37th César Awards


The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films of 2011. The Artist won six out of its ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. The ceremony was chaired by Guillaume Canet, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 27 January 2012.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest Director

The Artist
  • Declaration of War
  • Le Havre
  • The Intouchables
  • The Minister
  • Pater
  • Polisse
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best ActorBest Actress
Omar Sy, The Intouchables
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Michel Blanc, The Minister
Carmen Maura, The Women on the 6th Floor
Most Promising ActorMost Promising Actress
Grégory Gadebois, Angel & Tony
 Naidra Ayadi, Polisse and Clotilde Hesme, Angel & Tony
Best First Feature FilmBest Original Screenplay
When Pigs Have Wings
The Minister , Pierre Schoeller
Best CinematographyBest Adaptation
The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman
Carnage, Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza
Best EditingBest Sound
Polisse, Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet
  • The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius
  • The Minister , Laurence Briaud
  • Declaration of War , Pauline Gaillard
  • The Intouchables, Dorian Rigal-Ansous
The Minister , Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce
  • The Intouchables, Pascal Armant, Jean Goudier, and Jean-Paul Hurier
  • House of Tolerance , Jean-Pierre Duret, Nicolas Moreau, and Jean-Pierre Laforce
  • Polisse, Nicolas Provost, Rym Debbarh-Mounir, and Emmanuel Croset
  • Declaration of War , André Rigaut, Sébastien Savine, and Laurent Gabiot
Best Music Written for a FilmBest Costume Design
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
House of Tolerance , Anaïs Romand
  • My Little Princess, Catherine Baba
  • The Artist, Mark Bridges
  • The Women on the 6th Floor , Christian Gasc
  • The Source , Viorica Petrovici
Best Production DesignBest Documentary Film
The Artist, Laurence Bennett
  • House of Tolerance , Alain Guffroy
  • The Women on the 6th Floor , Pierre-François Limbosch
  • The Minister , Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba
  • Le Havre, Wouter Zoon
Tous au Larzac
  • Le Bal des menteurs
  • Crazy Horse
  • Ici on noie les Algériens
  • Michel Petrucciani
Best Animated FilmBest Short Film
The Rabbi's Cat
  • Le Cirque
  • La Queue de la souris
  • A Monster in Paris
  • The Painting
L'Accordeur
  • La France qui se lêve tôt
  • J'aurais pu être une pute
  • Je pourrais être votre grand-mère
  • Un Monde sans femmes
Best Foreign Film
A Separation , Asghar Farhadi
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[Honorary César]

Kate Winslet, English actress and singer

Viewers

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