César: nominations, date … What we know about the 2023 ceremony

CESAR 2023. The next Cesar ceremony takes place this week and will soon be broadcast on Canal+ unencrypted and live. We detail everything you need to know about the event.

The César 2023 are preparing with great fanfare. The 48th ceremony rewarding the best French cinema of the year takes place this Friday, February 24, 2023, at the Olympia. It will be followed live and unencrypted on Canal+. The nominations are known, and some films are already favorites in number of citations: the innocent by Louis Garrel leads the race with 11 nominations, followed by The Night of 12 which competed 10 times, notably in the Best Film category. In body And Peace – Torment on the Islands are also serious competitors, with 9 nominations each. The details of the César 2023 nominations can be found a little further down in this article.

The presentation of the next Cesar ceremony will exceptionally be done in a collegial manner. Leïla Bekhti, Jérôme Commandeur, Jamel Debbouze, Emmanuelle Devos, Léa Drucker, Eye Haïdara, Alex Lutz, Raphaël Personnaz and Ahmed Sylla will be present to host the evening. The artistic direction of the ceremony will be provided by Eric Lartigau (director of The Aries Family). Tahar Rahim has been chosen to preside over the 48th Cesar ceremony. American director David Fincher will also receive an honorary Cesar from the hands of Virginie Efira. Find all the information you need to know about the César 2023 a little further down in this article.

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Since 1976, the César du cinema ceremony has rewarded the best of the French seventh art. Prizes are awarded each year in Paris by the Académie des César, also called the Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques. It was the sculptor César who made the trophy, which has the shape of compressions of metal objects. Each year, between February and March, the ceremony is often broadcast live and unencrypted on the Canal+ channel. Radio enthusiasts can also follow the ceremony on Europe 1 from 2022. Among the most awarded films in the history of the Césars are The Last Metro and Cyrano de Bergerac (ten awards each), A Prophet (9 awards), From beating my heart stopped (8 awards). The 48th Cesar ceremony takes place on February 24, 2023.

Cesar for Best Film

• The Almond Trees
• In Body
• the innocent
• The night of 12
• Peace – Torment on the Islands

Cesar for Best Director

• Cedric Klapish, In body
• Louis Garrel, the innocent
• Cedric Jiménez, November
• Dominik Moll, The night of 12
• Albert Serra, Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands

Cesar for Best Actress

• Fanny Ardent, The young lovers
• Juliette Binoche, Ouistreham
• Laura Calamy, Full time
• Virginia Efira, See Paris again
• Adèle Exarchopoulos, I don’t give a fuck

Cesar for best actor

• Jean Dujardin, November
• Louis Garrel, the innocent
• Vincent Macaigne, Chronicle of a temporary liaison
• Benoit Magimel, Pacifiction – torment on the islands
• Denis Menochet, peter von kant

César Award for Best Supporting Actress

• Judith Chemla, The sixth child
• Anais Demoustier, November
• Anouk Grinberg, the innocent
• Lyna Khoudri, November
• Noemie Merlant, the innocent

César Award for Best Supporting Actor

• Francois Civil, In body
• Bouli Lanners, The night of 12
• Micha Lescot, The Almond Trees
• Pio Marmai, In body
• Roschdy Zem, the innocent

César Award for Best Female Hope

• Marion Barbeau, In body
• Guslagia Malanda, Saint Omer
• Rebecca Marder, A young girl who is well
• Nadia Tereszkiewicz, The Almond Trees
• Mallory Wanecque, The worst

César for the best male hope

• Bastien Bouillon, The night of 12
• Stefan Crepon, peter von kant
• Dimitri Dore, Bruno Reidal, Confession of a Murderer
• Paul Kircher, The high school student
• Alyosha Reinert, Small type

César Award for Best Original Screenplay

• AT full-time
• The Almond Trees
• In body
• the innocent
• Saint Omer

César Award for Best Adaptation

• Cut!
• State Scandal Investigation
• The night of 12

Caesar of the best costumes

• The Almond Trees
• colors of fire
• Waiting for Bojangles
• the innocent
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands
• Simone- The journey of the century

Caesar of the best decorations

• The Almond Trees
• colors of fire
• The night of 12
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands
• Simone – The trip of the century

César Award for Best Cinematography

• The Almond Trees
• In Body
• The night of 12
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands
• Saint-Omer

César for Best Editing

• Full time
• the innocent
• In body
• November
• The night of 12

César Award for Best Visual Effects

• The Five Devils
• Smoking makes you cough
• Notre Dame is burning
• November
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands

César for best sound

• In body
• the innocent
• November
• The night of 12
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands

César Award for Best Original Score

• Full time
• Cut!
• the innocent
• The night of 12
• Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands
• Passengers of the Night

Cesar for Best First Film

• Bruno Reidal, confession of a murderer
• Falcon Lake
• THE worst
• Saint-Omer
• The Sixth Child

César Award for Best Animated Film (Feature)

• Ernest and Celestine: the gibberish trip
• My Afghan Family
• Little Nicolas – What are we waiting for to be happy?

César Award for Best Animated Short Film

• Cuddle
• black-sun
• Granny’s sex life

Cesar for best foreign film

• As Bestas
• Close
• The Cairo conspiracy
• Eo
• Without filter

César for best short fiction film

• Top hearts
• leave one day
• King David
• The virtuous

César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

• Churchill, polar bear town
• Listen to the beat of our images
• Maria Schneider, 1983

Cesar for Best Documentary Film

• Let’s go children
• The super 8 years
• The Oak
• Jane by Charlotte
• Return to Reims (fragments)

The Césars are traditionally broadcast on Canal ++, live and unencrypted. There is therefore no need to subscribe to Canal+ offers to enjoy the evening. If you want to watch the last Cesar ceremony in replay, know that it is available the day after its broadcast on MyCanal, and accessible via computer, tablet or smartphone.

Discover the César 2023 poster

The Académie des César communicated on the poster for its 48th ceremony this Friday, February 3, 2023, a few weeks before the event. This poster pays homage to the film Annette by Leos Carax, who won the César for best director last year. We can see Marion Cotillard as an opera singer. Find the Cesar 2023 poster below.

• Best film : lost illusions
• Best Achievement: Leos Carax, Annette
• Best actor : Benoit Magimel, In his lifetime
• Best Actress: Valerie Lemercier, Aline
• Best Supporting Actress: Aissatou Diallo Sagna in The divide
• Best Supporting Actor: Vincent Lacoste in lost illusions
• Most promising Actress : Anamaria Vartolomei for The event
• Best Male Hope: Benjamin Voisin for lost illusions
• Best Original Screenplay: Onoda, 10,000 nights in the jungle
• Best adaptation: lost illusions
• Best costumes: lost illusions
• Best sets: lost illusions
• Best Cinematography: lost illusions
• Best editing: Annette
• Best Sound: Annette
• Best visual effects: Annette
• Best Original Score: Annette
• Best first film: Magnetics
• Best Animated Feature Film: The Summit of the Gods
• Best Animated Short Film: Soft Madness, Hard Madness
• Best foreign film: The Father
• Best short fiction film: the bad boys
• Best Documentary: The Snow Panther
• Best Documentary Short : Maalbeek
• Honorary Caesar: Cate Blanchett