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Nominations Unveiled for France’s César Awards

Best Animated Feature contenders are ‘Adama,’ directed by Simon Rouby; ‘April and the Twisted World,’ directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci; and ‘The Little Prince,’ directed by Mark Osborne.

‘The Little Prince,’ directed by Mark Osborne, is nominated for Best Animated Feature.

France's Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled on Wednesday the nominees for this year's César Awards -- the country's equivalent to the Oscars -- in a morning ceremony at the famed Fouquet's restaurant on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.

Up for Best Animated Feature is Adama, directed by Simon Rouby; April and the Twisted World, directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci; and The Little Prince, directed by Mark Osborne.

Best Animated Short contenders include La Nuit Americaine d’Angelique, directed by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet and Joris Clerte; Le Repas Dominical, directed by Celine Devaux; and Sous Tes Doigts, directed by Marie-Christine Courtes.

The full list of nominees is shown below:

Best Film

  • Dheepan, Jacques Audiard
  • Fatima, Philippe Faucon
  • The Measure of a Man, Stephane Brize
  • Marguerite, Xavier Giannoli
  • Mon Roi, Maiwenn
  • Mustang, Deniz Gamze Erguven
  • Standing Tall, Emmanuelle Bercot
  • My Golden Days, Arnaud Desplechin

Best Director

  • Jacques Audiard for Dheepan
  • Stephane Brize for The Measure of a Man
  • Xavier Giannoli for Marguerite
  • Maiwenn for Mon Roi
  • Deniz Gamze Erguven for Mustang
  • Emmanuelle Bercot for Standing Tall
  • Arnaud Desplechin for My Golden Days

Best Actress

  • Loubna Abidar for Much Loved
  • Emmanuelle Bercot for Mon Roi
  • Cecile de France for Summertime
  • Catherine Deneuve for Standing Tall
  • Catherine Frot for Marguerite
  • Isabelle Huppert for Valley of Love
  • Soria Zeroual for Fatima

Best Actor

  • Jean-Pierre Bacri for La Vie Tres Privee de Monsier Sim
  • Vincent Cassel for Mon Roi
  • Francois Damiens for Cowboys
  • Gerard Depardieu for Valley of Love
  • Antonythasan Jesuthasan for Dheepan
  • Vincent Lindon for The Measure of a Man
  • Fabrice Luchini for Courted

Best Foreign Film

  • Birdman, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
  • Son of Saul, Laszlo Nemes
  • Je Suis Mort Mais J’Ai des Amis, Guillaume and Stephane Malandrin
  • Mia Madre, Nanni Moretti
  • Taxi, Jafar Panahi
  • The Brand New Testament, Jaco Van Dormael
  • Youth, Paolo Sorrentino

Best Original Screenplay

  • Noe Debre, Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard for Dheepan
  • Xavier Giannoli for Marguerite
  • Deniz Gamze Erguven and Alice Winocour for Mustang
  • Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano for Standing Tall
  • Arnaude Despleching and Julie Peyr for My Golden Days

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • David Oelhoffen and Frederic Tellier for SK1
  • Samuel Benchetrit for Asphalte
  • Vincent Garenq and Stephane Cable for L’Enquete
  • Philippe Faucon for Fatima
  • Helene Zimmer and Benoit Jacquot for The Diary of a Chambermaid

Best Supporting Actress

  • Sara Forestier for Standing Tall
  • Agnes Jaoui for Comme un Avion
  • Sidse Babett Knudsen for Courted
  • Noemie Levovsky for Summertime
  • Karin Viard for 21 Nights with Pattie

Best Supporting Actor

  • Michel Fau for Marguerite
  • Louis Garrel for Mon Roi
  • Benoit Magimel for Standing Tall
  • Andre Marcon for Marguerite
  • Vincent Rottiers for Dheepan

Best New Actress

  • Camille Cottin for Connasse, Princesse des Coeurs
  • Sara Giraudeau for Les Betises
  • Zita Hanrot for Fatima
  • Diane Rouxel for Standing Tall
  • Lou Roy-Lecolllinet for My Golden Years

Best New Actor

  • Swann Arlaud for Les Anarchistes
  • Quentin Dolmaire for My Golden Days
  • Felix Moati for All About Them
  • Finnegan Oldfield for Cowboys
  • Rod Paradot for Standing Tall

Best Documentary

  • Le Bouton de Nacre, Patricio Guzman
  • Cavanna, Jusqu’a l’Ultime Seconde, J’Ecrirai, Denis Robert and Nina Robert
  • Demain, Cyril Dion and Melanie Laurent
  • L’Image Manquante, Rithy Pahn
  • Une Jeunesse Allemande, Jean-Gabriel Periot

Best First Film

  • SK1, Frederic Tellier
  • Cowboys, Thomas Bidegain
  • Mustang, Deniz Gamze Erguven
  • The Wakhan Front, Clement Cogitore
  • Nous Trois ou Rien, Kheiron

Best Costume

  • Anais Romand for The Diary of a Chambermaid
  • Pierre-Jean Larroque for Marguerite
  • Selin Sozen for Mustang
  • Catherine Leterrier for L’Odeur de la Mandarin
  • Nathalie Paoul for My Golden Days

Best Set Decoration

  • Michel Barthelemy for Dheepan
  • Katia Wyszkop for The Diary of a Chambermaid
  • Martin Kurel for Marguerite
  • Jean Rabasse for L’Odeur de la Mandarine
  • Toma Baqueni for My Golden Days

Best Cinemaphotography

  • Eponine Momenceau for Dheepan
  • Glynn Speekaert for Marguerite
  • David Chizallet for Mustang
  • Irina Lubtchansky for My Golden Days
  • Christophe Offenstein for Valley of Love

Best Editing

  • Juliette Welfling for Dheepan
  • Cyril Nakache for Marguerite
  • Simon Jacquet for Mon Roi
  • Mathilde van de Moortel for Mustang
  • Laurence Briaud for My Golden Days

Best Sound

  • Danie Sobrino, Valerie Deloof and Cyril Holtz for Dheepan
  • Fancois Musy and Gabriel Hafner for Marguerite
  • Nicolas Rovost, Agnes Ravez and Emmanuel Croset for Mon Roi
  • Ibrahim Gok, Damien Guillaume and Olivier Goinard for Mustang
  • Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant and Stephane Theibaut for My Golden Days

Best Original Music

  • Raphael for Cowboys
  • Ennio Morricone for Come What May
  • Stephen Warbeck for Mon Roi
  • Warren Ellis for Mustang
  • Gregoire Hetzel for My Golden Days

Best Animated Feature

  • Adama, Simon Rouby
  • April and the Twisted World, Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci
  • The Little Prince, Mark Osborne

Best Animated Short

  • La Nuit Americaine d’Angelique, Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet and Joris Clerte
  • Le Repas Dominical, Celine Devaux
  • Sous Tes Doigts, Marie-Christine Courtes

Best Short Film

  • La Contre Allee, Cecile Durcocq
  • Le Dernier des Cefrans, Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun
  • Essaie de Mourir Jeune, Morgan Simon
  • Guy Moquet, Demis Herenger
  • Mon Heros, Sylvain Desclous

The ceremony will be held on February 26 -- two days before the Oscars -- at Paris’ Chatelet Theatre.

Source: Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences

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