César du cinéma 2013 – winners

France's Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma held the the 38th annual César du cinéma gala ceremony tonight at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Presiding over the evening was actor and producer Jamel Debbouze, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies.

Michael Haneke's Amour led the night with five wins. They were all in the top categories – Best Film, Director, Original Screenplay, Actor (Jean Louis Trintignant) and Actress (Emmanuelle Riva).

Jacques Audiard's De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone) was next with four awards. In addition to Best Adapted Screenplay, it won for Breakthrough Performance – Actor (Matthias Schoenaerts), Editing and Original Music.

The historical costume drama Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen) by Benoit Jacquot received three awards in the craft categories, winning for Cinematography, Costumes and Production Design.

Noemie Lvovsky's Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds) had led with thirteen nominations but went home completely empty-handed. Holy Motors by Leos Carax also did not win anything from its nine nominations.

Current Oscar-frontrunner Argo by Ben Affleck won the award for Foreign Film. An Honourary César was presented to actor-director Kevin Costner.

Nominations for the 38th annual César du cinéma


Complete list of winners for the 38th annual César du cinéma

FILM
Amour, Michael Haneke, director; Margaret Menegoz, producer

DIRECTOR
Michael Haneke, Amour

ACTOR
Jean Louis Trintignant, Amour

ACTRESS
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, ACTOR
Matthias Schoenaerts, De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE, ACTRESS
Izia Higelin, Mauvaise fille (Bad Girl)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Guillaume De Tonquedec, Le prénom (What’s in a Name)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Valerie Benguigui, Le prénom (What’s in a Name)

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Michael Haneke, Amour

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone)

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Romain Winding, Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen)

EDITING
Juliette Welfling, De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone)

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Alexandre Desplat, De rouille et d’os (Rust and Bone)

SOUND
Antoine Deflandre, Germain Bouylay & Eric Tisserand, Cloclo (My Way)

COSTUMES
Christian Gasc, Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen)

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Katia Wyszkop, Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen)

SHORT FILM
Le cri du homard (The Lobster Cry), Nicolas Guiot

FIRST FILM
Louise Wimmer, Cyril Mennegun

ANIMATED FILM
Ernest & Celestine, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubier

DOCUMENTARY
Les Invisibles, Sebastien Lifshitz

FOREIGN FILM
Argo, Ben Affleck

CÉSAR D'HONNEUR (HONOURARY CÉSAR)
Kevin Costner