5th César Awards
# 5th César Awards

The 5th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1979 and took place on 2 February 1980 at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Marais and hosted by Pierre Tchernia and Peter Ustinov. Tess won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

* Best Film: Tess, directed by Roman Polanski Womanlight directed by Costa Gavras Don Giovanni, directed by Joseph Losey I... comme Icare, directed by Henri Verneuil
* Best Foreign Film: Manhattan, directed by Woody Allen Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola Die Blechtrommel, directed by Volker Schlöndorff Hair, directed by Miloš Forman
* Best Actor: Claude Brasseur, for The Police War Jean Rochefort, for Courage - Let's Run Yves Montand, for I... comme Icare Patrick Dewaere, for Série noire
* Best Actress: Miou-Miou, for La Dérobade Romy Schneider, for Womanlight Dominique Laffin, for The Crying Woman Nastassja Kinski, for Tess
* Best Supporting Actor: Jean Bouise, for Coup de tête Michel Aumont, for Courage - Let's Run Bernard Blier, for Série noire Bernard Giraudeau, for Le Toubib
* Best Supporting Actress: Nicole Garcia, for Le Cavaleur Dominique Lavanant, for Courage - Let's Run Maria Schneider, for La Dérobade Myriam Boyer, for Série noire
* Best Director: Roman Polanski, for Tess Costa Gavras, for Womanlight Joseph Losey, for Don Giovanni Jacques Doillon, for La Drôlesse
* Best Writing: Bertrand Blier, for Buffet froid Jacques Doillon, for La Drôlesse Henri Verneuil, Didier Decoin, for I... comme Icare Alain Corneau, Georges Perec, for Série noire
* Best Cinematography: Ghislain Cloquet, for Tess Jean Penzer, for Buffet froid Néstor Almendros, for Perceval le Gallois Bruno Nuytten, for Les Soeurs Brontë
* Best Sound: Pierre Gamet, for Womanlight Alain Lachassagne, for Martin et Léa Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Perceval le Gallois Pierre Lenoir, for Retour à la bien-aimée
* Best Editing: Reginald Beck, for Don Giovanni Claudine Merlin, for Buffet froid Henri Lanoë, for Le Cavaleur Claudine Merlin, for Les Soeurs Brontë Thierry Derocles, for Série noire
* Best Music: Georges Delerue, for L'Amour en fuite Vladimir Cosma, for La Dérobade Ennio Morricone, for I... comme Icare Philippe Sarde, for Tess
* Best Production Design: Alexandre Trauner, for Don Giovanni Théobald Meurisse, for Buffet froid Jacques Saulnier, for I... comme Icare Pierre Guffroy, for Tess
* Best Animated Short: Demain la petite fille sera en retard à l'école, directed by Michel Boschet Barbe bleue, directed by Olivier Gillon Les Troubles fêtes, directed by Bernard Palacios
* Best Fiction Short: Colloque de chiens, directed by Raúl Ruiz Nuit feline, directed by Gérard Marx Sibylle, directed by Robert Cappa
* Best Documentary Short: Petit Pierre, directed by Emmanuel Clot Georges Demeny, directed by Joël Farges Panoplie, directed by Philippe Gaucherand Le Sculpteur parfait, directed by Rafi Toumayan
* Honorary César: Pierre Braunberger Louis de Funès Kirk Douglas
