2021 César Awards Winners
The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma revealed the winners of the 2021 César Awards live from L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris, France, in a scaled down in-person ceremony awarding the very best of French and international cinema from the year 2020.
The big winner of the night was Albert Dupontel comedy Adieu Les Cons (Bye Bye Morons), which earned both the Best Director and Original Screenplay awards for Dupontel, as well as the Best Film award. It also had wins in the Cinematography and Supporting Actor categories. Adieu Les Cons follows a seriously ill woman trying to reconnect with her long-lost child, enlisting the help of a blind archivist.
In the International Film category, Sam Mendes’ first world war epic 1917 was pipped to the post by 2021 Oscars International Feature front-runner Another Round, a dark comedy turned drama from Thomas Vinterberg starring Mads Mikkelsen.
Controversial coming-of-age drama Cuties, distributed in the UK and North America by Netflix, was also an awards winner, Fathia Youssouf earning the award for Best Female Newcomer.
More controversial still was a moment when actress Corinne Masiero (Louise Wimmer) removed all of her clothing whilst presenting the award for Costume Design. The act, done in support of France’s art workers, was broadcast live to the world via leading French broadcaster Canal+.
Here is the full list of 2021 César Awards winners:
BEST FILM – Adieu Les Cons
Adolescentes
Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
Summer Of 85
BEST DIRECTOR – Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Maîwenn (DNA)
Sébastien Lifshitz (Adolescentes)
Emmanuel Mouret (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
François Ozon (Summer Of 85)
BEST ACTRESS – Laure Calamy (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Martine Chevallier (Two Of Us)
Virginie Efira (Adieu Les Cons)
Camélia Jordana (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Barbara Sukowa (Two Of Us)
BEST ACTOR – Sami Bouajila (Un Fils)
Jonathan Cohen (Enorme)
Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Niels Schneider (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Lambert Wilson (De Gaulle)
BEST FOREIGN FILM – Another Round
Corpus Christi
The August Virgin
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Emilie Dequenne (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Fanny Ardant (DNA)
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Summer Of 85)
Noémie Lvovsky (La Bonne Epouse)
Yolande Moreau (La Bonne Epouse)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Nicolas Mairé (Adieu Les Cons)
Edouard Baer (La Bonne Epouse)
Louis Garrel (DNA)
Benjamin Lavernhe (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Vincent Macaigne (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER – Fathia Youssouf (Cuties)
Mélissa Guers (La Fille Au Bracelet)
India Hair (Poissonsexe)
Julia Piaton (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Camille Rutherford (Felicità)
BEST MALE NEWCOMER – Jean-Pascal Zadi (Tout Simplement Noir)
Guang Huo (La Nuit Venue)
Félix Lefebvre (Summer Of 85)
Benjamin Voisin (Summer Of 85)
Alexandre Wetter (Miss)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY – Albert Dupontel (Adieu Les Cons)
Caroline Vignal (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Emmanuel Mouret (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Filippo Meneghetti and Malysone Bovorashy (Two Of Us)
Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kerven (Effacer L’Historique)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY – Stéphanie Demoustier (La Fille Au Bracelet)
Olivier Assayas (Wasp Network)
Hannelore Cayre and Jean-Paul Salomé (La Daronne)
François Ozon (Summer Of 85)
Eric Barbier (Petit Pays)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Alexis Kavyrchine (Adieu Les Cons)
Antoine Parouty and Paul Guilhaume (Adolescentes)
Simon Beaufils (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Laurent Desmet (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Hichame Alaouié (Summer Of 85)
BEST EDITING – Tina Baz (Adolescentes)
Christophe Pinel (Adieu Les Cons)
Annette Dutertre (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Marital Salomon (Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait)
Laure Gardette (Summer Of 85)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN – La Bonne Epouse
Adieu Les Cons
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
De Gaulle
Summer Of 85
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Adieu Les Cons
La Bonne Epouse
Les Choses Qu’On Dit, Les Choses Qu’On Fait
De Gaulle
Summer Of 85
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE – Josep
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary
Little Vampire
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Adolescentes
La Cravate
Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes
Histoire D’Un Regard
Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage
BEST FIRST FILM – Two Of Us
Garçon Chiffon
Cuties
Tout Simplement Noir
Un Divan A Tunis
BEST SCORE – Rone (La Nuit Venue)
Christophe Julien (Adieu Les Cons)
Stephen Warbeck (DNA)
Mateï Bratescot (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes)
Jean-Benoït Dunckel (Summer Of 85)
BEST SOUND – Adolescentes
BEST ANIMATED SHORT – L’Heure De L’Ours
BEST SHORT FILM – Qu’Importe Si Les Bêtes Meurent
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