44th César Awards


The 44th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 22 February 2019, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2018. Kristin Scott Thomas presided, and Kad Merad was the host. The ceremony was dedicated to Charles Aznavour, who died the previous October.
For the first time the "César des Lycéens" will be awarded, in a separate ceremony on 13 March 2019, at the Sorbonne in Paris. This award is to be conferred on one of the seven nominees for Best Film and is selected by the students of three high schools.

Winners and nominees

The nominees for the 44th César Awards were announced on January 23, 2019.

Custody − Produced by Alexandre Gavras; Directed by Xavier Legrand
  • Sink or Swim − Produced by Alain Atall and Hugo Sélignac; Directed by Gilles Lellouche
  • The Sisters Brothers − Produced by Pascal Caucheteaux, Grégoire Sorlat and Michel Merkt; Directed by Jacques Audiard
  • In Safe Hands − Produced by Alain Atall, Hugo Sélignac and Vincent Mazel; Directed by Jeanne Herry
  • Guy − Produced by Oury Milshtein; Directed by Alex Lutz
  • The Trouble with You − Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion; Directed by Pierre Salvadori
  • Memoir of War − Produced by Laetitia Gonzalez, Yael Fögiel, David Gauquié, Julien Deris and Etienne Mallet; Directed by Emmanuel Finkiel
Jacques Audiard − The Sisters Brothers
  • Alex Lutz − Guy
  • Gilles Lellouche − Sink or Swim
  • Pierre Salvadori − The Trouble with You
  • Jeanne Herry − In Safe Hands
  • Xavier Legrand − Custody
  • Emmanuel Finkiel − Memoir of War
Alex Lutz − Guy
Lea Drucker − Custody
Philippe Katerine − Sink or Swim
Karin Viard − Little Tickles
Dylan Robert − Shéhérazade
Kenza Fortas − Shéhérazade
Custody − Xavier Legrand
Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer
Shéhérazade − Jean-Bernard Marlin
The Sisters Brothers − Benoît Debie
  • Mademoiselle de Joncquières − Laurent Desmet
  • Sink or Swim − Laurent Tangy
  • Memoir of War − Alexis Kavyrchine
  • Custody − Nathalie Durand
Custody − Yorgos Lamprinos
The Sisters Brothers − Cyril Holtz
  • Custody − Julien Roig, Julien Sicart i Vincent Verdoux
  • Sink or Swim − Gwennolé Le Borgne
  • Guy − Antoine Baudouin, Yves-Marie Omnes
  • Memoir of War − Antoine Mercier, David Vranken, Aline Gavroy
Guy − Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard
Pierre-Jean Larroque − Mademoiselle de Joncquières
The Sisters Brothers − Michel Barthélémy
  • La douleur − Pascal Le Guellec
  • Mademoiselle de Joncquières − David Faivre
  • Un peuple et son roi − Thierry François
  • The Emperor of Paris − Emile Ghigo
So Help Me God − Jean Libon i Yves Hinant
Dilili à Paris − Michel Ocelot
  • Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal
  • ' − d'Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy
  • Pachamama − Juan Antin
Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal
Les Petites Mains − Rémi Allier
  • Les Indes Galantes − Clément Cogitore
  • Laissez-Moi Danser − Valérie Leroy
  • Kapitalistis − Pablo Muñoz Gómez
  • Braguino − Clément Cogitore
Shoplifters – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Les Tuche 3 d'Olivier Baroux
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