The 34th César Awards ceremony was presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honour its selection of the best films of 2008 on 27 February 2009. Canal+ broadcast the event, which took place again at Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, France. The nominations for the Awards were announced on 23 January. The ceremony was chaired by Charlotte Gainsbourg and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. Séraphine won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
Séraphine The Class I've Loved You So Long Mesrine Paris The First Day of the Rest of Your Life A Christmas TaleJean-François Richet – Mesrine Laurent Cantet – The Class Rémi Bezançon – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Martin Provost – Séraphine Arnaud Desplechin – A Christmas TaleVincent Cassel – Mesrine François-Xavier Demaison – Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec Guillaume Depardieu – Versailles Albert Dupontel – Love Me No More Jacques Gamblin – The First Day of the Rest of Your LifeYolande Moreau – Séraphine Catherine Frot – Crime Is Our Business Kristin Scott Thomas – I've Loved You So Long Tilda Swinton – Julia Sylvie Testud – SaganJean-Paul Roussillon – A Christmas Tale Benjamin Biolay – Stella Claude Rich – With a Little Help from Myself Pierre Vaneck – Love Me No More Roschdy Zem – The Girl from MonacoElsa Zylberstein – I've Loved You So Long Jeanne Balibar – Sagan Anne Consigny – A Christmas Tale Édith Scob – Summer Hours Karin Viard – ParisMarc-André Grondin – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Ralph Amoussou – With a Little Help from Myself Laurent Capelluto – A Christmas Tale Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet – The Beautiful Person Pio Marmaï – The First Day of the Rest of Your LifeDéborah François – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Marilou Berry – Vilaine Louise Bourgoin – The Girl from Monaco Anaïs Demoustier – Les Grandes Personnes Léa Seydoux – The Beautiful PersonSéraphine – Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis – Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier I've Loved You So Long – Philippe Claudel The First Day of the Rest of Your Life – Rémi Bezançon A Christmas Tale – Emmanuel Bourdieu and Arnaud DesplechinThe Class – François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet The Beautiful Person – Christophe Honoré and Gilles Taurand Crime Is Our Business – François Caviglioli, Nathalie Lafaurie and Clémence de Biéville Love Me No More – Éric Assous, François d'Epenoux and Jean Becker Mesrine – Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François RichetI've Loved You So Long Home Masquerades Anything for Her VersaillesLaurent Brunet – Séraphine Tom Stern – Paris 36 Agnès Godard – Home Robert Gantz – Mesrine Eric Gautier – A Christmas TaleSophie Reine – The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Stéphanie Léger and Robin Campillo – The Class Hervé Schneid and Bill Pankow – Mesrine Francine Sandberg – Paris 36 Laurence Briaud – A Christmas TaleJean Minondo, Gérard Hardy, Alexandre Widmer, Loïc Prian, François Groult and Hervé Buirette – Mesrine Olivier Mauvezin, Agnès Ravez and Jean-Pierre Laforce – The Class Daniel Sobrino, Roman Dymny and Vincent Goujon – Paris 36 Philippe Vandendriessche, Emmanuel Croset and Ingrid Ralet – Séraphine Jean-Pierre Laforce, Nicolas Cantin and Sylvain Malbrant – A Christmas TaleMichael Galasso – Séraphine Reinhardt Wagner – Paris 36 Jean-Louis Aubert – I've Loved You So Long Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp – Mesrine Sinclair – The First Day of the Rest of Your LifeMadeline Fontaine – Séraphine Carine Sarfati – Paris 36 Pierre-Jean Larroque – Female Agents Virginie Montel – Mesrine Nathalie du Roscoat – SaganThierry François – Séraphine Olivier Raoux – Trouble at Timpetill Jean Rabasse – Paris 36 Ivan Niclass – Home Emile Ghigo – MesrineLes Miettes Les Paradis perdus Skhizein Taxi Wala Une leçon particulièreThe Beaches of Agnès Elle s'appelle Sabine J'irai dormir à Hollywood Tabarly La Vie moderne Waltz with Bashir Eldorado Gomorrah Into the Wild Lorna's Silence There Will Be Blood Two Lovers Dustin Hoffman
Viewers The show was followed by 2.1 millions of viewers. This corresponds to 11.4% of the audience.
See also 81st Academy Awards 62nd British Academy Film Awards 21st European Film Awards 14th Lumière Awards 54th David di Donatello 24th Goya Awards
References
External links
Official website
34th César Awards at AlloCiné