The 42nd César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 24 February 2017, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2016. Jérôme Commandeur hosted the César Awards ceremony for the first time.

The nominations were announced on 25 January 2017 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Jérôme Commandeur.

Divines and It's Only the End of the World won three awards each. Other films with multiple awards include Chocolat, My Life as a Courgette and Elle with two, with the latter film winning the Best Film honour.

Winners and nominees

Elle – produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt, directed by Paul Verhoeven Divines – produced by Marc-Benoît Créancier, directed by Houda Benyamina Frantz – produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer, directed by François Ozon The Innocents – produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer, directed by Anne Fontaine Slack Bay – produced by Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb and Muriel Merlin, directed by Bruno Dumont From the Land of the Moon – produced by Alain Attal, directed by Nicole Garcia In Bed with Victoria  – produced by Emmanuel Chaumet, directed by Justine TrietXavier Dolan – It's Only the End of the World Houda Benyamina – Divines Paul Verhoeven – Elle François Ozon – Frantz Anne Fontaine – The Innocents Bruno Dumont – Slack Bay Nicole Garcia – From the Land of the MoonGaspard Ulliel – It's Only the End of the World François Cluzet – Irreplaceable Pierre Deladonchamps – A Kid Nicolas Duvauchelle – A Decent Man Fabrice Luchini – Slack Bay Pierre Niney – Frantz Omar Sy – Chocolat Isabelle Huppert – Elle Judith Chemla – A Woman's Life Marion Cotillard – From the Land of the Moon Virginie Efira – In Bed with Victoria Marina Foïs – Faultless (Irréprochable) Sidse Babett Knudsen – 150 Milligrams Soko – The Dancer James Thierrée – Chocolat Gabriel Arcand – A Kid Vincent Cassel – It's Only the End of the World Vincent Lacoste – In Bed with Victoria Laurent Lafitte – Elle Melvil Poupaud – In Bed with Victoria Déborah Lukumuena – Divines Nathalie Baye – It's Only the End of the World Valeria Bruni Tedeschi – Slack Bay Anne Consigny – Elle Mélanie Thierry – The DancerNiels Schneider – Dark Inclusion Jonas Bloquet – Elle Damien Bonnard – Staying Vertical Corentin Fila – Being 17 Kacey Mottet Klein – Being 17Oulaya Amamra – Divines Paula Beer – Frantz Lily-Rose Depp – The Dancer Noémie Merlant – Heaven Will Wait Raph – Slack Bay The Aquatic Effect – Sólveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget Divines – Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina and Malik Rumeau The Innocents – Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer and Anne Fontaine Slack Bay – Bruno Dumont In Bed with Victoria – Justine Triet My Life as a Courgette – Céline Sciamma Elle – David Birke 150 Milligrams – Séverine Bosschem and Emmanuelle Bercot Frantz – François Ozon From the Land of the Moon – Nicole Garcia and Jacques Fieschi Heal the Living – Katell Quillévéré and Gilles TaurandDivines – Houda Benyamina Cigarettes et chocolat chaud – Sophie Reine The Dancer – Stéphanie Di Giusto Dark Inclusion – Arthur Harari Rosalie Blum – Julien Rappeneau | valign="top" width="50%"|Pascal Marti – Frantz Stéphane Fontaine – Elle Caroline Champetier – The Innocents Guillaume Deffontaines – Slack Bay Christophe Beaucarne – From the Land of the MoonXavier Dolan – It's Only the End of the World Loïc Lallemand and Vincent Tricon – Divines Job ter Burg – Elle Laure Gardette – Frantz Simon Jacquet – From the Land of the Moon Marc Engels, Fred Demolder, Sylvain Réty and Jean-Paul Hurier – The Odyssey Brigitte Taillandier, Vincent Guillon and Stéphane Thiébaut – Chocolat Jean-Paul Mugel, Alexis Place, Cyril Holtz and Damien Lazzerini – Elle Martin Boissau, Benoît Gargonne and Jean-Paul Hurier – Frantz Jean-Pierre Duret, Sylvain Malbrant and Jean-Pierre Laforce – From the Land of the MoonIbrahim Maalouf – In the Forests of Siberia Gabriel Yared – Chocolat Anne Dudley – Elle Philippe Rombi – Frantz Sophie Hunger – My Life as a Courgette Anaïs Romand – The Dancer Pascaline Chavanne – Frantz Alexandra Charles – Slack Bay Catherine Leterrier – From the Land of the Moon Madeline Fontaine – A Woman's LifeJérémie D. Lignol – Chocolat Carlos Conti – The Dancer Michel Barthélémy – Frantz Riton Dupire-Clément – Slack Bay Katia Wyszkop – PlanetariumMerci patron! – François Ruffin Latest News From the Cosmos – Julie Bertucelli Fire at Sea – Gianfranco Rosi Swagger – Olivier Babinet Journey Through French Cinema – Bertrand TavernierMy Life as a Courgette – Claude Barras The Girl Without Hands – Sébastien Laudenbach The Red Turtle – Michaël Dudok de Wit | valign="top" width="50%"| Celui qui a deux âmes – Fabrice Luang-Vija Café froid – Stéphanie Lansaque and François Leroy Journal animé – Donato Sansone Peripheria – David Coquard-Dassault |- | valign="top" width="50%"| Maman(s) – Maïmouna Doucouré Vers la tendresse – Alice Diop Après Suzanne – Félix Moati Au bruit des clochettes – Chabname Zariab Chasse Royale – Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret | colspan="2" valign="top" width="50%"|I, Daniel Blake'' – Ken Loach Aquarius – Kleber Mendonça Filho Graduation – Cristian Mungiu The Unknown Girl – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne It's Only the End of the World – Xavier Dolan Manchester by the Sea – Kenneth Lonergan Toni Erdmann'' – Maren AdeGeorge Clooney

Multiple nominations and awards The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film 11 ElleFrantz9Slack Bay8 From the Land of the Moon7 Divines6 It's Only the End of the WorldThe Dancer5 Chocolat In Bed with Victoria 4 The Innocents3 My Life as a Courgette2 Dark Inclusion Being 17 150 Milligrams A Kid A Woman's Life

The following films received multiple awards:

Awards Film3DivinesIt's Only the End of the World2 Elle ChocolatMy Life as a Courgette

Viewers The show was followed by 1.9 million viewers. This corresponds to 10.5% of the audience.

See also 22nd Lumière Awards 7th Magritte Awards 29th European Film Awards 89th Academy Awards 70th British Academy Film Awards 62nd David di Donatello

References

External links

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