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César Awards 2004

30th César Awards - 2004

The 30th César du Cinéma winners were announced at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on February 26, 2005. Gad Elmaleh acted as Host (Maître de cérémonie) and Isabelle Adjani as President of the ceremony (Président de la cérémonie).

("*" denotes the winner in each category)

 

L'Esquive by Abdel Kechiche
Abdel Kechiche’s L’Esquive was the surprise winner at the 30th César du Cinéma ceremony. Set at a Parisian housing project filled with immigrants and their children, Kechiche’s low-budget film follows a withdrawn teenager (Osman Elkharraz) with artistic aspirations.

 

Best Film
36 Quai des Orfèvres Olivier Marchal
Les Choristes / The Chorus Christophe Barratier
* L’Esquive Abdel Kechiche
Rois et reine Arnaud Desplechin
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best European Union Film
* Ae Fond Kiss… / Just a Kiss Ken Loach, UK / Belgium / Germany / Italy / Spain
La Mala educación / Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar, Spain
Mondovino Jonathan Nossiter, Argentina / France / Italy / USA
Saraband (TV) Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
Zivot je cudo / La Vie est un miracle / Hungry Heart / Life Is a Miracle Emir Kusturica, Serbia and Montenegro / France

Best Foreign Film
21 Grams Alejandro González Iñárritu USA
Diarios de motocicleta / The Motorcycle Diaries Walter Salles USA / Germany / UK / Argentina / Chile / Peru
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Michel Gondry USA
Fahrenheit 9/11 Michael Moore USA
* Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola USA / Japan

Best First Film
Brodeuses Éléonore Faucher
Les Choristes / The Chorus Christophe Barratier
Podium Yann Moix
* Quand la mer monte… Gilles Porte; Yolande Moreau
Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré Jean-Marc Moutout

Best Director
Christophe Barratier Les Choristes / The Chorus
Arnaud Desplechin Rois et reine
Jean-Pierre Jeunet Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
* Abdel Kechiche L’Esquive
Olivier Marchal 36 Quai des Orfèvres

Best Actor
* Mathieu Amalric Rois et reine
Daniel Auteuil 36 Quai des Orfèvres
Gérard Jugnot Les Choristes / The Chorus
Benoît Poelvoorde Podium
Philippe Torreton L’Équipier

Best Actress
Maggie Cheung Clean
Emmanuelle Devos Rois et reine
* Yolande Moreau Quand la mer monte…
Audrey Tautou Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Karin Viard Le Rôle de sa vie

Best Supporting Actor
François Berléand Les Choristes / The Chorus
* Clovis Cornillac Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités
André Dussollier 36 Quai des Orfèvres
Maurice Garrel Rois et reine
Jean-Paul Rouve Podium

Best Supporting Actress
Ariane Ascaride Brodeuses
* Marion Cotillard Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Mylène Demongeot 36 Quai des Orfèvres
Julie Depardieu Podium
Émilie Dequenne L’Équipier

Most Promising Actor
Osman Elkharraz L’Esquive
Damien Jouillerot Le Fautes d’orthographe
Jérémie Rénier Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré
* Gaspard Ulliel Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement
Malik Zidi Les Temps qui changent

Most Promising Actress
Marilou Berry Comme une image
* Sara Forestier L’Esquive
Lola Naymark Brodeuses
Sabrina Ouazani L’Esquive
Magalie Woch Rois et reine

Best Writing Original or Adaptation
36 Quai des Orfèvres Olivier Marchal; Frank Mancuso; Julien Rappeneau
Comme une image Agnès Jaoui; Jean-Pierre Bacri
* L’Esquive Abdel Kechiche; Ghalia Lacroix
Rois et reine Arnaud Desplechin; Roger Bohbot
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Guillaume Laurant

Best Cinematography
Clean Eric Gautier
Two Brothers Jean-Marie Dreujou
* Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Bruno Delbonnel

Best Editing
36 Quai des Orfèvres Achdé
* Deux frères / Two Brothers Noëlle Boisson
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Hervé Schneid

Best Score
* Les Choristes / The Chorus Bruno Coulais
Exils Tony Gatlif; Delphine Mantoulet
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Angelo Badalamenti
L’Équipier Nicola Piovani

Best Production Design
Les Choristes / The Chorus François Chauvaud
Immortel (ad vitam) Jean-Pierre Fouillet
* Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Aline Bonetto

Best Costume Design
Arsène Lupin Pierre-Jean Larroque
Podium Catherine Bouchard
* Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Madeline Fontaine

Best Sound
36 Quai des Orfèvres Pierre Mertens; François Maurel; Sylvain Lasseur; Joël Rangon
* Les Choristes / The Chorus Daniel Sobrino; Nicolas Cantin; Nicolas Naegelen
Un long dimanche de fiançailles / A Very Long Engagement Jean Umansky; Gérard Hardy; Vincent Arnardi

Best Short Film
* Cousines Lyes Salem
Hymne à la gazelle Stéphanie Duvivier
La Méthode Bourchnikov Grégoire Sivan
Les Parallèles Nicolas Saada

Honorary Awards:
Jacques Dutronc
Will Smith

 

Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma

César Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007

Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

 

Academy Awards

Ariel (Mexican Academy) Awards

David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards

European Film Awards

Golden Horse Film Awards

Goya (Spanish Academy) Awards

Hong Kong Film Awards

International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards

Lola (German Academy) Awards

Nastri d’Argento (Italian Film Critics’) Awards


 

 

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