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Best Film:

	Quest for Fire, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
	Coup de Torchon, directed by Bertrand Tavernier
	Garde à vue, directed by Claude Miller
	Les Uns et les Autres, directed by Claude Lelouch

Best Director:

	Jean-Jacques Annaud, for La Guerre du feu
	Bertrand Tavernier, for Coup de Torchon
	Claude Miller, for Garde à vue
	Pierre Granier-Deferre, for Une étrange affaire

Best Actor:

	Michel Serrault, for Garde à vue
	Patrick Dewaere, for Beau-père
	Philippe Noiret, for Coup de Torchon
	Michel Piccoli, for Une étrange affaire

Best Actress:

	Isabelle Adjani, for Possession
	Isabelle Huppert, for Coup de Torchon
	Fanny Ardant, for La Femme d'à côté
	Catherine Deneuve, for Hôtel des Amériques

Best Supporting Actor:

	Guy Marchand, for Garde à vue
	Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Coup de Torchon
	Eddy Mitchell, for Coup de Torchon
	Gérard Lanvin, for Une étrange affaire

Best Supporting Actress:

	Nathalie Baye, for Une étrange affaire
	Stéphane Audran, for Coup de Torchon
	Véronique Silver, for La Femme d'à côté
	Sabine Haudepin, for Hôtel des Amériques

Best Screenplay, Dialogue or Adaptation:

	Claude Miller, Jean Herman, Michel Audiard, for Garde à vue
	Jean Aurenche, Bertrand Tavernier, for Coup de Torchon
	Gérard Brach, for La Guerre du feu
	Christopher Frank, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Jean-Marc Roberts, for Une étrange affaire

Best Editing:

	Albert Jurgenson, for Garde à vue
	Armand Psenny, for Coup de Torchon
	Henri Lanoë, for Malevil
	Sophie Bhaud, Hugues Darmois, for Les Uns et les Autres

Best Cinematography:

	Philippe Rousselot, for Diva
	Bruno Nuytten, for Garde à vue
	Claude Agostini, for La Guerre du feu
	Jean Penzer, for Malevil

Best Production Design:

	Max Douy, for Malevil
	Alexandre Trauner, for Coup de Torchon
	Hilton McConnico, for Diva
	Brian Morris, for La Guerre du feu

Best Music:

	Vladimir Cosma, for Diva
	Philippe Sarde, for La Guerre du feu
	Ennio Morricone, for Le Professionnel
	Francis Lai, Michel Legrand, for Les Uns et les Autres

Best Sound:

	Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Diva
	Paul Lainé, for Garde à vue
	Pierre Gamet, for Malevil
	Harald Maury, for Les Uns et les Autres

Best Foreign Film:

	The Elephant Man, directed by David Lynch
	Die Fälschung, directed by Volker Schlöndorff
	Raiders of the Lost Ark, directed by Steven Spielberg
	Man of Iron, directed by Andrzej Wajda

Best First Work:

	Diva, directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
	Le Jardinier, directed by Jean-Pierre Sentier
	Neige, directed by Juliet Berto and Jean-Henri Roger
	Une affaire d'hommes, directed by Nicolas Ribowski

Best Documentary Short Film:

	Reporters, directed by Raymond Depardon
	Ci-Gisent, directed by Valérie Moncorgé
	Solange Giraud, née Tache, directed by Simone Bitton

Best Animated Short:

	La Tendresse du maudit, directed by Jean-Manuel Costa
	Trois thèmes, directed by Alexander Alexeieff
	L'Échelle, directed by Alain Ughetto

Best Fiction Short Film:

	Les Photos d'Alix, directed by Jean Eustache
	Cher Alexandre, directed by Anne Lemonier
	Le Concept subtil, directed by Gérard Krawczyk
	Le Rat noir d'amérique, directed by Jérôme Enrico

Honorary César:

	Georges Dancigers
	Alexandre Mnouchkine