37th César Awards
The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films of 2011.[1] The Artist won six out of its ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actress (Bérénice Bejo), and Best Cinematography (Guillaume Schiffman). The ceremony was chaired by Guillaume Canet, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 27 January 2012.
37th César Awards | |
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Official poster featuring a 1960 photo of the late French actress Annie Girardot | |
Date | 24 February 2012 |
Site | Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France |
Hosted by | Antoine de Caunes |
Highlights | |
Best Picture | The Artist |
Best Director | Michel Hazanavicius |
Best Actor | Omar Sy |
Best Actress | Bérénice Bejo |
Most awards | The Artist (6) |
Most nominations | Poliss (13) |
Television coverage | |
Network | Canal Plus |
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best Film | Best Director |
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Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
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Best Actor | Best Actress |
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Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
Carmen Maura, The Women on the 6th Floor (Les Femmes du 6e étage)
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Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
Grégory Gadebois, Angel & Tony
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(tie) Naidra Ayadi, Polisse and Clotilde Hesme, Angel & Tony
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Best First Feature Film | Best Original Screenplay |
When Pigs Have Wings
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The Minister (L'exercice de l'État), Pierre Schoeller
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Best Cinematography | Best Adaptation |
The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
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Carnage, Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza
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Best Editing | Best Sound |
Polisse, Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet
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The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce
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Best Music Written for a Film | Best Costume Design |
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House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Anaïs Romand
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Best Production Design | Best Documentary Film |
The Artist, Laurence Bennett
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Tous au Larzac
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Best Animated Film | Best Short Film |
The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du rabbin)
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L'Accordeur
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Best Foreign Film | |
A Separation (Jodái-e Náder az Simin) (
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Honorary César
Kate Winslet, English actress and singer
Viewers
The show was followed by 3.9 million viewers. This corresponds to 18.2% of the audience.[2]