49th César Awards explained

Number:49
Award:César Awards
Date:23 February 2024
Site:Olympia, Paris
Host:Ariane Ascaride, Bérénice Bejo, Dali Benssalah, Juliette Binoche, Dany Boon, Bastien Bouillon, Audrey Diwan, Ana Girardot, Diane Kruger, Benoît Magimel, Paul Mirabel, Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Jean-Pascal Zadi
Best Film:Anatomy of a Fall
Best Actor:Arieh Worthalter
Best Actor Film:The Goldman Case
Best Actress:Sandra Hüller
Best Actress Film:Anatomy of a Fall
Most Wins:Anatomy of a Fall (6)
Most Nominations:The Animal Kingdom (12)
Network:Canal+
Last:48th
Next:50th

The 49th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 23 February 2024 at the Olympia in Paris, to honour the best French films of 2023. Valérie Lemercier presided over the ceremony, after serving as the host for three previous editions (2006, 2007, and 2010). Mirroring the previous ceremony, multiple actors and filmmakers hosted the 49th iteration: Ariane Ascaride, Bérénice Bejo, Dali Benssalah, Juliette Binoche, Dany Boon, Bastien Bouillon, Audrey Diwan, Ana Girardot, Diane Kruger, Benoît Magimel, Paul Mirabel, Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Jean-Pascal Zadi.[1] [2]

Agnès Jaoui and Christopher Nolan each received the Honorary César; Nolan's award was presented by Marion Cotillard,[3] while Jaoui's was presented by Jamel Debbouze.[4] In designing the official poster for the 49th ceremony, the Académie chose to feature a still frame taken from Michel Ocelot's short film La Belle Fille et le Sorcier (1992), in an ode to animation and short films.[5] The nominations were announced on 24 January 2024.[6] The Animal Kingdom led with 12 nominations, followed by Anatomy of a Fall and All Your Faces with 11 and nine, respectively.[7] Anatomy of a Fall went on to win six awards, more than any other film in the ceremony, including Best Film. For her work on the film, Justine Triet became the second woman in history to win Best Director.[8]

Before nominations were announced, the Académie shared in a communiqué that they would extend and expand their fledgling protocols, which were placed during the previous ceremony, that governed how the body handles people who are under judicial investigation for violent crimes.[9] [10] In the wake of a second wave of the

  1. MeToo movement
in French cinema,[11] Judith Godrèche, who accused directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon of sexual abuse, gave a speech on sexual violence and addressed the French film industry's omertà around #MeToo.[12]

Winners and nominees

  • Junkyard Dog – produced by Anaïs Bertrand; directed by Jean-Baptiste Durand
    • Bernadette – produced by Fabrice Goldstein and Antoine Rein; directed by Léa Domenach
    • The Rapture – produced by Alice Bloch and Thierry de Clermont Tonnerre; directed by Iris Kaltenbäck
    • Infested – produced by Harry Tordjman; directed by Sebastien Vanicek
    • Vincent Must Die – produced by Claire Bonnefoy and Thierry Lounas; directed by Stéphan Castang
  • The Animal Kingdom – Fabrice Osinski, Raphaël Sohier, Matthieu Fichet, and Niels Barletta
    • All Your Faces – Rémi Daru, Guadalupe Cassius, Loïc Prian, and Marc Doisne
    • Anatomy of a Fall – Julien Sicart, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq, and Olivier Goinard
    • The Goldman Case – Erwann Kerzanet, Sylvain Malbrant, and Olivier Guillaume
    • and – David Rit, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Cyril Holtz, and Niels Barletta
  • Chicken for Linda! – produced by Pierre Baussaron, Marc Irmer, and Emmanuel-Alain Raynal; directed by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach
  • Été 96 – produced by Ninon Chapuis, Thibault De Gantès, Lucas Le Postec, and Simon Ingelaere; directed by Mathilde Bédouet
    • Drôles d'oiseaux – produced by Virginie Giachino and Jean-Stéphane Michaux; directed by Charlie Belin
    • La forêt de mademoiselle Tang – produced by Thomas Giusiano, Paul Angelin N'Gbandjul, Sébastien Onomo, and Constance Perez; directed by Denis Do
  • Expecting – produced by Marie Boitard and Alice Douard; directed by Alice Douard
    • Bolero – produced by Margaux Lorier; directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
    • Fast – produced by Anne Luthaud; directed by Paul Rigoux
    • The Silent Ones – produced by Thomas Guentch; directed by Basile Vuillemin
  • La Mécanique des fluides – produced by Ninon Chapuis, Thibault de Gantès, and Lucas Le Postec; directed by Gala Hernández López
    • L'Acteur, ou la surprenante vertu de l'incompréhension – produced by Anaïs Bertrand and Raphaël Quenard; directed by Hugo David and Raphaël Quenard
    • L'Effet de mis rides – produced by Yves Bouveret; directed by Claude Delafosse
  • The Animal Kingdom – Cyrille Bonjean, Bruno Sommier, and Jean-Louis Autret
    • Acid – Thomas Duval
    • The Mountain – Lise Fischer and Cédric Fayolle
    • and – Olivier Cauwet
    • Infested – Léo Ewald

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:

!Nominations!Films
12The Animal Kingdom
11Anatomy of a Fall
9All Your Faces
8The Goldman Case
7Junkyard Dog
6
4Just the Two of Us
Last Summer
3Little Girl Blue
The Taste of Things
2Consent
Jeanne du Barry
Marguerite's Theorem
The Rapture
Infested
Yannick

Films with multiple wins

The following films received multiple wins:

!Wins!Films
6Anatomy of a Fall
5The Animal Kingdom
2Junkyard Dog

Nominations by distributor

21StudioCanal[13]
14Le Pacte
9Ad Vitam
Diaphana
8Pyramide
7BAC Films
Pathé
5Tandem
4Gaumont
3Gebeka
2Pan Distribution

Wins by distributor

!Wins!Distributor
6Le Pacte
5StudioCanal
2BAC Films
Diaphana

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 26 January 2024. Juliette Binoche, Dany Boon, Diane Kruger... qui présentera la cérémonie des César le 23 février ?. La Nouvelle République. fr. 27 January 2024. 31 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022256/https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/a-la-une/juliette-binoche-dany-boon-diane-kruger-qui-presentera-la-ceremonie-des-cesar-le-23-fevrier. live.
  2. Web site: Mabille . Marthe . 21 November 2023 . César 2024 : Agnès Jaoui recevra le César d'Honneur lors de la 49e cérémonie . 19 January 2024 . . fr-FR . 24 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240224002023/https://www.vogue.fr/article/cesar-2024-nominations-ceremonie . live .
  3. Web site: 24 February 2024 . Césars 2024 : l'hommage attendrissant de Marion Cotillard à Christopher Nolan . 2024 César Awards: Marion Cotillard's tender tribute to Christopher Nolan . La Libre Belgique.
  4. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . 19 January 2024 . 'Oppenheimer' Director Christopher Nolan, French Actor Agnes Jaoui to Receive Honorary Cesar Awards . 19 January 2024 . . en-US . 31 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022256/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/agnes-jaoui-honorary-cesar-award-1235877581/ . live .
  5. Web site: L'Affiche de la 49e Cérémonie des César . 23 January 2024 . . fr-FR . 31 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022210/https://www.academie-cinema.org/ceremonie-par-annee/affiche-49e-ceremonie-cesar/ . live .
  6. Web site: Académie Cinéma Agenda . 22 January 2024 . . 25 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211225130341/https://www.academie-cinema.org/agenda/#moment-237583 . live .
  7. Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . 2024-01-24 . 'The Animal Kingdom' Leads Nominations For France's 2024 César Awards, Followed By 'Anatomy Of A Fall' – Full List . 2024-01-24 . Deadline . en-US.
  8. Web site: Keslassy . Elsa . 2024-02-23 . Cesar Awards: 'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film; Christopher Nolan Feted With Honorary Tribute . 2024-02-24 . Variety . en-US . 29 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240729183622/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/cesar-award-winners-2024-france-1235920264/ . live .
  9. Web site: Goodfellow . Melanie . 2024-01-23 . France's César Awards Extend & Expand Ban On People Under Judicial Investigation For Violent Crimes . 2024-01-24 . Deadline . en-US . 31 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022306/https://deadline.com/2024/01/frances-cesar-awards-expands-ban-on-people-judicial-investigation-violent-crimes-1235802504/ . live .
  10. News: Judith Godrèche to address French cinema's 'omertà' around #MeToo. the guardian. 21 February 2024. Willsher. Kim. 23 February 2024. 31 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022211/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/21/judith-godreche-to-address-france-silence-around-metoo-cesar-awards. live.
  11. Web site: 2024-02-23 . Awards season comes as French actors accuse filmmakers of sex abuse in new #MeToo wave . 2024-02-23 . France 24 . en.
  12. News: Willsher . Kim . 2024-02-23 . Actor Judith Godrèche urges French film industry to face up to sexual abuse . 2024-02-24 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077 . 31 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240731022310/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/23/actor-judith-godreche-urges-french-film-industry-to-face-up-to-sexual-abuse . live .
  13. Web site: Weichert . David . 25 January 2024 . Distributeurs aux César : Le règne Studiocanal . Distributors at the César Awards: The Reign of Studiocanal . Boxoffice Pro . fr.