2014 César Award Winners: ‘Timbuktu,’ Kristen Stewart Win French Film’s Top Prizes
The Césars, the French version of the Oscars gave their prizes out today and the Oscar-nominated Timbuktu was the big winner, grabbing seven awards including Best Film and Best Director for Abderrahmane Sissako. Kristen Stewart made history, twice, by becoming the first American to be nominated and then to win a César for her supporting work in Clouds of Sils Maria. In the battle for Best Actor of the Yves Saint Laurent films, Pierre Niney (Yves Saint Laurent) upset favorite Gaspard Ulliel (Saint Laurent) for the prize. Although the latter entered with the most nominations, Best Costumes was the only award it won. Xavier Dolan’s Mommy beat out Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel and last year’s Oscar Best Picture winner, 12 Years a Slave, for Best Foreign Film. Sean Penn was the winner of this year’s Honorary César.
Full list of nominees and winners:
Best Film
“Les Combattants”, Thomas Cailley
“Eastern Boys”, Robin Campillo
“La Famille Belier”, Eric Lartigau
“Saint Laurent”, Bertrand Bonello
“Hippocrate”, Thomas Liliti
“Clouds of Sils Maria”, Olivier Assayas
“Timbuktu”, Abderrahmane Sissako – WINNER
Best Director
Olivier Assayas, “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Thomas Liliti, “Hippocrate”
Céline Sciamma, “Bande de filles”
Abderrahmane Sissako, “Timbuktu” – WINNER
Thomas Cailley, “Les Combattants”
Bertrand Bonello, “Saint Laurent”
Best Actor
Pierre Niney, “Yves Saint Laurent” – WINNER
Romain Duris, “Une nouvelle amie”
Gaspard Ulliel, “Saint Laurent”
Guillaume Canet, “La Prochaine fois je viserai le coeur”
Niels Arestrup, “Diplomatie”
François Damiens, “La Famille Belier”
Vincent Lacoste, “Hippocrate”
Best Actress
Juliette Binoche, “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Catherine Deneuve, “Dans la cour”
Marion Cotillard, “Deux jours, une nuit”
Emilie Dequenne, “Pas son genre”
Adèle Haenel, “Les Combattants” – WINNER
Sandrine Kimberlain, “Elle l’adore”
Karin Viard, “La Famille Belier”
Best Supporting Actor
Eric Elmosnino, “La Famille Belier”
Jérémie Renier, “Saint Laurent”
Guillaume Gallienne, “Yves Saint Laurent”
Louis Garrel, “Saint Laurent”
Reda Kateb, “Hippocrate” – WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Marianne Denicourt, “Hippocrate”
Claude Gensac, “Lulu femme nue”
Izïa Higelin, “Samba”
Charlotte Le Bon, “Yves Saint Laurent”
Kristen Stewart, “Clouds of Sils Maria” – WINNER
Best Breakthrough Actor
Kévin Azaïs, “Les Combattants” – WINNER
Ahmed Dramé, “Les Héritiers”
Kirill Emelyanov, “Eastern Boys”
Pierre Rochefort, “Un beau dimanche”
Marc Zinga, “Qu’Allah bénisse la France”
Best Breakthrough Actress
Lou de Laâge, “Respire”
Joséphine Japy, “Respire”
Louane Emera, “La Famille Bélier” – WINNER
Ariane Labed, “Fidelio, l’odyssée d’Alice”
Karidja Touré, “Bande de filles”
Best Original Screenplay
“Les Combattants”
“La Famille Bélier”
“Hippocrate”
“Clouds of Sils Maria”
“Timbuktu” – WINNER
Best Adapted Screenplay
“La Chambre bleue”
“Diplomatie” – WINNER
“Pas son genre”
“Lulu femme nue”
“La Prochaine fois je viserai le coeur”
Best Foreign Film
“Winter Sleep”, Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
“Boyhood”, Richard Linklater (USA)
“12 Years a Slave”, Steve McQueen (USA/UK)
“Deux jours, une nuit”, Dardenne Brothers (Belgium)
“Mommy”, Xavier Dolan (Canada) – WINNER
“Ida”, Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland)
“The Grand Budapest Hotel”, Wes Anderson (USA)
Best First Film
“Les Combattants” – WINNER
“Elle l’adore”
“Fidelio, l’odyssée d’Alice”
“Party Girl”
“Qu’Allah bénisse la France”
Best Animated Feature Film
“Minuscule – La Vallée des Fourmis Perdues”, Thomas Szabo et Hélène Giraud – WINNER
“Jack et la Mécanique du Coeur”, Stéphane Berla
“Le Chant de la Mer”, Tomm Moore
Best Animated Short Feature Film
“Bang Bang !”
“La Bûche de Noël”
“La Petite Casserole d’Anatole”
“Les Petits Cailloux” – WINNER
Best Short Feature Film
“Aïssa”
“La Femme de Rio” – WINNER
“Inupiluk”
“Les Jours d’avant”
“Où je mets ma pudeur”
“La Virée à Paname”
Best Documentary Feature Film
“Caricaturistes – Fantassins de la démocratie”
“Les chèvres de ma mère”
“La cour de Babel”
“National Gallery”
“Le Sel de la Terre” – WINNER
Best Film Editing
“Les Combattants”
“Hippocrate”
“Party Girl”
“Saint-Laurent”
“Timbuktu” – WINNER
Best Cinematography
“La Belle et la Bête”
“Saint-Laurent”
“Clouds of Sils Maria”
“Timbuktu” – WINNER
“Yves Saint Laurent”
Best Production Design
“La Belle et la Bête” – WINNER
“La French”
“Saint-Laurent”
“Timbuktu”
“Yves Saint Laurent”
Best Costume Design
“La Belle et la Bête”
“La French”
“Saint-Laurent” – WINNER
“Une Nouvelle Amie”
“Yves Saint Laurent”
Best Score
“Bande de Filles”
“Bird People”
“Les Combattants”
“Timbuktu” – WINNER
“Yves Saint-Laurent”
Best Sound
“Bande de filles”
“Bird People”
“Les Combattants”
“Timbuktu” – WINNER
“Saint Laurent”
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