This Friday, March 12, 2021, the 46th ceremony of the César Awards, broadcast free-to-air, live and exclusively on Canal+, brought together the Named and the Awarded in the greatest respect of sanitary measures. On the stage of the Olympia, around Marina Foïs, Mistress of Ceremony, and Roschdy Zem, President of Ceremony, were unveiled the winners of the 2021 César Awards, voted by the 4,292 voting members of the Academy. The participation rate was 69.20%.
Best Film (presented by Roschdy Zem)
Bye Bye Morons – Produced by Catherine Bozorgan; Directed by Albert Dupontel
Best Director (presented by Charlotte Rampling)
Albert Dupontel – Bye Bye Morons
Best Actor (presented by Fanny Ardant)
Sami Bouajila – A Son as Fares Ben Youssef
Best Actress (presented by Valérie Lemercier)
Laure Calamy – Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes as Antoinette
Best Supporting Actor (presented by Nathalie Baye)
Nicolas Marié – Bye Bye Morons as M. Blin
Best Supporting Actress (presented by Jeanne Balibar)
Emilie Dequenne – Love Affair(s) as Louise
Most Promising Actor (presented by Hafsia Herzi)
Jean-Pascal Zadi – Tout Simplement Noir as JP
Most Promising Actress (presented by Isabelle Huppert)
Fathia Youssouf – Cuties as Aminata
Best Original Screenplay (presented by Anny Duperey)
Bye Bye Morons – Albert Dupontel
Best Adaptation (presented by Pierre Lemaitre)
La Fille Au Bracelet – Stéphane Demoustier based on the film The Accused by Gonzalo Tobal
Best First Feature Film (presented by Virginie Efira)
Two of Us – Filippo Meneghetti
Best Cinematography (presented by Philippe Rousselot)
Bye Bye Morons – Alexis Kavyrchine
Best Editing (presented by Yann Dedet)
Adolescentes – Tina Baz
Best Sound (presented by Reda Kateb)
Adolescentes – Yolande Decarsin, Jeanne Delplancq, Fanny Martin and Olivier Goinard
Best Original Music (presented by Alain Souchon)
La Nuit Venue – Rone
Best Costume Design (presented by Corinne Masiero)
How to Be a Good Wife – Madeline Fontaine
Best Production Design (presented by Fary)
Bye Bye Morons – Carlos Conti
Best Documentary Film (presented by Yolande Zauberman)
Adolescentes – Sébastien Lifshitz
Best Animated Feature Film (presented by Chiara Mastroianni & Marjane Satrapi)
Josep – Aurel
Best Animated Short Film (presented by Chiara Mastroianni & Marjane Satrapi)
L'heure de l'Ours – Agnès Patron
Best Short Film (presented by Olivier Nakache & Michel Hazanavicius)
Qu'importe si les bêtes meurent – Sofia Alaoui
Best Foreign Film (presented by Vincent Dedienne)
Another Round (Denmark) – Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Honorary César
Le Splendid - Josiane Balasko, Michel Blanc, Marie-Anne Chazel, Christian Clavier, Gérard Jugnot, Thierry Lhermitte & Bruno Moynot
Jean-Pierre Bacri
Find all the information on the official website of the Academy of César: academie-cinema.org
(Source: press release)