28th César Awards

The 28th César Awards ceremony was held in 2003 and hosted by Géraldine Pailhas. The winners (highlighted in bold) and nominees were:

Winners and nominees

Best Actor – Leading Role

• Adrien Brody – The Pianist
  • Daniel Auteuil – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • François Berléand – My Idol (Mon idole)
  • Bernard Campan – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • Mathieu Kassovitz – Amen.

Best Actor – Supporting Role

• Bernard Le Coq – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • François Cluzet – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • Gérard Darmon – Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre)
  • Jamel Debbouze – Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre)
  • Denis Podalydès – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)

Best Actress – Leading Role

• Isabelle Carré – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • Fanny Ardant – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Ariane Ascaride – Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours)
  • Juliette Binoche – Jet Lag (Décalage horaire)
  • Isabelle Huppert – 8 Women (8 femmes)

Best Actress – Supporting Role

• Karin Viard – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)
  • Dominique Blanc – Special Delivery (C'est le bouquet!)
  • Danielle Darrieux – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Emmanuelle Devos – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • Judith Godrèche – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)

Best Cinematography

• The Pianist – Paweł Edelman
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Jeanne Lapoirie
  • Amen. – Patrick Blossier

Best Costume Design

• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) – Philippe Guillotel, Tanino Liberatore and Florence Sadaune
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Pascaline Chavanne
  • The Pianist – Anna B. Sheppard

Best Debut

• Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses) – Zabou Breitman
  • Carnage (Carnages) – Delphine Gleize
  • Hypnotized and Hysterical (Filles perdues, cheveux gras) – Claude Duty
  • Irène – Ivan Calbérac
  • My Idol (Mon idole) – Guillaume Canet

Best Director

• Roman Polanski – The Pianist
  • Costa Gavras – Amen.
  • Cédric Klapisch – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)
  • François Ozon – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Nicolas Philibert – To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)

Best Editing

• To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) – Nicolas Philibert
  • The Pianist – Hervé de Luze
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Francine Sandberg

Best Film

• The Pianist – Roman Polanski
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – François Ozon
  • Amen. – Costa Gavras
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Cédric Klapisch
  • To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) – Nicolas Philibert

Best Film – European Union

• Talk to Her (Hable con ella) – Pedro Almodóvar
  • 11'9"01 September 11 – Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn and Danis Tanović
  • Gosford Park – Robert Altman
  • The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) – Aki Kaurismäki
  • Sweet Sixteen – Ken Loach

Best Foreign Film

• Bowling for Columbine – Michael Moore • USA
  • Minority Report – Steven Spielberg • USA
  • Ocean's Eleven – Steven Soderbergh • USA
  • Painted Fire (Chi-hwa-seon) – Im Kwon-taek • South Korea
  • Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) – Hayao Miyazaki • Japan

Best Music

• The Pianist – Wojciech Kilar
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Krishna Levy
  • Amen. – Armand Amar
  • Laissez-passer – Antoine Duhamel

Best Production Design

• The Pianist – Allan Starski
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Arnaud de Moleron
  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) – Hoang Thanh At
  • Laissez-passer – Emile Ghigo

Best Short Film

• Peau de vache – Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
  • Candidature – Emmanuel Bourdieu
  • Ce vieux rêve qui bouge – Alain Guiraudie
  • Squash – Lionel Bailliu

Best Sound

• The Pianist – Jean-Marie Blondel, Gérard Hardy, Dean Humphreys
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Pierre Gamet, Benoît Hillebrant and Jean-Pierre Laforce
  • Amen. – Dominique Gaborieau and Pierre Gamet

Best Writing

• Amen. – Costa Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – François Ozon and Marina de Van
  • The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Cédric Klapisch
  • Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) – Michel Blanc

Most Promising Actor

• Jean-Paul Rouve – Monsieur Batignole
  • Lorànt Deutsch – Shooting Stars (3 zéros)
  • Morgan Marinne – The Son (Le fils)
  • Gaspard Ulliel – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)
  • Malik Zidi – Un moment de bonheur

Most Promising Actress

• Cécile de France – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)
  • Émilie Dequenne – A Housekeeper (Une femme de ménage)
  • Mélanie Doutey – The Warrior's Brother (Le frère du guerrier)
  • Marina Foïs – Hypnotized and Hysterical (Filles perdues, cheveux gras)
  • Ludivine Sagnier – 8 Women (8 femmes)

Honorary César

• Bernadette Lafont, French actress.
• Spike Lee, American actor, director and screenwriter.
• Meryl Streep, American actress.

External links

• César Awards 2003 at the IMDb