The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma has announced the nominees for the 2021 César Awards. This year’s shortlist highlights a strong showing for intimate dramas and character-driven comedies, with one film leading the pack in nominations and several others recognized across major categories.
Top of the list with 13 nominations is Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait (The Things We Say, The Things We Do), including nominations for Best Film and Best Director. France’s selection for the Academy Awards’ International Feature category, Deux (Two of Us), received four nominations, including two nods in the Best Actress category and a nomination for Best First Film. The César nominations for Best Foreign Film include notable international releases such as Dark Waters, Sam Mendes’ war film 1917, Danish drama Another Round, Spain’s The August Virgin, and Poland’s Oscar entry Corpus Christi.
The 46th César Awards ceremony is scheduled for Friday, 12 March 2021. Below is the full list of nominees announced for the 2021 César Awards.
Full list of 2021 César Awards nominees:
BEST FILM
Adieu Les Cons (Goodbye Idiots / Farewell, Morons)
Adolescentes (Adolescents)
Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes (Antoinette in the Cévennes)
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait (The Things We Say, The Things We Do)
Summer Of 85 (Summer of 85)
BEST DIRECTOR
Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Maïwenn (DNA)
Sébastien Lifshitz (Adolescentes)
Emmanuel Mouret (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
François Ozon (Summer Of 85)
BEST ACTRESS
Laure Calamy (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Martine Chevallier (Two Of Us)
Virginie Efira (Adieu Les Cons)
Camélia Jordana (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Barbara Sukowa (Two Of Us)
BEST ACTOR
Sami Bouajila (Un Fils — A Son)
Jonathan Cohen (Enorme)
Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Niels Schneider (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Lambert Wilson (De Gaulle)
BEST FOREIGN FILM
1917
Corpus Christi
Dark Waters
Another Round
The August Virgin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Fanny Ardant (DNA)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Summer Of 85)
Emilie Dequenne (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Noémie Lvovsky (La Bonne Epouse — The Good Wife)
Yolande Moreau (La Bonne Epouse)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Édouard Baer (La Bonne Epouse)
Louis Garrel (DNA)
Benjamin Lavernhe (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Vincent Macaigne (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Nicolas Mairé (Adieu Les Cons)
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Mélissa Guers (La Fille Au Bracelet — The Girl with a Bracelet)
India Hair (Poissonsexe)
Julia Piaton (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Camille Rutherford (Felicità)
Fathia Youssouf (Cuties)
BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Guang Huo (La Nuit Venue — The Night Has Come)
Félix Lefebvre (Summer Of 85)
Benjamin Voisin (Summer Of 85)
Alexandre Wetter (Miss)
Jean-Pascal Zadi (Tout Simplement Noir)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Caroline Vignal (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Emmanuel Mouret (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Filippo Meneghetti and Malysone Bovorashy (Two Of Us)
Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern (Effacer L’Historique)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Olivier Assayas (Wasp Network)
Hannelore Cayre and Jean-Paul Salomé (La Daronne)
François Ozon (Summer Of 85)
Stéphanie Demoustier (La Fille Au Bracelet)
Éric Barbier (Petit Pays)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alexis Kavyrchine (Adieu Les Cons)
Antoine Parouty and Paul Guilhaume (Adolescentes)
Simon Beaufils (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Laurent Desmet (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Hichame Alaouié (Summer Of 85)
BEST EDITING
Christophe Pinel (Adieu Les Cons)
Tina Baz (Adolescentes)
Annette Dutertre (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Marital Salomon (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Laure Gardette (Summer Of 85)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Adieu Les Cons
La Bonne Epouse
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
De Gaulle
Summer Of 85
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adieu Les Cons
La Bonne Epouse
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
De Gaulle
Summer Of 85
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary
Josep
Little Vampire
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Adolescentes
La Cravate
Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes
Histoire D’Un Regard
Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage
BEST FIRST FILM
Two Of Us
Garçon Chiffon
Cuties
Tout Simplement Noir
Un Divan A Tunis
BEST SCORE
Christophe Julien (Adieu Les Cons)
Stephen Warbeck (DNA)
Mateï Bratescot (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Jean-Benoît Dunckel (Summer Of 85)
Rone (La Nuit Venue)
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