette is a French actress, born July 4, 1986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.- Biography :Valette started her career in an episode of L'instit... in La Petite Jérusalem Little Jerusalem (film) Little Jerusalem is a 2005 French drama film directed by Karin Albou. Albou's film depicts how the conflict between the rational and the irrational drives the relationships within a Jewish family living in the outskirts of Paris.-Plot:... (Little Jerusalem) |
| Marina Hands Marina Hands - Biography :Hands is the daughter of British director Terry Hands and French actress Ludmila Mikaël, and the granddaughter of painter Pierre Dmitrienko. She studied acting at the Cours Florent and the CNSAD in France, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in England... in Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2005 and won the Prix Renaudot... (Grey Souls) |
Best DirectorCésar Award for Best DirectorThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Director .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
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| Winner Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... for Le Petit Lieutenant Le Petit Lieutenant The Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's... |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for L'Enfant |
| Michael Haneke Michael Haneke Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... for Caché Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:... (Hidden) |
| Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... for Va, vis et deviens Go, See, and Become Live and Become )' is a 2005 French film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew in order to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu... (Go, See, and Become) |
Best Writing - Original
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| Winner Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihaileanu Radu Mihăileanu is a Jewish Romanian-born French film director and screenwriter. He left Romania in 1980 and graduated the IDHEC cinematographic institute in Paris. In addition to his work in the cinema he published a book of poems in 1987 titled Une vague en mal de mer... and Alain-Michel Blanc for Va, vis et deviens (Go, See, and Become) |
| Michael Haneke Michael Haneke Michael Haneke is a German born Austrian filmmaker and writer best known for his bleak and disturbing style. His films often document problems and failures in modern society. Haneke has worked in television‚ theatre and cinema. He is also known for raising social issues in his work... for Caché Caché (film) Caché is a 2005 Austrian-French film written and directed by Michael Haneke. It stars Daniel Auteuil as Georges and Juliette Binoche as his wife Anne.-Plot:... (Hidden) |
| Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne for L'Enfant |
| Christian Carion Christian Carion Christian Carion is a French film director, dialogue writer and screenwriter.-As director and writer:*2009 : L'affaire Farewell*2005 : Joyeux Noël, starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann and Guillaume Canet... for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... , Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat for Le Petit Lieutenant Le Petit Lieutenant The Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's... |
Best Writing - Adaptation
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| Winner Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard Jacques Audiard is a French film director, the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.He won twice both the César Award for Best Film and the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language, in 2005 for The Beat That My Heart Skipped and in 2010 for A Prophet... and Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista Tonino Benacquista is an award-winning French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter.- Awards :*1992 Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for La Commedia des ratés... for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras, is a Greek filmmaker, who lives and works in France, best known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller, Z... and Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg Jean-Claude Grumberg is a French writer of children's books and a playwright.- Early life :Before becoming a playwright, Jean-Claude Grumberg held several jobs including working as a tailor, he takes to the middle part of his play L'Atelier. He discovered drama being an actor in the company... for Le Couperet Le Couperet Le Couperet is a Belgian-French-Spanish film. The English title of this film is The Axe.Directed by Costa Gavras and starring José Garcia, Karin Viard and Olivier Gourmet, Le Couperet is an adaptation of the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake. The film follows the "hero", Bruno D... (The Axe) |
| Anne Fontaine Anne Fontaine (filmmaker) Anne Fontaine is a filmmaker and screenwriter who used to be an actor. She lives and works in France.Born Fontaine Sibertin-Blanc, sister of actor Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc, she went as a young child to live in Lisbon, where her father, Antoine Sibertin-Blanc, is a music professor and cathedral... and Julien Boivent for Entre ses mains Entre ses mains Entre ses mains is a 2005 French-Belgian drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. The screenplay was written by Fontaine and Julien Boivent, and was based on the novel "Les Kangourous" by Dominique Barbéris.... |
| Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau Patrice Chéreau is a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor, and producer.-Biography:Patrice Chéreau was born in Lézigné, Maine-et-Loire, and went to school in Paris. At a young age he became well-known to Parisian critics as director, actor, and stage manager of his high-school theatre... and Anne-Louise Trividic for Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
| Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois Xavier Beauvois is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. His film Don't Forget You're Going to Die was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Prize.... , Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric Troubat for Le Promeneur du Champ-de-Mars (The Last Mitterrand) |
Best Music Written for a FilmCésar Award for Best Music Written for a FilmThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Music Written for a Film . Before 2000, the award was called "César Award for Best Music".-1970s:...
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| Winner Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Desplat Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat is a French film composer. He has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006, and two Grammy nominations. In 2011, Desplat won his first British... for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Philippe Rombi Philippe Rombi Philippe Rombi, born on 3 April 1968 in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, is a French film score composer. His score for Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis was nominated for best original score for a comedy film at the fifth International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Excellence in... for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Émilie Simon Émilie Simon Émilie Simon is a French singer and composer of electronic music.-Émilie Simon:In May 2003, she released her debut album Émilie Simon. The electronic album was critically acclaimed and went on to become a commercial success. To promote her album, she did numerous live performances and TV... for La Marche de l'empereur March of the Penguins March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica... March of the Penguins |
| Armand Amar Armand Amar Armand Amar is an Israel-born French composer who grew up in Morocco. He won the 2010 César Award for Best Music Written for a Film for Le Concert .-Biography:... for Va, vis et deviens Go, See, and Become Live and Become )' is a 2005 French film about an Ethiopian Christian boy who disguises himself as an Ethiopian Jew in order to escape famine and emigrates to Israel. It was directed by Romanian-born Radu Mihăileanu... (Go, See, and Become) |
Best CinematographyCésar Award for Best CinematographyThe following are the winners of the annual César Award for Best Cinematography .-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
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| Winner Stéphane Fontaine for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| William Lubtchansky William Lubtchansky William Lubtchansky born in Paris, France, was an acclaimed French cinematographer. His first film was Agnes Varda's 1965 short, Elsa la Rose. Lubtchansky has shot over 100 films, including several for Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Jean Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet and Nadine Trintignant... for Les Amant réguliers (Regular Lovers) |
| Éric Gautier for Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
Best Costume DesignCésar Award for Best Costume DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Costume Design .-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
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| Winner Caroline de Vivaise for Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
| Alison Forbes-Meyler for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Pascaline Chavanne for Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2005 and won the Prix Renaudot... (Grey Souls) |
Best SoundCésar Award for Best SoundThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Sound .-Winners and nominees:*1976 : Nara Kollery *1977 : Jean-Pierre Ruh *1978 : Jacques Maumont...
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| Winner Laurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps for Marche de l'empereur March of the Penguins March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica... (March of the Penguins) |
| Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard, Cyril Holtz and Philippe Amouroux for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Guillaume Sciama, Benoît Hillebrant and Olivier Dô Hùu for Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
Best EditingCésar Award for Best EditingThe César Award for Best Editing is one of the annual César Awards given by the French Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. Eligible films are usually in the French language.-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:...
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| Winner Juliette Welfling Juliette Welfling Juliette Welfling is a French film editor. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Film Editing for her work in the 2007 movie The Diving Bell and the Butterfly... for De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) |
| Sabine Emiliani for Marche de l'empereur March of the Penguins March of the Penguins is a 2005 French nature documentary film. It was directed and co-written by Luc Jacquet, and co-produced by Bonne Pioche and the National Geographic Society. The film depicts the yearly journey of the emperor penguins of Antarctica... (March of the Penguins) |
| Francine Sandberg for Les Poupées russes (The Russian Dolls) |
Best Short FilmCésar Award for Best Short FilmThe César Award for Best Short Film is a category of the César Awards, France's national film award.The winners since its inauguration in 1992 have been:...
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| Winner After Shave (Beyrouth après-rasage) After Shave (short movie) After Shave is an award winning 2005 Lebanese short film by the Lebanese director Hany Tamba. This movie won The 2006 César Awards for best short film.-Synopsis:... by Hany Tamba |
| Obras by Hendrick Dusollier |
| La Peur, petit chasseur (Fear, Little Hunter) by Laurent Achard |
| Sous le bleu by David Oelhoffen |
Best First Work
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| Winner Darwin's Nightmare Darwin's Nightmare Darwin's Nightmare is a 2004 French-Belgian-Austrian documentary film written and directed by Hubert Sauper, dealing with the environmental and social effects of the fishing industry around Lake Victoria in Tanzania. It premiered at the 2004 Venice Film Festival, and was nominated for the 2006... by Hubert Sauper Hubert Sauper Hubert Sauper is a documentary filmmaker best known for the highly controversial Darwin's Nightmare which was nominated for an Academy Award.... |
| Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer Anthony Zimmer is a 2005 French romantic thriller film directed by Jérôme Salle starring Sophie Marceau and Yvan Attal. The film spawned an American-produced remake in 2010 titled The Tourist.-Plot:... by Jérôme Salle Jérôme Salle Jérôme Salle is a French film director and screenwriter.Salle has directed the films Anthony Zimmer, Largo Winch, and Largo Winch .-Notes:... |
| Douches froides (Cold Showers) by Antony Cordier |
| La Marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) by Luc Jacquet Luc Jacquet Luc Jacquet is a French film director from Paris. He wrote and directed the movie March of the Penguins, which won an Oscar for best documentary feature in 2005. His current film is called The Fox And the Child... |
| La Petite Jérualem Little Jerusalem (film) Little Jerusalem is a 2005 French drama film directed by Karin Albou. Albou's film depicts how the conflict between the rational and the irrational drives the relationships within a Jewish family living in the outskirts of Paris.-Plot:... (Little Jerusalem) by Karin Albou |
Best Production DesignCésar Award for Best Production DesignThis is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Production Design .-Winners and nominees:*1976: Pierre Guffroy: Que la fête commence*1977: Alexandre Trauner: Monsieur Klein...
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| Winner Olivier Radot for Gabrielle Gabrielle (film) Gabrielle is a 2005 French film directed by Patrice Chéreau. It is a screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's short story The Return.-Plot:... |
| Jean-Michel Simonet for Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas) |
| Loula Morin for (Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises Les Âmes grises is a novel by the French author Philippe Claudel. It is a first person narrative which revolves around the murder of a young girl in a small provincial French town near the Western Front in 1917. The book was published in France in 2005 and won the Prix Renaudot... ) (Grey Souls) |
Honorary CésarHonorary CésarThe César Award is France's national film award. Recipients are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema. The following are the recipients of the honorary César award since 1976.- See also :**...
2 Honorary Césars were awarded, one to British actor Hugh GrantHugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's...
, who accepted the award in French and to Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard
Pierre Richard is a popular French actor best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films...