21st César Awards (1996)

Best Film

	La Haine
	Happiness Is in the Field
	La Cérémonie
	French Twist
	The Horseman on the Roof
	Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Director

	Claude Sautet - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
	Étienne Chatiliez - Happiness Is in the Field
	Claude Chabrol - La Cérémonie
	Josiane Balasko - French Twist
	Mathieu Kassovitz - La Haine
	Jean-Paul Rappeneau - The Horseman on the Roof

Best Actor

	Michel Serrault - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
	François Cluzet - The Apprentices
	Jean-Louis Trintignant - Fiesta
	Alain Chabat - French Twist
	Vincent Cassel - La Haine

Best Actress

	Isabelle Huppert - La Cérémonie
	Sabine Azéma - Happiness Is in the Field
	Sandrine Bonnaire - La Cérémonie
	Juliette Binoche - The Horseman on the Roof
	Emmanuelle Béart - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Supporting Actor

	Eddy Mitchell - Happiness Is in the Field
	Jean-Pierre Cassel - La Cérémonie
	Ticky Holgado - French Twist
	Jean-Hugues Anglade - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
	Michael Lonsdale - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Supporting Actress

	Annie Girardot - Les Misérables
	Carmen Maura - Happiness Is in the Field
	Jacqueline Bisset - La Cérémonie
	Claire Nadeau - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
	Clotilde Courau - Élisa

Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation

	French Twist - Telsche Boorman and Josiane Balasko
	Happiness Is in the Field - Florence Quentin
	La Cérémonie - Caroline Eliacheff and Claude Chabrol
	La Haine - Mathieu Kassovitz
	Nelly and Mr. Arnaud - Jacques Fieschi and Claude Sautet

Best Editing

	Mathieu Kassovitz and Scott Stevenson - La Haine
	Noëlle Boisson - The Horseman on the Roof
	Jacqueline Thiédot - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Cinematography

	Thierry Arbogast - The Horseman on the Roof
	Darius Khondji - The City of Lost Children
	Pierre Aïm - La Haine

Best Production Design

	Jean Rabasse - The City of Lost Children
	Jacques Rouxel, Ezio Frigerio and Christian Marti - The Horseman on the Roof
	Michèle Abbé-Vannier - Madame Butterfly

Best Costume Design

	Christian Gasc - Madame Butterfly
	Jean-Paul Gaultier - The City of Lost Children
	Franca Squarciapino - The Horseman on the Roof

Best Original Music

	Zbigniew Preisner, Serge Gainsbourg and Michel Colombier - Élisa
	Angelo Badalamenti - The City of Lost Children
	Jean-Claude Petit - The Horseman on the Roof
	Philippe Sarde - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Sound

	Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier and Dominique Hennequin - The Horseman on the Roof
	Dominique Dalmasso and Vincent Tulli - La Haine
	Pierre Lenoir and Jean-Paul Loublier - Nelly and Mr. Arnaud

Best Producer

	Christophe Rossignon
	Claude Berri
	René Cleitman
	Charles Gassot
	Alain Terzian

Best Foreign Film

	Land and Freedom
	The Bridges of Madison County
	Smoke
	Underground
	The Usual Suspects

Best First Feature Film

	The Three Brothers
	To Have (or Not)
	Pigalle
	Rosine
	Inner City

Most Promising Actor

	Guillaume Depardieu - The Apprentices
	Olivier Sitruk - The Bait
	Vincent Cassel - La Haine
	Hubert Koundé - La Haine
	Saïd Taghmaoui - La Haine

Most Promising Actress

	Sandrine Kiberlain - To Have (or Not)
	Marie Gillain - The Bait
	Virginie Ledoyen - A Single Girl
	Isabelle Carré - The Horseman on the Roof
	Clotilde Courau - Élisa

Best Short Film

	The Monk and the Fish
	Le Bus
	Roland
	Corps inflammables

Honorary César

	Lauren Bacall
	Henri Verneuil