César 2025: discover the complete list of nominees for the 50th ceremony

Even before handing out its awards, the Académie des César made a clear choice for its fiftieth ceremony by putting the spotlight on three of the most talked about films of 2024: The Count of Monte Cristo and L'Amour ouf, two big box office hits, and Emilia Pérez, Jacques Audiard's gamble with her musical comedy centered on a drug trafficker in gender transition. Between them, these three films have accumulated 39 citations among the 24 categories.

Cesar for Best Film

• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• In fanfare
• The Story of Souleymane
• Mercy

Cesar for Best Actor

• François Civil in Love Phew
• Benjamin Lavernhe in En fanfare
• Karim Leklou in Jim's Novel
• Pierre Niney in The Count of Monte Cristo
• Tahar Rahim in Monsieur Aznavour

Cesar for Best Actress

• Adele Exarchopoulos in Love Wow
• Karla Sofia Gascon in Emilia Pérez
• Hafsia Herzi in Borgo
• Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez
• Hélène Vincent in When Autumn Comes

César Award for Best Supporting Actor

• David Ayala in Mercy
• Bastien Bouillon in The Count of Monte Cristo
• Alain Chabat in Love Phew
• Jaques Develay in Mercy
• Laurent Lafitte in The Count of Monte Cristo

César Award for Best Supporting Actress

• Elodie Bouchez in Love Wow
• Anaïs Demoustier in The Count of Monte Cristo
• Catherine Frot in Mercy
• Nina Meurisse in The Story of Souleymane
• Sarah Suco in En fanfare

César for Best Director

• Gilles Lellouche for L'Amour ouf
• Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for The Count of Monte Cristo
• Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez
• Boris Lojkine for The Story of Souleymane
• Alain Guiraudie for Mercy

César for Best Male Revelation

• Abou Sangare for The Story of Souleymane
• Adam Bessa for The Ghosts
• Malik Frikah for Love Phew
• Felix Kysil for Mercy
• Pierre Lottin for En fanfare

César for Best Female Revelation

• Maïwène Barthelemy for Twenty Gods
• Malou Khebizi for Diamant Brut
• Megan Northam for Rabia
• Mallory Wanecque for L'Amour ouf
• Souheila Yacoub for Planet B

César for Best Original Screenplay

• Borgo
• In fanfare
• The Story of Souleymane
• Mercy
• Twenty Gods

César for Best Adapted Screenplay

• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• The most precious of goods

César Award for Best Photography

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• The Story of Souleymane
• Mercy

Cesar for Best Animated Film

• Flow, the cat who was no longer afraid of water
• The most precious of goods
• Wild

César for Best First Film

• Rough diamond
• The Ghosts
• The Kingdom
• A little something extra
• Twenty Gods

César for Best Editing

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• In fanfare
• The Story of Souleymane

Cesar for Best Sound

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• In fanfare
• The Story of Souleymane

César for Best Decor

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• Mr. Aznavour
• Sarah Bernhardt, the divine

César for Best Original Music

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• The most precious of goods
• Twenty Gods

César for Best Costumes

• Love phew
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• Mr. Aznavour
• Sarah Bernhardt, the divine

Cesar for Best Visual Effects

• The Beast
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Emilia Perez
• Mr. Aznavour

César Award for Best Documentary Film

• The Beauty of Gaza
• Bye bye Tiberias
• Dahomey
• Ernest Cole, photographer
• The Bertrand Farm
• Mrs. Hofmann

César for Best Documentary Short Film

• The Southern Brides
• Little Spartacus
• A Lost Heart and Other Dreams of Beirut

César for Best Short Fiction Film

• Noise
• What Belongs to Caesar
• The Man Who Wouldn't Keep Silent
• Queen Size

César for Best Animated Short Film César for Best Foreign Film

• Anora
• Seeds of the wild fig tree
• The Apprentice
• The Substance
• The Area of ​​Interest