38th César Awards

The 38th Annual César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 22 February 2013, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jamel Debbouze, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 25 January 2013.^[1] Michael Haneke's film Amour, nominated in ten categories,^[2] won in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.^[3][4]

38th César Awards
Official poster featuring a 1952 photo of the late French actress Simone Signoret
Date	22 February 2013
Site	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Hosted by	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	Amour
Best Director	Michael Haneke, Amour
Best Actor	Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
Best Actress	Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
Most awards	Amour (5)
Most nominations	Camille Redouble (13)
Television coverage
Network	Canal+
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Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Emmanuelle Riva, César Award for Best Actress.

Valérie Benguigui (left) and Guillaume de Tonquédec, César Award for Best Supporting Actress and Actor.

Izïa Higelin (left) and Matthias Schoenaerts, César Award for Most Promising Actress and Actor.

Christian Gasc, César Award for Best Costume Design.

Kevin Costner, Honorary César.

Best Film	Best Director
Amour Camille Redouble Farewell, My Queen Holy Motors In the House Rust and Bone What's in a Name?	Michael Haneke, Amour Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring Leos Carax, Holy Motors Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour Jean-Pierre Bacri, Looking for Hortense Patrick Bruel, What's in a Name? Denis Lavant, Holy Motors Vincent Lindon, A Few Hours of Spring Fabrice Luchini, In the House Jérémie Rénier, My Way	Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Catherine Frot, Haute Cuisine Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen Hélène Vincent, A Few Hours of Spring
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Guillaume de Tonquédec, What's in a Name? Samir Guesmi, Camille Redouble Benoît Magimel, My Way Claude Rich, Looking for Hortense Michel Vuillermoz, Camille Redouble	Valérie Benguigui, What's in a Name? Judith Chemla, Camille Redouble Isabelle Huppert, Amour Yolande Moreau, Camille Redouble Édith Scob, Holy Motors
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone Felix Moati, Télé gaucho Kacey Mottet Klein, Sister Pierre Niney, Comme des frères Ernst Umhauer, In the House	Izïa Higelin, Bad Girl Alice de Lencquesaing, Au galop Lola Dewaere, Mince alors! Julia Faure, Camille Redouble India Hair, Camille Redouble
Best First Feature Film	Best Original Screenplay
Louise Wimmer Augustine Comme des frères Populaire Hold Back	Michael Haneke, Amour Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Leos Carax, Holy Motors Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring
Best Cinematography	Best Adaptation
Romain Winding, Farewell, My Queen Darius Khondji, Amour Stéphane Fontaine, Rust and Bone Caroline Champetier, Holy Motors Guillaume Schiffman, Populaire	Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain, Rust and Bone Lucas Belvaux, One Night Gilles Taurand & Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen François Ozon, In the House Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière, What's in a Name?
Best Editing	Best Sound
Rust and Bone, Juliette Welfling Farewell, My Queen, Luc Barnier Amour, Monika Willi Camille Redouble, Annette Dutertre & Michel Klochendler Holy Motors, Nelly Quettier	My Way, Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay & Eric Tisserand Farewell, My Queen, Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier & Olivier Goinard Amour, Guillaume Sciama, Nadine Muse & Jean-Pierre Laforce Rust and Bone, Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard & Jean-Paul Hurier Holy Motors, Erwan Kerzanet, Josefina Rodriguez & Emmanuel Croset
Best Music Written for a Film	Best Costume Design
Rust and Bone, Alexandre Desplat Farewell, My Queen, Bruno Coulais Camille Redouble, Gaëtan Roussel & Joseph Dahan In the House, Philippe Rombi Populaire, Rob & Emmanuel d'Orlando	Farewell, My Queen, Christian Gasc Augustine, Pascaline Chavanne Camille Redouble, Madeline Fontaine My Way, Mimi Lempicka Populaire, Charlotte David
Best Production Design	Best Documentary
Farewell, My Queen, Katia Wyszkop Amour, Jean-Vincent Puzos My Way, Philippe Chiffre Holy Motors, Florian Sanson Populaire, Sylvie Olivé	Les invisibles Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches Duch, le maître des forges de l'Enfer Journal de France Les nouveaux chiens de garde
Best Animated Film	Best Short Film
Ernest & Celestine Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne) Kirikou and the Men and Women Oh Willy... Zarafa	The Lobster's Cry (Le cri du homard) It's Not a Cowboy Movie (Ce n'est pas un film de cow-boys) What We'll Leave Behind (Ce qu'il restera de nous) The Hounds (Les meutes) La vie parisienne
Best Foreign Film
Argo (USA), Ben Affleck Our Children (Belgium, France), Joachim Lafosse Bullhead (Belgium), Michaël R. Roskam Laurence Anyways (Canada), Xavier Dolan Oslo, August 31st (Norway), Joachim Trier The Angels' Share (Scotland, Belgium, Italy), Ken Loach A Royal Affair (Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic), Nikolaj Arcel

Honorary César

Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 12.5% of the audience.^[5]

See also

• 85th Academy Awards
• 66th British Academy Film Awards
• 25th European Film Awards
• 18th Lumière Awards
• 3rd Magritte Awards
• 58th David di Donatello
• 28th Goya Awards