39th César Awards
# 39th César Awards

The 39th Annual César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 28 February 2014, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Me, Myself and Mum received ten nominations, Stranger by the Lake and Blue Is the Warmest Colour both received eight nominations each.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:

| Best Film | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Me, Myself and Mum 9 Month Stretch Stranger by the Lake Jimmy P. The Past Venus in Fur Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Roman Polanski, Venus in Fur Albert Dupontel, 9 Month Stretch Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake Arnaud Desplechin, Jimmy P. Asghar Farhadi, The Past Abdellatif Kechiche, Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum Mathieu Amalric, Venus in Fur Michel Bouquet, Renoir Albert Dupontel, 9 Month Stretch Grégory Gadebois, One of a Kind Fabrice Luchini, Cycling with Moliere Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Kohlhaas | Sandrine Kiberlain, 9 Month Stretch Fanny Ardant, Bright Days Ahead Bérénice Bejo, The Past Catherine Deneuve, On My Way Sara Forestier, Suzanne Emmanuelle Seigner, Venus in Fur Léa Seydoux, Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Niels Arestrup, Quai d'Orsay Patrick Chesnais, Bright Days Ahead Patrick d'Assumçao, Stranger by the Lake Olivier Gourmet, Grand Central François Damiens, Suzanne | Adèle Haenel, Suzanne Marisa Borini, A Castle in Italy Françoise Fabian, Me, Myself and Mum Julie Gayet, Quai d'Orsay Géraldine Pailhas, Young & Beautiful |
| Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
| Pierre Deladonchamps, Stranger by the Lake Paul Bartel, The Dream Kids Paul Hamy, Suzanne Vincent Macaigne, The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu | Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour Lou de Laâge, Jappeloup Pauline Étienne, The Nun Golshifteh Farahani, The Patience Stone Marine Vacth, Young & Beautiful |
| Best First Feature Film | Best Original Screenplay |
| Me, Myself and Mum, Guillaume Gallienne La Bataille de Solferino, Justine Triet The Gilded Cage, Ruben Alves Turning Tide, Christophe Offenstein The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu, Antonin Peretjatko | Albert Dupontel, 9 Month Stretch Philippe Le Guay, Cycling with Moliere Alain Guiraudie, Stranger by the Lake Asghar Farhadi, The Past Katell Quillévéré, Mariette Désert, Suzanne |
| Best Cinematography | Best Adaptation |
| Thomas Hardmeier, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet Claire Mathon, Stranger by the Lake Jeanne Lapoirie, Michael Kohlhaas Mark Lee Ping Bin, Renoir Sofian El Fani, Blue Is the Warmest Colour | Guillaume Gallienne, Me, Myself and Mum Arnaud Desplechin, Julie Peyr, Kent Jones, Jimmy P. Antonin Baudry, Christophe Blain, Bertrand Tavernier, Quai d'Orsay David Ives, Roman Polanski, Venus in Fur Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacrois, Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Best Editing | Best Sound |
| Valérie Deseine, Me, Myself and Mum Camille Toubkis, Albertine Lastera, Jean-Marie Lengellé, Blue Is the Warmest Colour Christophe Pinel, 9 Month Stretch Jean-Christophe Hym, Stranger by the Lake Juliette Welfling, The Past | Jean-Pierre Duret, Jean Mallet, Melissa Petitjean, Michael Kohlhaas Marc-Antoine Beldent, Loic Prian, Olivier Do Huu, Me, Myself and Mum Philippe Grivel, Nathalie Vidal, Stranger by the Lake Lucien Balibar, Nadine Muse, Cyril Holtz, Venus in Fur Jérôme Chenevoy, Fabien Pochet, Jean-Paul Hurier, Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| Best Music Written for a Film | Best Costume Design |
| Martin Wheeler, Michael Kohlhaas Jorge Arriagada, Cycling with Moliere Loik Dury, Christophe Minck, Chinese Puzzle Étienne Charry, Mood Indigo Alexandre Desplat, Venus in Fur | Pascaline Chavanne, Renoir Florence Fontaine, Mood Indigo Madeline Fontaine, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet Olivier Beriot, Me, Myself and Mum Anina Diener, Michael Kohlhaas |
| Best Production Design | Best Documentary Film |
| Stéphane Rozenbaum, Mood Indigo Aline Bonetto, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet Sylive Olive, Me, Myself and Mum Yan Arlaud, Michael Kohlhaas Benoit Barouh, Renoir | Sur le Chemin de l'École, Pascal Plisson Comment J'ai Déteste les Maths, Olivier Peyon Le Dernier des Injustes, Claude Lanzmann Il Était une Forêt, Luc Jacquet La Maison de la Raido, Nicolas Philibert |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Best Animated Short Film |
| Loulou l'Incroyable Secret, Éric Omond Aya de Yopougon, Marguerite Aboute, Clément Oubrerie My Mommy is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill, Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel | Mademoiselle Kiki et les Montparnos, Amélie Harrault Lettres de Femmes, Augusto Zanovello |
| Best Foreign Film | Best Short Film |
| The Broken Circle Breakdown, Felix Van Groeningen Blancanieves, Pablo Berger Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen Dead Man Talking, Patrick Ridremont Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino La Grande Bellezza, Paolo Sorrentino Gravity, Alfonso Cuaron | Avant Que de Tout Perdre, Xavier Legrand Bambi, Sébastien Lifshitz La Fugue, Jean-Bernard Marlin Les Lezards, Vincent Mariette Marseille la Nuit, Marie Monge |
| Honorary César ||
| Scarlett Johansson ||

## Presenters

The following individuals, listed in order of appearance presented awards.

| Name(s) | Role |
| - | - |
| Bérénice Bejo | Most Promising Actress |
| Audrey Fleurot | Most Promising Actor |
| Charles Berling | Best First Feature Film |
| André Dussolier | Best Supporting Actress |
| Jeremy Irons | Best Actress |
| Nicole Garcia | Best Actor |
| Pierre Niney | Best Adaptation |
| Stéphane De Groodt | Honorary Award |

## Viewers

The show was followed by 2.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 11.2% of the audience.

