The 31st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2005 in France and took place on 25 February 2006 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Carole Bouquet and hosted by Valérie Lemercier. The Beat That My Heart Skipped won the award for Best Film.
The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start. The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23-minute delay to the start of the proceedings.
Winners and nominees The nominations were announced on 10 January 2006. Winners are highlighted in bold:
The Beat That My Heart Skipped L'Enfant Live and Become Joyeux Noël The Young LieutenantJacques Audiard – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Xavier Beauvois – The Young Lieutenant Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne – L'Enfant Michael Haneke – Caché Radu Mihaileanu – Live and BecomeMichel Bouquet – The Last Mitterrand Patrick Chesnais – Not Here to Be Loved Romain Duris – The Beat That My Heart Skipped José Garcia – The Axe Benoît Poelvoorde – Entre ses mainsNathalie Baye – The Young Lieutenant Isabelle Carré – Entre ses mains Anne Consigny – Not Here to Be Loved Isabelle Huppert – Gabrielle Valérie Lemercier – Palais royal!Niels Arestrup – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Maurice Bénichou – Caché Dany Boon – Joyeux Noël Georges Wilson – Not Here to Be Loved Roschdy Zem – The Young LieutenantCécile de France – Russian Dolls Catherine Deneuve – Palais royal! Noémie Lvovsky – Backstage Charlotte Rampling – Lemming Kelly Reilly – Russian DollsLouis Garrel – Regular Lovers Walid Afkir – Caché Gilles Lellouche – Love Is in the Air Aymen Saïdi – Saint-Jacques... La Mecque Adrien Jolivet – Zim and Co.Linh Dan Pham – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Déborah François – L'Enfant Mélanie Doutey – Il ne faut jurer... de rien! Fanny Valette – Little Jerusalem Marina Hands – Grey SoulsLive and Become – Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu Caché – Michael Haneke L'Enfant – Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne Joyeux Noël – Christian Carion The Young Lieutenant – Xavier Beauvois, Guillaume Bréaud and Jean-Eric TroubatThe Beat That My Heart Skipped – Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista The Axe – Costa-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg Entre ses mains – Anne Fontaine and Julien Boivent Gabrielle – Patrice Chéreau and Anne-Louise Trividic The Last Mitterrand – Georges-Marc Benamou and Gilles TaurandDarwin's Nightmare Anthony Zimmer Cold Showers March of the Penguins Little JerusalemStéphane Fontaine – The Beat That My Heart Skipped William Lubtchansky – Regular Lovers Éric Gautier – GabrielleJuliette Welfling – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Sabine Emiliani – March of the Penguins Francine Sandberg – Russian DollsLaurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps – March of the Penguins Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard, Cyril Holtz and Philippe Amouroux – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Guillaume Sciama, Benoît Hillebrant and Olivier Dô Hùu – GabrielleAlexandre Desplat – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Philippe Rombi – Joyeux Noël Émilie Simon – March of the Penguins Armand Amar – Live and BecomeCaroline de Vivaise – Gabrielle Alison Forbes-Meyler – Joyeux Noël Pascaline Chavanne – Grey SoulsOlivier Radot – Gabrielle Jean-Michel Simonet – Joyeux Noël Loula Morin – Grey SoulsAfter Shave Obras La Peur, petit chasseur Sous le bleuMillion Dollar Baby A History of Violence The Sea Inside Match Point Walk on Water Hugh GrantBBC report Pierre Richard
Viewers The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 13.6% of the audience.
See also 78th Academy Awards 59th British Academy Film Awards 18th European Film Awards 11th Lumière Awards
References
External links
Official website
31st César Awards at AlloCiné