<<< 51st César Awards (2026)
Best Film
The Ties That Bind Us - produced by Fabrice Goldstein, Antoine Rein, directed by Carine Tardieu
Case 137 - produced by Caroline Benjo, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, directed by Dominik Moll
It Was Just an Accident - produced by Philippe Martin, directed by Jafar Panahi
The Little Sister, produced by Julie Bily, Naomi Denamur, directed by Hafsia Herzi
Nouvelle Vague - produced by Michèle Pétin, Laurent Pétin, directed by Richard Linklater
Best Director
Richard Linklater - Nouvelle Vague
Carine Tardieu - The Ties That Bind Us
Dominik Moll - Case 137
Hafsia Herzi - The Little Sister
Stéphane Demoustier - The Great Arch
Best Actor
Laurent Lafitte - The Richest Woman in the World as Pierre-Alain Fantin
Bastien Bouillon - Leave One Day as Raphaël
Benjamin Voisin - The Stranger as Meursault
Claes Bang - The Great Arch as Johan Otto von Spreckelsen
Pio Marmaï - The Ties That Bind Us as Alexandre "Alex" Perthuis
Best Actress
Léa Drucker - Case 137 as Stéphanie Bertrand
Isabelle Huppert - The Richest Woman in the World as Marianne Farrère
Leïla Bekhti - Once Upon My Mother as Esther Perez
Mélanie Thierry - Mariana’s Room as Mariana
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi - The Ties That Bind Us as Sandra Ferney
Best Supporting Actor
Pierre Lottin - The Stranger as Raymond Sintès
Michel Fau - The Great Arch as François Mitterrand
Raphael Personnaz - The Richest Woman in the World as Jérôme Bonjean
Swann Arlaud - The Great Arch as Paul Andreu
Xavier Dolan - The Great Arch as Jean-Louis Subilon
Best Supporting Actress
Vimala Pons - The Ties That Bind Us as Emillia Demetriu
Dominique Blanc - Leave One Day as Fanfan
Jeanne Balibar - Nino as Nino's mother
Marina Foïs - The Richest Woman in the World as Frédérique Spielman
Park Ji-min - The Little Sister as Ji-Na
Best Original Screenplay
How To Make A Killing - Franck Dubosc and Sarah Kaminsky
Case 137 - Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand
It Was Just an Accident - Jafar Panahi
Nino - Pauline Loquès
Nouvelle Vague - Holly Gent and Vince Palmo
Best Adaptation
The Ties That Bind Us - Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, Agnès Feuvre; based on the novel L'Intimité by Alice Ferney
The Great Arch - Stéphane Demoustier; based on the novel La Grande Arche by Laurence Cossé
The Little Sister - Hafsia Herzi; based on the novel The Last One by Fatima Daas
Best Editing
Nouvelle Vague - Catherine Schwartz
13 Days, 13 Nights - Stan Collet
Case 137 - Laurent Rouan
The Little Sister - Géraldine Mangenot
The Ties That Bind Us - Christel Dewynter
Best Cinematography
Nouvelle Vague - David Chambille
Case 137 - Patrick Ghiringhelli
The Girl in the Snow - Marine Atlan
The Stranger - Manuel Dacosse
The Ties That Bind Us - Elin Kirschfink
Best Production Design
The Great Arch - Catherine Cosme
Colours of Time - Marie Cheminal
Dog 51 - Jean-Philippe Moreaux
Nouvelle Vague - Katia Wyszkop
Once Upon My Mother - Riton Dupire-Clément
Best Costume Design
Nouvelle Vague - Pascaline Chavanne
Colours of Time - Pierre-Yves Gayraud
La Condition - Céline Guignard
Dracula - Corinne Bruand
The Richest Woman in the World - Jürgen Doering
Best Visual Effects
The Great Arch - Lise Fischer
Dog 51 - Cédric Fayolle
Nouvelle Vague - Alain Carsoux
The Shrinking Man - Rodolphe Chabrier and Benoit de Longlée
Best Original Music
Arco - Arnaud Toulon
Case 137 - Olivier Marguerit
The Stranger - Fatima Al Qadiri
The Richest Woman in the World - Alex Beaupain
The Little Sister - Amine Bouhafa
Best Sound
Whispers in the Woods - Romain Cadilhac, Marc Namblard, Olivier Touche and Olivier Goinard
Arco - Nicolas Becker, Andrea Ferrera and Damien Lazzerini
Case 137 - François Maurel, Rym Debbarh-Mounir and Nathalie Vidal
Leave One Day - Rémi Chanaud, Jeanne Delplanco, Fanny Martin and Niels Barletta
Nouvelle Vague - Jean minondo, Serge Rouquairol and Christophe Vingtrinier
Best Foreign Film
One Battle After Another (United States) - directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Black Dog (China) - directed by Guan Hu
The Secret Agent (Brazil / France / Germany / Netherlands) - directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sentimental Value (Norway / France / Germany / Sweden / Denmark / United Kingdom) - directed by Joachim Trier
Sirāt (Spain / France) - directed by Oliver Laxe
Best Animated Feature Film
Arco - directed by Ugo Bienvenu; produced by Félix de Givry, Ugo Bienvenu, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain - directed by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han; produced by Nidia Santiago, Edwina Liard, Claire La Combe and Henri Magalon
My Castle Life: Growing Up in Versailles - directed by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat and Nathaniel H’Lim; produced by Lionel Massol
Best Documentary Film
Whispers in the Woods - directed by Vincent Munier; produced by Pierre-Emmanuel Fleurantin, Laurent Baujard and Vincent Munier
The Fifth Shot of La Jetée - directed by Dominique Cabrera; produced by Edmée Doroszlai and Caroline glorion
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk - directed by Sepideh Farsi; produced by Javad Djavahery
Ride Away - directed by Mathias Mlekuz; produced by Jean-Louis Livi and Marc-Etienne Schwartz
Sarkozy - Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals - directed by Yannick Kergoat; produced by Gabrielle Juhel and Valentina novati
Best First Feature Film
Nino - directed by Pauline Loqués; produced by Sandra da Fonseca
Arco - directed by Ugo Bienvenu; produced by Félix de Givry, Ugo Bienvenu, Sophie Mas and Natalie Portman
Block Pass - directed by Antoine Chevrollier; produced by Nicolas Blanc
Hearts on Fire - directed by Aurélien Peyre; produced by Bruno Levy
Leave One Day - directed by Amélie Bonnin; produced by Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset Mohamed, Robin Robles, Sylvie Pialat and Benoît Quainon
Best Male Revelation
Théodore Pellerin - Nino as Nino
Idir Azougli - Meteors as Daniel Mezziani
Sayyid El Alami - Block Pass as Willy
Félix Lefebvre - Hearts on Fire as Hugo
Guillaume Marbeck - Nouvelle Vague as Jean-Luc Godard
Best Female Revelation
Nadia Melliti - The Little Sister as Fatima
Manon Clavel - Kika as Kika
Suzanne Lindon - Colours of Time as Adèle
Camille Rutherford - Jane Austen Wrecked My Life as Agathe Robinson
Anja Verderosa - Hearts on Fire as Queen
Best Animated Short Film
Fille de l’eau - directed by Sandra Desmazières; produced by Jérôme Barthélémy, Daniel Sauvage, and Olivier Catherin
Les Belles Cicatrices - directed by Raphaël Jouzeau; produced by Francesca Bettini-Barnes and Charlotte Vande Vyvre
God Is Shy - directed by Jocelyn Charles; produced by Félix de Givry, Ugo Bienvenu, and Josephine Mancini
Best Documentary Short Film
Au Bain des Dames - directed by Margaux fournier; produced by Laureen Bolton and Audrey Amadja Iritz
Car Wash - directed by Laïs Decaster; produced by Nathan Jactel and Gabrielle Voigt
Ni Dieu ni père - directed by Paul Kermarec; produced by Stéphane Marchal and Nelson Ghrénassia
Best Fiction Short Film
Mort d’un Acteur - directed by Ambroise Rateau; produced by Lucas Tothe and Jessica Arfuso
Big Boys Don’t Cry - directed by Arnaud Delmarle; produced by Ane Luthaud and Joanna Sitkwoska
Two People Exchanging Saliva - directed by Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh; produced by Valentina Merli and Violeta Kreimer
Wonderwall - directed by Róisín Burns, produced by Mathilde Delaunay
Honorary César
Jim Carrey