The 38th Annual César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 22 February 2013, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jamel Debbouze, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 25 January 2013. Michael Haneke's film Amour, nominated in ten categories, won in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Film Best DirectorAmour Camille Redouble Farewell, My Queen Holy Motors In the House Rust and Bone What's in a Name?Michael Haneke, Amour Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring Leos Carax, Holy Motors Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House Best Actor Best ActressJean-Louis Trintignant, Amour Jean-Pierre Bacri, Looking for Hortense Patrick Bruel, What's in a Name? Denis Lavant, Holy Motors Vincent Lindon, A Few Hours of Spring Fabrice Luchini, In the House Jérémie Rénier, My Way Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Catherine Frot, Haute Cuisine Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen Hélène Vincent, A Few Hours of Spring Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressGuillaume de Tonquédec, What's in a Name? Samir Guesmi, Camille Redouble Benoît Magimel, My Way Claude Rich, Looking for Hortense Michel Vuillermoz, Camille Redouble Valérie Benguigui, What's in a Name? Judith Chemla, Camille Redouble Isabelle Huppert, Amour Yolande Moreau, Camille Redouble Édith Scob, Holy Motors Most Promising Actor Most Promising ActressMatthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone Felix Moati, Télé gaucho Kacey Mottet Klein, Sister Pierre Niney, Comme des frères Ernst Umhauer, In the HouseIzïa Higelin, Bad Girl Alice de Lencquesaing, Au galop Lola Dewaere, Mince alors! Julia Faure, Camille Redouble India Hair, Camille Redouble Best First Feature Film Best Original ScreenplayLouise Wimmer Augustine Comme des frères Populaire Hold BackMichael Haneke, Amour Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Leos Carax, Holy Motors Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring Best Cinematography Best AdaptationRomain Winding, Farewell, My Queen Darius Khondji, Amour Stéphane Fontaine, Rust and Bone Caroline Champetier, Holy Motors Guillaume Schiffman, PopulaireJacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain, Rust and Bone Lucas Belvaux, One Night Gilles Taurand & Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen François Ozon, In the House Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière, What's in a Name? Best Editing Best SoundRust and Bone, Juliette Welfling Farewell, My Queen, Luc Barnier Amour, Monika Willi Camille Redouble, Annette Dutertre & Michel Klochendler Holy Motors, Nelly Quettier | valign="top" |My Way, Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay & Eric Tisserand Farewell, My Queen, Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier & Olivier Goinard Amour, Guillaume Sciama, Nadine Muse & Jean-Pierre Laforce Rust and Bone, Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard & Jean-Paul Hurier Holy Motors, Erwan Kerzanet, Josefina Rodriguez & Emmanuel Croset |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Music Written for a Film ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Costume Design |- | valign="top" |Rust and Bone, Alexandre Desplat Farewell, My Queen, Bruno Coulais Camille Redouble, Gaëtan Roussel & Joseph Dahan In the House, Philippe Rombi Populaire, Rob & Emmanuel d'Orlando | valign="top" |Farewell, My Queen, Christian Gasc Augustine, Pascaline Chavanne Camille Redouble, Madeline Fontaine My Way, Mimi Lempicka Populaire, Charlotte David |- ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82;" ! style="width="50%" | Best Documentary |- | valign="top" |Farewell, My Queen, Katia Wyszkop Amour, Jean-Vincent Puzos My Way, Philippe Chiffre Holy Motors, Florian Sanson Populaire, Sylvie Olivé | valign="top" |Les invisibles Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches Duch, le maître des forges de l'Enfer Journal de France Les nouveaux chiens de garde Best Animated Film Best Short FilmErnest & Celestine Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) Kirikou and the Men and Women Oh Willy... ZarafaThe Lobster's Cry (Le cri du homard) It's Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys) What We'll Leave Behind (Ce qu'il restera de nous) The Hounds (Les meutes) La vie parisienne Best Foreign Film Argo (USA), Ben Affleck Our Children (Belgium, France), Joachim Lafosse Bullhead (Belgium), Michaël R. Roskam Laurence Anyways (Canada), Xavier Dolan Oslo, August 31st (Norway), Joachim Trier The Angels' Share (Scotland, Belgium, Italy), Ken Loach A Royal Affair (Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic), Nikolaj Arcel
Honorary César Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer
Viewers The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 12.5% of the audience.
See also 85th Academy Awards 66th British Academy Film Awards 25th European Film Awards 18th Lumière Awards 3rd Magritte Awards 58th David di Donatello 28th Goya Awards
References
External links Official website
38th César Awards at AlloCiné