The 41st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 26 February 2016, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to honour the best French films of 2015. The ceremony was presided by Claude Lelouch, with Florence Foresti hosting the ceremony for the first time.
The nominations were announced on 27 January 2016 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Florence Foresti. Marguerite and My Golden Days tied for the most nominations with eleven each.
In related events, the César & Techniques 2016 ceremony was held on 4 January 2016. On 22 February 2016, in a ceremony at the Hôtel George-V, the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producers of the year went to Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions (My Golden Days, Dheepan, The Sweet Escape and The Price of Fame).
Mustang and Marguerite won four awards each. Other films with multiple awards include Fatima with three, and Standing Tall with two, with the former film winning the Best Film honour.
Winners and nominees
Fatima Dheepan The Measure of a Man Marguerite Mon roi Mustang Standing Tall My Golden Days Arnaud Desplechin – My Golden Days Jacques Audiard – Dheepan Stéphane Brizé – The Measure of a Man Xavier Giannoli – Marguerite Maïwenn – Mon roi Deniz Gamze Ergüven – Mustang Emmanuelle Bercot – Standing TallVincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man Jean-Pierre Bacri – The Very Private Life of Mister Sim Vincent Cassel – Mon roi François Damiens – Cowboys Gérard Depardieu – Valley of Love Antonythasan Jesuthasan – Dheepan Fabrice Luchini – Courted Catherine Frot – Marguerite Loubna Abidar – Much Loved Emmanuelle Bercot – Mon roi Cécile de France – Summertime Catherine Deneuve – Standing Tall Isabelle Huppert – Valley of Love Soria Zeroual – Fatima Benoît Magimel – Standing Tall Michel Fau – Marguerite Louis Garrel – Mon roi André Marcon – Marguerite Vincent Rottiers – Dheepan Sidse Babett Knudsen – Courted Sara Forestier – Standing Tall Agnès Jaoui – The Sweet Escape Noémie Lvovsky – Summertime Karin Viard – 21 Nights with PattieRod Paradot – Standing Tall Swann Arlaud – Les Anarchistes Quentin Dolmaire – My Golden Days Félix Moati – All About Them Finnegan Oldfield – CowboysZita Hanrot – Fatima Lou Roy-Lecollinet – My Golden Days Diane Rouxel – Standing Tall Sara Giraudeau – Les Bêtises Camille Cottin – Connasse, Princesse des cœursMustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour Dheepan – Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré Marguerite – Xavier Giannoli Standing Tall – Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano My Golden Days – Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr | valign="top" width="50%"|Fatima – Philippe Faucon L'Affaire SK1 – David Oelhoffen and Frédéric Tellier Macadam Stories – Samuel Benchetrit The Clearstream Affair – Stéphane Cabel and Vincent Garenq Diary of a Chambermaid – Benoît Jacquot and Hélène Zimmer |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven L'Affaire SK1 - Frédéric Tellier Cowboys - Thomas Bidegain The Wakhan Front - Clément Cogitore All Three of Us - Kheiron | valign="top" width="50%"|Christophe Offenstein – Valley of Love Eponine Momenceau – Dheepan Glynn Speeckaert – Marguerite David Chizallet and Ersin Gök – Mustang Irina Lubtchansky – My Golden DaysMathilde Van de Moortel – Mustang Juliette Welfling – Dheepan Cyril Nakache – Marguerite Simon Jacquet – Mon roi Laurence Briaud – My Golden Days François Musy and Gabriel Hafner – Marguerite Daniel Sobrino, Valérie Deloof and Cyril Holtz – Dheepan Nicolas Provost, Agnès Ravez and Emmanuel Croset – Mon roi Ibrahim Gök, Damien Guillaume and Olivier Goinard – Mustang Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant and Stéphane Thiébaut – My Golden DaysWarren Ellis – Mustang Raphaël Haroche – Cowboys Ennio Morricone – En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît Stephen Warbeck – Mon roi Grégoire Hetzel – My Golden Days Pierre-Jean Larroque – Marguerite Anaïs Romand – Diary of a Chambermaid Selin Sözen – Mustang Catherine Leterrier – L'Odeur de la mandarine Nathalie Raoul – My Golden DaysMartin Kurel – Marguerite Michel Barthélémy – Dheepan Katia Wyszkop – Diary of a Chambermaid Jean Rabasse – L'Odeur de la mandarine Toma Baquéni – My Golden DaysTomorrow (Demain) The Pearl Button Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde, j'écrirai The Missing Picture Une jeunesse allemandeThe Little Prince Adama April and the Extraordinary World Sunday Lunch La Nuit américaine d'Angélique Sous tes doigts Tigre à la queu leu leuBack Alley The Last of the Frenchmen Essaie de mourir jeune Guy Môquet Mon hérosBirdman Son of Saul I'm Dead but I Have Friends Mia Madre Taxi The Brand New Testament Youth Michael Douglas
Performer Name(s) Performed Christine and the Queens "It's Only Mystery" from the film Subway
Multiple nominations and awards
The following films received multiple nominations:
Nominations Film 11 MargueriteMy Golden Days9DheepanMustang8 Standing Tall Mon roi4 Fatima Cowboys3 Diary of a Chambermaid The Measure of a Man Valley of Love 2 L'Affaire SK1 Summertime Courted L'Odeur de la mandarine
The following films received multiple awards:
Awards Film4Marguerite Mustang3 Fatima2 Standing Tall
Viewers The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 11.9% of the audience.
See also 21st Lumière Awards 6th Magritte Awards 28th European Film Awards 88th Academy Awards 69th British Academy Film Awards 31st Goya Awards 61st David di Donatello
References
External links
Official website