50th César Awards (2025)
Best Film
Emilia Pérez - produced by Jacques Audiard, Pascal Caucheteux, Valérie Schermann and Anthony Vaccarello; directed by Jacques Audiard
The Count of Monte Cristo - produced by Dimitri Rassam; directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière
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
Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez
Gilles Lellouche - Beating Hearts
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière - The Count of Monte Cristo
Boris Lojkine - Souleymane's Story
Alain Guiraudie - Misericordia
Best Actor
Karim Leklou - Jim's Story as Aymeric
François Civil - Beating Hearts as Clotaire
Benjamin Lavernhe - The Marching Band as Thibaut Desormeaux
Pierre Niney - The Count of Monte Cristo as Edmond Dantès / Lord Halifax / Abbé Busoni
Tahar Rahim - Monsieur Aznavour as Charles Aznavour
Best Actress
Hafsia Herzi - Borgo as Mélissa Dahleb
Adèle Exarchopoulos - Beating Hearts as Jackie
Karla Sofía Gascón - Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte
Zoe Saldaña - Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Hélène Vincent - When Fall Is Coming as Michelle Giraud
Best Supporting Actor
Alain Chabat - Beating Hearts as Jackie's father
David Ayala - Misericordia as Walter Bonchamp
Bastien Bouillon - The Count of Monte Cristo as Fernand de Morcerf
Jacques Develay - Misericordia as Abbé Philippe Griseul
Laurent Lafitte - The Count of Monte Cristo as Gérard de Villefort
Best Supporting Actress
Nina Meurisse - Souleymane's Story as OFPRA agent
Élodie Bouchez - Beating Hearts as Clotaire's mother
Anaïs Demoustier - The Count of Monte Cristo as Mercédès Herrera
Catherine Frot - Misericordia as Martine Rigal
Sarah Suco - The Marching Band as Sabrina
Best Original Screenplay
Souleymane's Story - Boris Lojkine and Delphine Agut
Borgo - Stéphane Demoustier
Holy Cow - Louise Courvoisier and Théo Abadie
The Marching Band - Emmanuel Courcol and Irène Muscari
Misericordia - Alain Guiraudie
Best Adaptation
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 Count of Monte Cristo - Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière; based on The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
The Most Precious of Cargoes - Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg; based on The Most Precious of Cargoes by Jean-Claude Grumberg
Best Editing
Souleymane's Story - Xavier Sirven
Beating Hearts - Simon Jacquet
The Count of Monte Cristo - Célia Lafitedupont
Emilia Pérez - Juliette Welfling
The Marching Band - Guerric Catala
Best Cinematography
Emilia Pérez - Paul Guilhaume
Beating Hearts - Laurent Tangy
The Count of Monte Cristo - Nicolas Bolduc
Misericordia - Claire Mathon
Souleymane's Story - Tristan Galand
Best Production Design
The Count of Monte Cristo - Stéphane Taillasson
Beating Hearts - Jean-Philippe Moreaux
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt - Olivier Radot
Emilia Pérez - Emmanuelle Duplay
Monsieur Aznavour - Stéphane Rozenbaum
Best Costume Design
The Count of Monte Cristo - Thierry Delettre
Beating Hearts - Isabelle Pannetier
The Divine Sarah Bernhardt - Anaïs Romand
Emilia Pérez - Virginie Montel
Monsieur Aznavour - Isabelle Mathieu
Best Visual Effects
Emilia Pérez - Cédric Fayolle
The Beast - Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur and Émilien Lazaron
The Count of Monte Cristo - Olivier Cauwet
Monsieur Aznavour - Stéphane Dittoo
Best Original Music
Emilia Pérez - Clément Ducol and Camille
Beating Hearts - Jon Brion
The Count of Monte Cristo - Jérôme Rebotier
Holy Cow - Linda Courvoisier and Charlie Courvoisier
The Most Precious of Cargoes - Alexandre Desplat
Best Sound
Emilia Pérez - Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta
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
The Marching Band - Pascal Armant, Sandy Notarianni and Niels Barletta
Souleymane's Story - Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak and Samuel Aïchoun
Best Foreign Film
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom / Poland / United States) - directed by Jonathan Glazer
Anora (United States) - directed by Sean Baker
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Iran / Germany / 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
Best Documentary Film
The Bertrand's Farm - produced by Denis Carot and Ulysse Payet; directed by Gilles Perret
The Belle from Gaza - produced by Bruno Nahon and Yolande Zauberman; directed by Yolande Zauberman
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 First Film
Holy Cow - produced by Muriel Meynard; directed by Louise Courvoisier
Ghost Trail - produced by Pauline Seigland; directed by Jonathan Millet
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 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 Fiction Short Film
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent - produced by Noëlle Levenez; directed by Nebojša Slijepčević
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
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 Animated Short Film
Yuck! - produced by Juliette Marquet and Manon Messiant; directed by Loïc Espuche
Butterfly - produced by Ron Dyens and Luc Camilli; directed by Florence Miailhe
Gigi - produced by Luc Camilli; directed by Cynthia Calvi
Honorary César
Julia Roberts
Costa-Gavras