21st César Awards

The 21st César Awards ceremony was held in 1996 and hosted by Philippe Noiret. The winners (highlighted in bold) and nominees were:

• Best Film:
  La Haine, directed by Mathieu Kassovitz
  Le Bonheur est dans le pré, directed by Étienne Chatiliez
  La Cérémonie, directed by Claude Chabrol
  Gazon maudit, directed by Josiane Balasko
  Le Hussard sur le toit, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
  Nelly and Mr. Arnaud, directed by Claude Sautet
• Best foreign Film:
  Land and Freedom, directed by Ken Loach
  The Bridges of Madison County, directed by Clint Eastwood
  Smoke, directed by Wayne Wang, Paul Auster
  Underground, directed by Emir Kusturica
  The Usual Suspects, directed by Bryan Singer
• Best Debut:
  Les Trois Frères, directed by Bernard Campan, Didier Bourdon
  En avoir (ou pas), directed by Laetitia Masson
  Pigalle, directed by Karim Dridi
  Rosine, directed by Christine Carrière
  État des lieux, directed by Patrick Dell'Isola, Jean-François Richet
• Best Actor
  Michel Serrault, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
  François Cluzet, for Les Apprentis
  Jean-Louis Trintignant, for Fiesta
  Alain Chabat, for Gazon maudit
  Vincent Cassel, for La Haine
• Best Actress:
  Isabelle Huppert, for La Cérémonie
  Sabine Azéma, for Le Bonheur est dans le pré
  Sandrine Bonnaire, for La Cérémonie
  Juliette Binoche, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Emmanuelle Béart, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Supporting Actor:
  Eddy Mitchell, for Le Bonheur est dans le pré
  Jean-Pierre Cassel, for La Cérémonie
  Ticky Holgado, for Gazon maudit
  Jean-Hugues Anglade, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
  Michael Lonsdale, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Supporting Actress:
  Annie Girardot, for Les Misérables
  Carmen Maura, for Le Bonheur est dans le pré
  Jacqueline Bisset, for La Cérémonie
  Claire Nadeau, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
  Clotilde Courau, for Élisa
• Most Promising Actor:
  Guillaume Depardieu, for Les Apprentis
  Olivier Sitruk, for L'Appât
  Vincent Cassel, for La Haine
  Hubert Koundé, for La Haine
  Saïd Taghmaoui, for La Haine
• Most Promising Actress:
  Sandrine Kiberlain, for En avoir (ou pas)
  Marie Gillain, for L'Appât
  Virginie Ledoyen, for La Fille seule
  Isabelle Carré, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Clotilde Courau, for Élisa
• Best Director
  Claude Sautet, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
  Étienne Chatiliez, for Le Bonheur est dans le pré
  Claude Chabrol, for La Cérémonie
  Josiane Balasko, for Gazon maudit
  Mathieu Kassovitz, for La Haine
  Jean-Paul Rappeneau, for Le Hussard sur le toit
• Best Writing:
  Telsche Boorman, Josiane Balasko, for Gazon maudit
  Florence Quentin, for Le Bonheur est dans le pré
  Caroline Eliacheff, Claude Chabrol, for La Cérémonie
  Mathieu Kassovitz, for La Haine
  Jacques Fieschi, Claude Sautet, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Cinematography:
  Thierry Arbogast, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Darius Khondji, for La Cité des enfants perdus
  Pierre Aïm, for La Haine
• Best Costume Design:
  Christian Gasc, for Madame Butterfly
  Jean-Paul Gaultier, for La Cité des enfants perdus
  Franca Squarciapino, for Le Hussard sur le toit
• Best Sound:
  Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier, Dominique Hennequin, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Dominique Dalmasso, Vincent Tulli, for La Haine
  Pierre Lenoir, Jean-Paul Loublier, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Editing
  Mathieu Kassovitz, Scott Stevenson, for La Haine
  Noëlle Boisson, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Jacqueline Thiédot, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Music:
  Zbigniew Preisner, Serge Gainsbourg, Michel Colombier, for Élisa
  Angelo Badalamenti, for La Cité des enfants perdus
  Jean-Claude Petit, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Philippe Sarde, for Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
• Best Production Design:
  Jean Rabasse, for La Cité des enfants perdus
  Jacques Rouxel, Ezio Frigerio, Christian Marti, for Le Hussard sur le toit
  Michèle Abbé-Vannier, for Madame Butterfly
• Best Animated Short:
  Le Moine et le poisson, directed by Michaël Dudok de Wit
• Best Fiction Short:
  Le Bus, directed by Jean-Luc Gaget
  Corps inflammables, directed by Jacques Maillot
• Best Documentary Short:
  Roland, directed by Lucien Dirat
• Best Producer:
  Christophe Rossignon, for La Haine
• Honorary César:
  Gene Kelly
  Henri Verneuil (for his whole works)

External links

• César Awards 1996 at the IMDb