40th César Awards
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 The official César Award poster features French actress Fanny Ardant, in the 1983 film Vivement dimanche ! | ||||
| Date | 20 February 2015 | |||
| Site | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France | |||
| Host | Édouard Baer | |||
| Highlights | ||||
| Best Film | Timbuktu | |||
| Best Actor | Pierre Niney | |||
| Best Actress | Adèle Haenel | |||
| Most awards | Timbuktu (7) | |||
| Most nominations | Saint Laurent (10) | |||
| Television coverage | ||||
| Network | Canal+ | |||
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The 40th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director Dany Boon, with actor Édouard Baer acting as master of ceremonies for the second time.[1][2]
The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President Alain Terzian. Saint Laurent received the most nominations with ten, followed by Love at First Fight with nine nominations.[3][4][5]
In related events, the Médaille d’Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at Monnaie de Paris on 19 January 2015. Luc Besson was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades.[6][7] On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Sylvie Pialat, who produced Timbuktu via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year.[8]
Timbuktu won seven awards including Best Film and Best Director for Abderrahmane Sissako. Other winners included Love at First Fight with three awards, and Yves Saint Laurent, Hippocrate, Clouds of Sils Maria, La Famille Bélier, Diplomacy, Saint Laurent, Beauty and the Beast, The Salt of the Earth, Minuscule: Valley of the Lost Ants, Les Petits Cailloux, La Femme de Rio and Mommy with one.[9][10]
Winners and nominees
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Pierre Niney – Yves Saint Laurent as Yves Saint Laurent
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Adèle Haenel – Love at First Fight as Madeleine
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Reda Kateb – Hippocrate as Abdel Rezzak
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Kristen Stewart – Clouds of Sils Maria as Valentine
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Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight as Arnaud Labrède
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Louane Emera – La Famille Bélier as Paula Bélier
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Timbuktu – Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall
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Diplomacy – Cyril Gely, Volker Schlöndorff
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Sofian El Fani – Timbuktu | |
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Nadia Ben Rachid – Timbuktu
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Philippe Welsh, Roman Dymny and Thierry Delor – Timbuktu
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Amine Bouhafa – Timbuktu
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Anaïs Romand – Saint Laurent
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Thierry Flamand – Beauty and the Beast
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Les Petits Cailloux
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La Femme de Rio
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Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier
Sylvie Pialat | ||
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Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma – Médaille d’Or
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Films with multiple nominations and awards
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The following films received multiple nominations:
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The following films received multiple awards:
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Presenters
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.
See also
References
- ↑ "Dany Boon président des César : la Ch'ti revanche". Le Figaro. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "César 2015 : Édouard Baer présentera la cérémonie". Le Figaro. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ↑ "L'Agenda-Conférence de Presse d'Annonce des Nominations 2015". Académie du cinéma. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
- ↑ "César 2015 : les nominations". AlloCiné. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ "Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart Among France's Cesar Awards Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "Médaille d'Or de l'Académie". Académie des César. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "César 2015 : Une Médaille d'Or pour Luc Besson". Canal+. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "‘Timbuktu’ Producer Sylvie Pialat Wins Second Toscan du Plantier Award". Variety. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "César Awards: 'Timbuktu' Best Film; Kristen Stewart In Historic Supporting Actress Win". Deadline.com. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ↑ "Cesar Awards: 'Timbktu' Sweeps, Kristen Stewart Makes History". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 César Awards. |
- César Awards official website
- 40th César Awards at the Internet Movie Database
- 40th César Awards at AlloCiné
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