Cesar Nominations Announced

Earlier today, The Académie Des Arts et Technique du Cinéma announced its nominations for the Cesar Awards. Guillaume Gallienne's Me, Myself and Mum secured ten nominations. Abdellatif Kechiche's Blue Is the Warmest Color was nominated in eight categories, including Best Film and Best Director.

Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty, Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity, Pablo Berger's Biancanieves, and Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained were also nominated in the foreign language category.

The 39th Annual Cesar Awards, a star-studded celebration of French and international cinema, will be held at the Théâtre du Châtelet on February 28th.

NOMINATIONS:

BEST FILM

9 Month-Stretch (9 mois ferme)
Me, Myself and Mum (Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table!)
Stranger by the Lake (Stranger by the Lake)
Jimmy P. (Jimmy P.)
The Past (The Past)
Venus in Fur (La Vénus à la fourrure)
Adele: Chapters 1 & 2 (Blue Is the Warmest Colour)

BEST DIRECTOR

Albert Dupontel, 9 Month-Stretch
Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum
Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake
Arnaud Desplechin, Jimmy P.
Asghar Farhadi, The Past
Roman Polanski, Venus in Fur
Abdellatif Kechiche, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2

BEST FOREIGN FILM

The Broken Circle Breakdown (Alabama Monroe), Andy Tennant
Blancanieves, Pablo Berger
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen
Dead Man Talking, Patrick Ridremont
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino
The Great Beauty, Paolo Sorrentino
Gravity, Alfonso Cuarón

BEST ACTRESS

Fanny Ardant, Les Beaux Jours
Bérénice Béjo, The Past
Catherine Deneuve, On My Way (Elle s'en va)
Sara Forestier, Suzanne
Sandrine Kiberlain, 9-Month Stretch
Emmanuelle Seignier, Venus in Fur
Lea Seydoux, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2

BEST ACTOR

Mathieu Amalric, Venus in Fur
Michel Bouquet, Renoir
Albert Dupontel, 9-Month Stretch
Gregory Gadebois, Mon âme par toi guérie
Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum
Fabrice Luchini, Alceste a bicyclette
Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Kohlhaas

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Françoise Fabian, Me, Myself and Mum
Julie Gayet, Quai d'Orsay
Adèle Haenel, Suzanne
Géraldine Pailhas, Young & Beautiful (Jeune & Jolie)
Marisa Borini, A Castle in Italy (Un Chateau en Italie)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Niels Arestrup, Quai d'Orsay
Olivier Gourmet, Grand central
Patrick d'Assumçao, Stranger by the Lake
François Damiens, Suzanne
Patrick Chesnais, Les beaux jours

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER

Lou de Laâge, Jappeloup
Pauline Étienne, The Nun (La Religieuse)
Adèle Exarchopoulos, La Vie d'Adèle
Golshifteh Farahani, The Patience Stone
Marine Vacth, Young & Beautiful

BEST MALE NEWCOMER

Paul Bartel, Les Petits Princes
Pierre Deladonchamps, Stranger by the Lake
Paul Hamy, Suzanne
Vincent Macaigne, La Fille du 14 juillet
Nemo Schiffman, On My Way

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Albert Dupontel, 9 Mois Ferme
Philippe Le Guay, Alceste A Bicyclette
Alain Guiraudie, Strtanger By The Lake
Asghar Farhadi, The Past
Katell Quillévéré & Mariette Désert, Suzanne

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

Guilaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum
Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr & Kent Jones, Jimmy P
Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain & Bertrand Tavernier, Quai D'Orsay
David Ives & Roman Polanski, Venus In Fur
Abdellatif Kechiche & Ghalya Lacrois, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2

BEST COSTUMES

Florence Fontaine, L'Ecume Des Jours
Madeline Fontaine, The Young And Prodigious Mr Spivet
Olivier Bériot, Me, Myself and Mum
Anina Diener, Michael Kohlhaas
Pascaline Chavanne, Renoir

BEST ART DIRECTION

Stéphane Rozenbaum, L'Ecume Des Jours
Aline Bonetto, The Young And Prodigious Mr Spivet
Sylvie Olivé, Me, Myself and Mum
Yan Arlaud, Michael Kohlhaas
Benoît Barouh, Renoir

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

Lettres Des Femmes, Augusto Zanovello
Mademoiselle Kiki Et Les Montparnos, Amélie Harrault

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Aya De Yopougon, Marguerite Abouet & Clément Oubrerie
Loulou L'Incroyable Secret, Eric Omond
Ma Maman Est En Amérique, Elle A Rencontré Buffalo Bill, Marc Boréal & Thibaut Chatel

BEST FIRST FILM

La Bataille De Solférino, Justine Triet
La Cage Dorée, Ruben Alves
En Solitaire, Christophe Offenstein
La Fille Du 14 Juillet, Antonin Peretjatko
Me, Myself and Mum, Guillaume Gallienne

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Comment J'ai Détesté Les Maths, Olivier Peyon
Le Dernier Des Injustes, Claude Lanzmann
Il Etait Une Fôret, Luc Jacquet
La Maison De La Radio, Nicolas Philibert
Sur Le Chemin De L'Ecole, Pascal Plisson

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Jorge Arriagada, Alceste A Bicyclette
Loïk Dury & Christophe 'Disco' Minck, Casse Tête Chinois
Etienne Charry, L'Ecume Des Jours
Martin Wheeler, Michael Kohlhaas
Alexandre Desplat, Venus In Fur

BEST SHORT FILM

Avant Que De Tout Perdre, Xavier Legrand
Bambi, Sébastien Lifshitz
La Fugue, Jean-Bernard Marlin
Les Lézards, Vincent Mariette
Marseille La Nuit, Marie Monge

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Thomas Hardmeier, The Young And Prodigious Mr Spivet
Claire Mathon, Stranger By The Lake
Jeanne Lapoire, Michael Kohlhaas
Mark Ping Bing Lee, Renoir
Sofian El Fani, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2

BEST EDITING

Christophe Pinel, 9 Mois Ferme
Valérie Deseine, Les Garçons Et Guillaume, A Table!
Jean-Christophe Hym, Stranger By The Lake
Juliette Welfling, The Past
Camille Toubkis, Albertine Lastera & Jean-Marie Lengellé, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2

BEST SOUND

Marc-Antoine Beldent, Loïc Prian & Olivier Dô Hùu, Me, Myself and Mum
Philippe Grivel & Nathalie Vidal, Stranger By The Lake
Jean-Pierre Duret, Jean Mallet & Mélissa Petitjean, Michael Kohlhaas
Lucien Balibar, Nadine Muse & Cyril Holtz, Venus In Fur
Jérôme Chenevoy, Fabien Pochet & Jean-Paul Hurier, Adele: Chapters 1 & 2