44th César Awards

The 44th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 22 February 2019, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2018. Kristin Scott Thomas presided, and Kad Merad was the host. The ceremony was dedicated to Charles Aznavour, who died the previous October.

44th César Awards
Official poster featuring a photo of actress Isabelle Huppert, taken during filming of Violette Nozière (1978) by Roger Corbeau
Date22 February 2019
SiteSalle Pleyel, Paris
Hosted byKad Merad
Highlights
Best FilmCustody
Best ActorAlex Lutz
Guy
Best ActressLéa Drucker
Custody
Most awardsCustody (4)
The Sisters Brothers (4)
Most nominationsCustody (10)
Sink or Swim (10)
Television coverage
NetworkCanal+

For the first time the "César des Lycéens" will be awarded, in a separate ceremony on 13 March 2019, at the Sorbonne in Paris. This award is to be conferred on one of the seven nominees for Best Film and is selected by the students of three high schools.[1]

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 44th César Awards were announced on January 23, 2019.[2][3]

Best Film

Custody − Produced by Alexandre Gavras; Directed by Xavier Legrand

  • Sink or Swim − Produced by Alain Atall and Hugo Sélignac; Directed by Gilles Lellouche
  • The Sisters Brothers − Produced by Pascal Caucheteaux, Grégoire Sorlat and Michel Merkt; Directed by Jacques Audiard
  • In Safe Hands − Produced by Alain Atall, Hugo Sélignac and Vincent Mazel; Directed by Jeanne Herry
  • Guy − Produced by Oury Milshtein; Directed by Alex Lutz
  • The Trouble with You − Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion; Directed by Pierre Salvadori
  • Memoir of War − Produced by Laetitia Gonzalez, Yael Fögiel, David Gauquié, Julien Deris and Etienne Mallet; Directed by Emmanuel Finkiel
Best Director

Jacques Audiard − The Sisters Brothers

  • Alex Lutz − Guy
  • Gilles Lellouche − Sink or Swim
  • Pierre Salvadori − The Trouble with You
  • Jeanne Herry − In Safe Hands
  • Xavier Legrand − Custody
  • Emmanuel Finkiel − Memoir of War
Best Actor

Alex Lutz − Guy
Best Actress

Léa Drucker − Custody

Best Supporting Actor

Philippe Katerine − Sink or Swim
Best Supporting Actress

Karin Viard − Little Tickles

Most Promising Actor

Dylan Robert − Shéhérazade

  • Thomas Gioria − Custody
  • William Lebghil − The Freshman
  • Anthony Bajon − The Prayer
  • Karim Leklou − The World is Yours
Most Promising Actress

Kenza Fortas − Shéhérazade

Best Original Screenplay

Custody − Xavier Legrand

  • The Trouble with You − Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Benjamin Charbit
  • Sink or Swim − Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini
  • Guy − Alex Lutz, Anaïs Deban, Thibault Ségouin
  • In Safe Hands − Jeanne Herry
Best Adaptation

Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer

Best First Feature Film

Shéhérazade − Jean-Bernard Marlin

  • Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer
  • Custody − Xavier Legrand
  • L'amour flou − Romane Bohringer, Philippe Rebbot
  • Sauvage − Camille Vidal-Naquet
Best Cinematography

The Sisters Brothers − Benoît Debie

  • Mademoiselle de Joncquières − Laurent Desmet
  • Sink or Swim − Laurent Tangy
  • Memoir of War − Alexis Kavyrchine
  • Custody − Nathalie Durand
Best Editing

Custody − Yorgos Lamprinos

  • The Trouble with You − Isabelle Devinck
  • The Sisters Brothers − Juliette Welfling
  • Little Tickles − Valérie Deseine
  • Sink or Swim − Simon Jacquet
Best Sound

The Sisters Brothers − Cyril Holtz

  • Custody − Julien Roig, Julien Sicart, Vincent Verdoux
  • Sink or Swim − Gwennolé Le Borgne
  • Guy − Antoine Baudouin, Yves-Marie Omnes
  • Memoir of War − Antoine Mercier, David Vranken, Aline Gavroy
Best Original Music

Guy − Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard
Best Costume Design

Pierre-Jean Larroque − Mademoiselle de Joncquières

Best Production Design

The Sisters Brothers − Michel Barthélémy

  • Memoir of War − Pascal Le Guellec
  • Mademoiselle de Joncquières − David Faivre
  • One Nation, One King − Thierry François
  • The Emperor of Paris − Emile Ghigo
Best Documentary Film

So Help Me God − Jean Libon i Yves Hinant

  • Le grand bal − Laetitia Carton
  • The State Against Mandela and the Others − Gilles Porte i Nicolas Champeaux
  • Each and Every Moment − Nicolas Philibert
  • America − Claus Drexel
Best Animated Feature Film

Dilili à Paris − Michel Ocelot
Best Animated Short Film

Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal

  • Au coeur des ombres − Alice Eça Guimarães
  • La mort, père et fils − Denis Walgenwtiz
  • Raymonde ou l'évasion verticale − Sarah Van Den Boom
Best Short Film

Les Petites Mains − Rémi Allier

  • Les Indes Galantes − Clément Cogitore
  • Laissez-Moi Danser − Valérie Leroy
  • Kapitalistis − Pablo Muñoz Gómez
  • Braguino − Clément Cogitore
Best Foreign Film

Shoplifters (Japan) – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda

Audience Award

Les Tuche 3 d'Olivier Baroux
Honorary César

Robert Redford

See also

References
  1. "César des Lycéens 2019". ac-rouen.fr. February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  2. "44th César Awards - Nominees". Variety. January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. "44th César Awards - Nominees". January 23, 2019. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
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