40th César Awards
40th Vivement dimanche ! | |
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Date | 20 February 2015 |
Site | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France |
Hosted by | Édouard Baer |
Highlights | |
Best Film | Timbuktu |
Best Actor | Pierre Niney |
Best Actress | Adèle Haenel |
Most awards | Timbuktu (7) |
Most nominations | Saint Laurent (10) |
Television coverage | |
Network | Canal+ |
The 40th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director Dany Boon, with actor Édouard Baer acting as master of ceremonies for the second time.[1][2]
The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President Alain Terzian. Saint Laurent received the most nominations with ten, followed by Love at First Fight with nine nominations.[3][4][5]
In related events, the Médaille d'Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at Monnaie de Paris on 19 January 2015. Luc Besson was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades.[6][7] On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Sylvie Pialat, who produced Timbuktu via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year.[8]
Timbuktu won seven awards including Best Film and Best Director for Abderrahmane Sissako. Other winners included Love at First Fight with three awards, and Yves Saint Laurent, Hippocrate, Clouds of Sils Maria, La Famille Bélier, Diplomacy, Saint Laurent, Beauty and the Beast, The Salt of the Earth, Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, Les Petits Cailloux, La Femme de Rio and Mommy with one.[9][10]
Winners and nominees
Pierre Niney – Yves Saint Laurent as Yves Saint Laurent
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Adèle Haenel – Love at First Fight as Madeleine
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Reda Kateb – Hippocrate as Abdel Rezzak
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Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine
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Most Promising Actor Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight as Arnaud Labrède
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Most Promising Actress
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Diplomacy – Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff
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Nadia Ben Rachid – Timbuktu
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Philippe Welsh, Roman Dymny and Thierry Delor – Timbuktu
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Best Music Written for a Film Amine Bouhafa – Timbuktu
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Anaïs Romand – Saint Laurent
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Thierry Flamand – Beauty and the Beast
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Les Petits Cailloux
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La Femme de Rio
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Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Sylvie Pialat | ||
Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma – Médaille d'Or
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Films with multiple nominations and awards
The following films received multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards:
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Presenters
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.
Name(s) | Role |
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Cécile de France and Cédric Klapisch | Presenters of the award for Most Promising Actress
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Alex Lutz and Stéphane De Groodt | Presenters of the awards for Best Cinematography and Best Sound |
Zabou Breitman and Pierre Deladonchamps | Presenters of the award for Best First Feature Film |
Leïla Bekhti and Géraldine Nakache | Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actor |
Cécile Cassel and Étienne Daho | Presenters of the award for Best Music Written for a Film
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Laura Smet and Joann Sfar | Presenters of the awards for Best Animated Feature Film & Best Animated Short Film |
Julie Gayet and Denis Podalydès | Presenters of the award for Most Promising Actor
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Jean-Paul Gaultier |
Presenters of the award for Best Costume Design |
Pascal Elbé | Presenter of the award for Best Original Screenplay |
Franck Gastambide and Léa Drucker | Presenters of the awards for Best Production Design and Best Editing |
Charlotte Le Bon and Jalil Lespert | Presenters of the award for Best Documentary Film |
Marion Cotillard | Presenter of the Honorary César |
Sabrina Ouazani and Félix Moati | Presenters of the award for Best Short Film |
Joey Starr |
Presenters of the award for Best Supporting Actress |
Nathalie Baye and Guillaume Canet | Presenters of the award for Best Director |
Emilie Dequenne and Lambert Wilson |
Presenters of the award for Best Foreign Film |
Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart | Presenters of the award for Best Actor |
Sylvie Testud and Abd al Malik | Presenters of the award for Best Adaptation |
Guillaume Gallienne | Presenter of the award for Best Actress |
Dany Boon | Presenter of the award for Best Film |
Viewers
The show was followed by 2.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.[11]
See also
- 20th Lumières Awards
- 5th Magritte Awards
- 27th European Film Awards
- 87th Academy Awards
- 68th British Academy Film Awards
References
- ^ "Dany Boon président des César : la Ch'ti revanche". Le Figaro. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "César 2015 : Édouard Baer présentera la cérémonie". Le Figaro. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ^ "L'Agenda-Conférence de Presse d'Annonce des Nominations 2015". Académie du cinéma. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ^ "César 2015 : les nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ "Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Médaille d'Or de l'Académie". Académie des César. Retrieved 21 February 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "César 2015 : Une Médaille d'Or pour Luc Besson". Canal+. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "'Timbuktu' Producer Sylvie Pialat Wins Second Toscan du Plantier Award". Variety. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "César Awards: 'Timbuktu' Best Film; Kristen Stewart In Historic Supporting Actress Win". Deadline Hollywood. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "César 2015 : Audiences en légère hausse pour Canal+". 21 February 2015.