50th César Awards

50th César Awards
50th César Awards
	Official poster designed by Christophe Blain
Date	28 February 2025
Site	Olympia, Paris
Hosted by	Jean-Pascal Zadi
Highlights
Most nominations	The Count of Monte Cristo (14)
Television coverage
Network	Canal+
	← 49th; César Awards; 51st →;

The 50th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, is to be held on 28 February 2025 at the Olympia in Paris, to honour the best French films of 2024.^[1] Actress Catherine Deneuve will preside over the ceremony for the second time, having previously hosted the 8th ceremony in 1983.^[2]^[3] It will be hosted by Jean-Pascal Zadi, who will be accompanied by Emmanuelle Béart, Alice Belaïdi, Cécile de France, Hafsia Herzi, Bouli Lanners, William Lebghil, Vincent Macaigne, Pio Marmaï, Vimala Pons, Raphaël Quenard, Ludivine Sagnier and Justine Triet.^[4]^[5] The ceremony, televised in France by Canal+, will be directed by Cédric Klapisch.^[6]^[7]

American actress Julia Roberts and Greek-French filmmaker Costa-Gavras will receive the Honorary César.^[8]^[9] The nominations were announced on 29 January 2024. The Count of Monte Cristo led with 14 nominations, followed by Beating Hearts and Emilia Pérez with 13 and 12, respectively.^[10]

Nominees

Nominations were announced on 29 January 2024.^[11]

Best Film

The Count of Monte Cristo – produced by Dimitri Rassam; directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière
Emilia Pérez – produced by Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann and Anthony Vaccarello; directed by Jacques Audiard
The Marching Band – produced by Marc Bordure and Robert Guédiguian; directed by Emmanuel Courcol
Souleymane's Story – produced by Bruno Nahon; directed by Boris Lojkine
Misericordia – produced by Charles Gillibert; directed by Alain Guiraudie

Best Director

Gilles Lellouche – Beating Hearts
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière – The Count of Monte Cristo
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Boris Lojkine – Souleymane's Story
Alain Guiraudie – Misericordia

Best Actor

François Civil – Beating Hearts as Clotaire
Benjamin Lavernhe – The Marching Band as Thibaut Desormeaux
Karim Leklou – Jim's Story as Aymeric
Pierre Niney – The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès / Lord Halifax / Abbé Busoni
Tahar Rahim – Monsieur Aznavour as Charles Aznavour

Best Actress

Adèle Exarchopoulos – Beating Hearts as Jackie
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte
Hafsia Herzi – Borgo as Mélissa Dahleb
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Hélène Vincent – When Fall Is Coming as Michelle Giraud

Best Supporting Actor

David Ayala – Misericordia as Walter Bonchamp
Bastien Bouillon – The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand de Morcerf
Alain Chabat – Beating Hearts as Jackie's father
Jacques Develay – Misericordia as Abbé Philippe Griseul
Laurent Lafitte – The Count of Monte Cristo as Gérard de Villefort

Best Supporting Actress

Élodie Bouchez – Beating Hearts as Clotaire's mother
Anaïs Demoustier – The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercédès Herrera
Catherine Frot – Misericordia as Martine Rigal
Nina Meurisse – Souleymane's Story as OFPRA agent
Sarah Suco – The Marching Band as Sabrina

Best Male Revelation

Abou Sangaré – Souleymane's Story as Souleymane
Adam Bessa – Ghost Trail as Hamid
Malik Frikah – Beating Hearts as Clotaire (17 years old)
Félix Kysyl – Misericordia as Jérémie Pastor
Pierre Lottin – The Marching Band as Jimmy Lecocq

Best Female Revelation

Maïwene Barthelemy – Holy Cow as Marie-Lise
Malou Khebizi – Wild Diamond as Liane
Megan Northam – Rabia as Jessica / Rabia
Mallory Wanecque – Beating Hearts as Jackie (15 years old)
Souheila Yacoub – Planet B as Nour Hamdi

Best Original Screenplay

Borgo – Stéphane Demoustier
Holy Cow – Louise Courvoisier and Théo Abadie
The Marching Band – Emmanuel Courcol and Irène Muscari
Misericordia – Alain Guiraudie
Souleymane's Story – Boris Lojkine and Delphine Agut

Best Adaptation

The Count of Monte Cristo – Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière; based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius and Nicolas Livecchi; based on the opera libretto by Audiard and the novel Écoute by Boris Razon
The Most Precious of Cargoes – Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg; based on The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg

Best First Film

Ghost Trail – produced by Pauline Seigland; directed by Jonathan Millet
Holy Cow – produced by Muriel Meynard; directed by Louise Courvoisier
The Kingdom – produced by Hugo Sélignac and Antoine Lafon; directed by Julien Colonna
A Little Something Extra – produced by Pierre Forette and Thierry Wong; directed by Artus
Wild Diamond – produced by Priscilla Bertin and Judith Nora; directed by Agathe Riedinger

Best Cinematography

Beating Hearts – Laurent Tangy
The Count of Monte Cristo – Nicolas Bolduc
Emilia Pérez – Paul Guilhaume
Misericordia – Claire Mathon
Souleymane's Story – Tristan Galand

Best Editing

Beating Hearts – Simon Jacquet
The Count of Monte Cristo – Célia Lafitedupont
Emilia Pérez – Juliette Welfling
The Marching Band – Guerric Catala
Souleymane's Story – Xavier Sirven

Best Sound

Beating Hearts – Cédric Deloche, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Jon Goc and Marc Doisne
The Count of Monte Cristo – David Rit, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Laure-Anne Darras, Marion Papinot, Marc Doisne and Samuel Delorme
Emilia Pérez – Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
The Marching Band – Pascal Armant, Sandy Notarianni and Niels Barletta
Souleymane's Story – Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak and Samuel Aïchoun

Best Original Music

Beating Hearts – Jon Brion
The Count of Monte Cristo – Jérôme Rebotier
Emilia Pérez – Clément Ducol and Camille
Holy Cow – Linda Courvoisier and Charlie Courvoisier
The Most Precious of Cargoes – Alexandre Desplat

Best Costume Design

Beating Hearts – Isabelle Pannetier
The Count of Monte Cristo – Thierry Delettre
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt – Anaïs Romand
Emilia Pérez – Virginie Montel
Monsieur Aznavour – Isabelle Mathieu

Best Production Design

Beating Hearts – Jean-Philippe Moreaux
The Count of Monte Cristo – Stéphane Taillasson
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt – Olivier Radot
Emilia Pérez – Emmanuelle Duplay
Monsieur Aznavour – Stéphane Rozenbaum

Best Documentary Film

The Belle from Gaza – produced by Bruno Nahon and Yolande Zauberman; directed by Yolande Zauberman
The Bertrand's Farm – produced by Denis Carot and Ulysse Payet; directed by Gilles Perret
Bye Bye Tiberias – produced by Jean-Marie Nizan; directed by Lina Soualem
Dahomey – produced by Mati Diop, Eve Robin and Judith Lou Lévy; directed by Mati Diop
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found – produced by Raoul Peck and Tamara Rosenberg; directed by Raoul Peck
Madame Hofmann – produced by Muriel Meynard; directed by Sébastien Lifshitz

Best Animated Feature Film

Flow – produced by Matīss Kaža, Gints Zilbalodis, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman; directed by Gints Zilbalodis
The Most Precious of Cargoes – produced by Patrick Sobelman, Florence Gastaud and Michel Hazanavicius; directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Savages – produced by Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier and Carole Scotta; directed by Claude Barras

Best Animated Short Film

Butterfly – produced by Ron Dyens and Luc Camilli; directed by Florence Miailhe
Gigi – produced by Luc Camilli; directed by Cynthia Calvi
Yuck! – produced by Juliette Marquet and Manon Messiant; directed by Loïc Espuche

Best Fiction Short Film

Boucan – produced by Jean-Étienne Brat and Lou Chicoteau; directed by Salomé Da Souza
Ce qui appartient à César – produced by Jules Reinartz; directed by Violette Gitton
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent – produced by Noëlle Levenez; directed by Nebojša Slijepčević
Queen Size – produced by Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles and Christophe Audeguis; directed by Avril Besson

Best Documentary Short Film

Les Fiancées du Sud – produced by Sylvie Pialat and Alejandro Arenas Azorín; directed by Elena López Riera
Little Spartacus – produced by Anne Luthaud; directed by Sara Ganem
A Lost Heart and Other Dreams of Beirut – produced by Anne-Catherine Wit; directed by Maya Abdul-Malak

Best Foreign Film

Anora (United States) – directed by Sean Baker
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany / Iran / France) – directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
The Apprentice (Canada / Denmark / Ireland / United States) – directed by Ali Abbasi
The Substance (France / United Kingdom / United States) – directed by Coralie Fargeat
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom / Poland / United States) – directed by Jonathan Glazer

Best Visual Effects

The Beast – Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur and Émilien Lazaron
The Count of Monte Cristo – Olivier Cauwet
Emilia Pérez – Cédric Fayolle
Monsieur Aznavour – Stéphane Dittoo

Honorary César

Julia Roberts
Costa-Gavras

Films with multiple nominations

The following films received multiple nominations:


Nominations	Films
14	The Count of Monte Cristo
13	Beating Hearts
12	Emilia Pérez
8	Misericordia
8	Souleymane's Story
7	The Marching Band
4	Holy Cow
4	Monsieur Aznavour
3	The Most Precious of Cargoes
2	Borgo
	The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
	Ghost Trail
	Wild Diamond

References

^ Roxborough, Scott (30 September 2024). "Julia Roberts to Receive Honorary French César Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Rey-Bethbeder, Maïlis (23 September 2024). "César 2025 : Catherine Deneuve présidera la 50e édition". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ "Catherine Deneuve to host 50th edition of César cinema awards in 2025". RFI. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Delacotte, Loïse (24 January 2025). "Jean-Pascal Zadi rempile pour présenter les César 2025, mais il ne sera pas seul". Le HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ "L'acteur Jean-Pascal Zadi présentera la 50e cérémonie des César". Franceinfo (in French). 24 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
^ L'Hostis, Ninon (17 October 2024). "César 2025: Cédric Klapisch will be the director of the 50th ceremony". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Schütz, Violaine; Bako, Jordan (21 January 2025). "César 2025 : quels sont les acteurs nommés en Révélations ?". Numéro (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Keslassy, Elsa (30 September 2024). "Julia Roberts to Receive Honorary César Award at 50th Edition". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Roxborough, Scott (8 October 2024). "Political Cinema Pioneer Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Achievement César". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
^ Keslassy, Elsa (29 January 2025). "France's Cesar Awards Nominations: 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' 'Beating Hearts,' 'Emilia Perez' Lead the Race". Variety.
^ Roxborough, Scott (29 January 2025). "'The Count of Monte Cristo' Tops 'Emilia Pérez' in France's César Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[1] Roxborough, Scott (30 September 2024). "Julia Roberts to Receive Honorary French César Award". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[2] Rey-Bethbeder, Maïlis (23 September 2024). "César 2025 : Catherine Deneuve présidera la 50e édition". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[3] "Catherine Deneuve to host 50th edition of César cinema awards in 2025". RFI. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[4] Delacotte, Loïse (24 January 2025). "Jean-Pascal Zadi rempile pour présenter les César 2025, mais il ne sera pas seul". Le HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[5] "L'acteur Jean-Pascal Zadi présentera la 50e cérémonie des César". Franceinfo (in French). 24 January 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[6] L'Hostis, Ninon (17 October 2024). "César 2025: Cédric Klapisch will be the director of the 50th ceremony". Vogue France (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[Numéro-7] Schütz, Violaine; Bako, Jordan (21 January 2025). "César 2025 : quels sont les acteurs nommés en Révélations ?". Numéro (in French). Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[8] Keslassy, Elsa (30 September 2024). "Julia Roberts to Receive Honorary César Award at 50th Edition". Variety. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[9] Roxborough, Scott (8 October 2024). "Political Cinema Pioneer Costa-Gavras to Receive Lifetime Achievement César". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[10] Keslassy, Elsa (29 January 2025). "France's Cesar Awards Nominations: 'The Count of Monte Cristo,' 'Beating Hearts,' 'Emilia Perez' Lead the Race". Variety.

[11] Roxborough, Scott (29 January 2025). "'The Count of Monte Cristo' Tops 'Emilia Pérez' in France's César Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

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50th César Awards

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