5th César Awards

The 5th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1979 and took place on 2 February 1980 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Marais and hosted by Pierre Tchernia and Peter Ustinov. Tess won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

• Costa Gavras
  Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey
  I... comme Icare, directed by Henri Verneuil
• Best Foreign Film:
  Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen
  Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  Die Blechtrommel, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
  Hair, directed by Miloš Forman
• Série noire
• The Crying Woman
  Nastassja Kinski, for Tess
• Le Toubib
• Série noire
• La Drôlesse
• Série noire
• Les Soeurs Brontë
• Retour à la bien-aimée
• Série noire
• La Dérobade
  Ennio Morricone, for I... comme Icare
  Philippe Sarde, for Tess
• Best Production Design:
  Alexandre Trauner, for Don Giovanni
  Théobald Meurisse, for Buffet froid
  Jacques Saulnier, for I... comme Icare
  Pierre Guffroy, for Tess
• Best Animated Short:
  Demain la petite fille sera en retard à l'école, directed by Michel Boschet
  Barbe bleue, directed by Olivier Gillon
  Les Troubles fêtes, directed by Bernard Palacios
• Colloque de chiens, directed by Raúl Ruiz
  Nuit feline, directed by Gérard Marx
  Sibylle, directed by Robert Cappa
• Georges Demeny, directed by Joël Farges
  Panoplie, directed by Philippe Gaucherand
  Le Sculpteur parfait, directed by Rafi Toumayan
• Honorary César:
  Pierre Braunberger
  Louis de Funès
  Kirk Douglas

See also

• 52nd Academy Awards
• 33rd British Academy Film Awards

References

External links

• Official website
• 5th César Awards at
  IMDb
• 5th César Awards at AlloCiné