ELLE LEADS 42ND CESAR AWARD NOMINATIONS

It goes without saying, not least after last year's nominations, but the 42nd Cesar Awards' lineup is chock-full of diversity. Case in point: 16 of the nominated films, including four of the seven Best Film nominees, are directed by women, while it had been 16 years since the Oscar's 19 main categories failed to feature a single female-directed feature, until Tuesday's slate. As is often the case, the same few films dominate across the categories, with Paul Verhoeven's Elle leading with 11 mentions. The Cesar awards will be held on the 24th of February.

Best Film

Divines

Elle

Frantz

From the Land of the Moon

The Innocents

Slack Bay

Victoria

Best Director

Houda Benyamina (Divines)

Xavier Dolan (It's Only the End of the World)

Bruno Dumont (Slack Bay)

Anne Fontaine (The Innocents)

Nicole Garcia (From the Land of the Moon)

Francois Ozon (Frantz)

Paul Verhoeven (Elle)

Best Actress

Judith Chemla (A Woman's Life)

Marion Cotillard (From the Land of the Moon)

Virginie Efira (Victoria)

Marina Fois (Faultless)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Sidse Babett Knudsen (150 Milligrams)
Stephanie Sokolinski (The Dancer)

Best Actor

Francois Cluzet (Irreplaceable)

Pierre Deladonchamps (The Son of John)

Nicolas Duvauchelle (A Decent Man)

Fabrice Luchini (Slack Bay)
Pierre Niney (Frantz)

Omar Sy (Chocolat)

Gaspard Ulliel (It's Only the End of the World)

Best Supporting Actress

Nathalie Baye (It's Only the End of the World)

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Slack Bay)

Anne Consigny (Elle)

Deborah Lukumuena (Divines)

Melanie Thierry (The Dancer)

Best Supporting Actor

Gabriel Arcand (A Kid)

Vincent Cassel (It's Only the End of the World)

Vincent Lacoste (Victoria)

Laurent Lafitte (Elle)

Melvil Poupaud (Victoria)

James Thierree (Chocolat)

Best Original Screenplay

Solveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget (The Aquatic Effect)

Houda Benyamina, Romain Compingt and Malik Rumeau (Divines)

Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine, Sabrina Karine and Alice Vial (The Innocents)

Bruno Dumont (Slack Bay)

Justine Triet (Victoria)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emmanuelle Bercot and Severine Bosschem (150 Milligrams)

David Birke (Elle)

Jacques Fieschi and Nicole Garcia (From the Land of the Moon)

Francois Ozon (Frantz)

Katell Quillevere and Gilles Taurand (Heal the Living)

Celine Sciamma (My Life as a Courgette)

Best Cinematography

Christophe Beaucarne (From the Land of the Moon)

Caroline Champetier (The Innocents)

Guillaume Deffontaines (Slack Bay)

Stephane Fontaine (Elle)

Pascal Marti (Frantz)

Best Editing

Xavier Dolan (It's Only the End of the World)

Laure Gardette (Frantz)

Simon Jacquet (From the Land of the Moon)

Loic Lallemand and Vincent Tricon (Divines)

Job ter Burg (Elle)

Best Production Design

Michel Barthelemy (Frantz)

Carlos Conti (The Dancer)

Riton Dupire-Clement (Slack Bay)

Jeremie D. Lignol (Chocolat)

Katia Wyszkop (Planetarium)

Best Costumes

Alexander Charles (Slack Bay)

Pascaline Chavanne (Frantz)

Madeline Fontaine (A Woman's Life)

Catherine Leterrier (From the Land of the Moon)

Anais Romand (The Dancer)

Best Sound

Martin Boissau, Benoit Gargonne and Jean-Paul Hurier (Frantz)

Fred Demolder, Marc Engles, Jean-Paul Hurier and Sylvain Rety (The Odyssey)

Jean-Pierre Duret, Jean-Pierre Laforce and Sylvain Malbrant (From the Land of the Moon)

Vincent Guillon, Brigitte Taillandier and Stephane Thiebaut (Chocolat)

Cyril Holtz, Damie Lazzerini, Jean-Paul Mugel and Alexis Place (Elle)

Best Original Score

Anne Dudley (Elle)

Sophie Hunger (My Life as a Courgette)

Ibrahim Maalouf (In the Forests of Siberia)

Philippe Romi (Frantz)

Gabriel Yared (Chocolat)

Best Animated Film

The Girl Without Hands (Sebastien Laudenbach and Jean-Christophe Soulageon)

My Life as a Courgette (Claude Barras, Marc Bonny, Armelle Glorennec and Eric Jacquot)

The Red Turtle (Pascal Caucheteux, Michael Dudok de Wit and Vincent Maraval)

Best Documentary Film

Dernieres Nouvelles du Cosmos (Julie Bertuccelli, Yael Fogiel and Laetitia Gonzalez)

Fire at Sea (Caille Laemle, Serge Lalou and Gianfranco Rosi)

Journey Through French Cinema (Frederic Bourboulon and Bertrand Tavernier)

Swagger (Olivier Babinet, Marine Dorfmann and Alexandre Perrier)

Thanks Boss! (Anne-Cecile Berthomeau, Edouard Mauriat, Francois Ruffin and Johanna Silva)

Best Foreign Film

Aquarius (Kleber Mendonca Filho)

Graduation (Cristian Mungiu)

I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach)
It's Only the End of the World (Xavier Dolan)

Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan)

Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade)

The Unknown Girl (Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne)

Best First Film

The Dancer (Stephanie di Giusto)

Dark Inclusion (Arthur Harari)

Divines (Houda Benyamina)

The Fabulous Patars (Sophie Reine)

Rosalie Blum (Julien Rappeneau)

Best New Actress

Oulaya Amamra (Divines)

Paula Beer (Frantz)

Lily-Rose Depp (The Dancer)

Noemie Merlant (Heaven Will Wait)

Raph (Slack Bay)

Best New Actor

Jonas Bloquet (Elle)

Damien Bonnard (Staying Vertical)

Corentin Fila (Being 17)

Kacey Mottet Klein (Being 17)

Niels Schneider (Dark Inclusion)

Best Short Film

Apres Suzanne (Benjamin Elalouf, Felix Moati, Elsa Rodde and Leah Weil)

Au Bruit des Clochettes (Judith Lou Levy and Chabmane Zariab)

Chasse Royale (Lise Akoka, Marine Alaric and Romane Gueret)

Maman(s) (Sylvain de Zangroniz and Maimouna Doucoure)

Vers la Tendresse (Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral and Alice Diop)

Best Animated Short Film

Cafe Froid (Perrine Capron, Marc Jousset, Stephanie Lansaque and Francois Leroy)

Celui Qui a Deux Ames (Sophie Fallot and Fabrice Luang-Vija)

Journal Anime (Donato Sansone and Nicolas Schmerkin)

Peripheria (David Coquard-Dassault and Nicholas Schmerkin)

FATIMA WINS THE CESAR FOR BEST FILM

The Cesar Awards were split between several films yesterday, with Philippe Faucon' Fatima winning the Best Film award. Marguerite and Oscar-nominated Mustang were the biggest winners, however, with four awards apiece for Deniz Gamze Erguven's drama and Xavier Giannoli's period comedy. Check out the Cesar nominees, which were flooded with diversity, here, and their award winners below:

Best Film

Fatima (Philippe Faucon and Yasmina Nina-Faucon)

Best Director

Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days)

Best Actor

Vincent Landon (The Measure of a Man)

Best Actress

Catherine Frot (Marguerite)

Best Supporting Actor

Benoit Magimel (Standing Tall)

Best Supporting Actress

Sidse Babett Knudsen (Courted)

Best Original Screenplay

Deniz Gamze Erguven and Alice Winocour (Mustang)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Philippe Faucon (Fatima)

Best Cinematography

Christophe Offenstein (Valley of Love)

Best Editing

Mathilde van de Moortel (Mustang)

Best Production Design

Martin Kurel (Marguerite)

Best Costumes

Pierre-Jean Larroque (Marguerite)

Best Sound

Gabriel Hafner and Francois Musy (Marguerite)

Best Music

Warren Ellis (Mustang)

Best Animated Feature

The Little Prince (Mark Osborne)

Best Documentary

Demain (Cyril Dion and Melanie Laurent)

Best Foreign Film

Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)

Best First Film

Mustang (Deniz Gamze Erguven)

Best Breakout Actor

Rod Paradot (Standing Tall)

Best Breakout Actress

Zita Hanrot (Fatima)

Best Short Film

Back Alley (Cecile Ducrocq)

Best Animated Short

Sunday Lunch (Celine Devaux)

Honorary Cesar

Michael Douglas

MARGUERITE AND MY GOLDEN DAYS LEAD CESAR NOMINATIONS

It's France, so what else did you expect? Festival titles dominate the nominations for the 41st Cesar Awards, with Xavier Giannoli's Marguerite and Arnaud Desplechin's My Golden Days - Venice and Cannes debuts respectively - dominating the field with 11 mentions apiece. Voters were clearly of similar minds this year, as a hefty six films scored more than seven nominations: Cannes Palme d'Or recipient Dheepan and Oscar-nominated Mustang both secured nine, while Emmanuelle Bercot stars in Mon Roi and directs Standing Tall, both up for eight awards. But listen up: what a thrillingly diverse selection! Three of the Best Film nominees feature people of colour in leading roles! Three of them are directed by women; all of those women are also competing for the Best Director award! There are more leading women among the Best Film nominees than men! Two women are nominated for Best Cinematography, an award which no woman has ever been up for at the Oscars! The annual ceremony will this year be held on the 26th of February. Check out the full list of nominees below:

Best Film

Dheepan (Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux and Gregoire Sorlat)

Fatima (Philippe Faucon and Yasmina Nina-Faucon)

The Measure of a Man (Philip Boeffard, Stephane Brize and Christophe Rossignon)

Marguerite (Olivier Delbosc, Xavier Giannoli and Marc Missonier)

Mon Roi (Yvain Attal and Maiwenn le Besco)

Mustang (Deniz Gamze Erguven and Charles Gillibert)

My Golden Days (Pascal Caucheteux, Arnaud Desplechin and Gregoire Sorlat)

Standing Tall (Emmanuelle Bercot, Francois Kraus and Denis Pineau-Valencienne)

Best Director

Jacques Audiard (Dheepan)
Emmanuelle Bercot (Standing Tall)
Stephane Brize (The Measure of a Man)
Arnaud Desplechin (My Golden Days)
Deniz Gamze Erguven (Mustang)
Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite)
Maiwenn le Besco (Mon Roi)

Best Actor
Jean-Pierre Bacri (The Very Private Life of Mister Sim)
Vincent Cassel (Mon Roi)
Francois Damiens (Les Cowboys)
Gerard Depardieu (Valley of Love)
Anthonythasan Jesuthasan (Dheepan)
Vincent Lindon (The Measure of a Man)
Fabrice Luchini (Courted)

Best Actress
Loubna Abidar (Much Loved)
Emmanuelle Bercot (Mon Roi)
Cecile de France (Summertime)
Catherine Deneuve (Standing Tall)
Catherine Frot (Marguerite)
Isabelle Huppert (Valley of Love)
Soria Zeroua (Fatima)

Best Supporting Actor
Michel Fau (Marguerite)
Louis Garrel (Mon Roi)
Benoit Magimel (Standing Tall)
Andre Marcon (Marguerite)
Vincent Rottiers (Dheepan)

Best Supporting Actress
Sara Forrestier (Standing Tall)
Agnes Jaoui (The Sweet Escape)
Sidse Babett Knudsen (Courted)
Noemie Lvovsky (Summertime)
Karine Viard (Families)

Best Original Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noe Debre (Dheepan)
Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano (Standing Tall)
Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr (My Golden Days)
Deniz Gamze Erguven and Alice Winocour (Mustang)
Xavier Giannoli (Marguerite)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Samuel Benchetrit (Asphalte)
Stephane Cabrel and Vincent Garenq (The Clearstream Affair)
Philippe Faucon (Fatima)
David Oelhoffen and Frederic Tellier (L'Affaire SK1)
Benoit Jacquot and Helene Zimmer (Diary of a Chambermaid)

Best Cinematography
David Chizallet (Mustang)
Irina Lubtchansky (My Golden Days)
Eponine Monmenceau (Dheepan)
Christophe Offenstein (Valley of Love)
Glynn Speeckaert (Marguerite)

Best Editing
Laurence Briaud (My Golden Days)
Simon Jacquet (Mon Roi)
Cyril Nakache (Marguerite)
Mathilde van de Moortel (Mustang)
Juliette Welfling (Dheepan)

Best Production Design
Toma Baqueni (My Golden Days)
Michel Barthelemy (Dheepan)
Martin Kurel (Marguerite)
Jean Rabasse (L'Odeur de la Mandarine)
Katia Wyszkop (Diary of a Chambermaid)

Best Costumes
Pierre-Jean Larroque (Marguerite)
Catherine Leterrier (L'Odeur de la Mandarine)
Nathalie Raoul (My Golden Days)
Anais Roman (Diary of a Chambermaid)
Selin Sozen (Mustang)

Best Sound
Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant and Stephane Tiebaut (My Golden Days)
Emanuel Croset, Nicolas Provost and Agnes Ravez (Mon Roi)
Valerie Deloof, Cyril Holtz and Daniel Sorbino (Dheepan)
Olivier Goinard, Ibrahim Gok and Damien Guillaume (Mustang)
Gabriel Hafner and Francois Musy (Marguerite)

Best Music
Warren Ellis (Mustang)
Raphael Haroche (Les Cowboys)
Gregoire Hetzel (My Golden Days)
Ennio Morricone (Come What May)
Stephen Warbeck (Mon Roi)

Best Animated Feature
Adama (Simon Rouby)
Avril and the Twisted World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)
The Little Prince (Mark Osborne)

Best Documentary
Cavanna (Denis Robert and Nina Robert)
A German Youth (Jean-Gabriel Periot)
The Missing Picture (Panh Rithy)
The Pearl Button (Patricio Guzman)
Tomorrow (Cyril Dion and Melanie Laurent)

Best Foreign Film
Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
The Brand New Testament (Jaco van Dormael)
I'm Dead But I Have Friends (Guillaume Malandrin and Stephane Malandrin)
Mia Madre (Nanni Moretti)
Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)
Taxi (Jafar Panahi)
Youth (Paolo Sorrentino)

Best First Film
L'Affaire SK1 (Frederic Tellier)
Les Cowboys (Thomas Bidegain)
Mustang (Deniz Gamze Erguven)
The Wakhan Front (Clement Cogitore)
All Three of Us (Kheiron Tabib)

Best Breakout Actor
Swann Arlaud (The Anarchists)
Quentin Dolmaire (My Golden Days)
Felix Moati (All About Them)
Finnegan Oldfield (Les Cowboys)
Rod Paradot (Standing Tall)

Best Breakout Actress
Camille Cotin (Connasse, Princess of Hearts)
Sara Giraudeau (Les Betises)
Zita Hanrot (Fatima)
Lou Roy Lecollinet (My Golden Days)
Diane Rouxel (Standing Tall)

Best Short Film
Back Alley (Cecile Ducrocq)
Le Dernier des Cefrans (Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun)
Essaie de Mourir Jeune (Morgon Simon)
Guy Moquet (Demis Herenger)
Mon Heros (Sylvain Desclous)

Best Animated Short
La Nuit Americaine d'Angelique (Joris Clerte and Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet)
Le Repas Dominical (Celine Devaux)
Sous Tes Doigts (Marie-Christine Courtes)
Tigre a la Queue Leu Leu (Benoit Chieux)