45th César Awards
{{short description|Awards ceremony}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 45
| award = César Awards
| image = Anna Karina 45th César Awards poster.jpg
| caption = Official poster featuring a photo of actress Anna Karina, taken by Georges Dambier in 1959
| date = 28 February 2020
| site = Salle Pleyel, Paris
| host = Florence Foresti
| best_film = Les Misérables
| best_actor = Roschdy Zem
| best_actor_film = Oh Mercy!
| best_actress = Anaïs Demoustier
| best_actress_film = Alice and the Mayor
| most_wins = Les Misérables (4)
| most_nominations = An Officer and a Spy (12)
| network = Canal+
| last = 44th
| next = 46th
}}
The 45th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 28 February 2020, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2019. Sandrine Kiberlain presided, and Florence Foresti as the host.
Controversy and protests dogged the Academy in the months running up to the ceremony. The entire board of directors of the César Academy resigned on 13 February 2020,{{cite web |date=14 February 2020 |title=Communiqués de Presse: Renouvellement complet de la direction des César |url=https://www.academie-cinema.org/annonces-type/communiques-de-presse |work=L'Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |access-date=14 February 2020 |language=fr }} in response to complaints over the opaqueness of the process and the powerlessness of normal Academy members, who do not vote for nor otherwise exercise any control over the leadership of the Academy.{{cite news |last=Dryef |first=Par Zineb |date=14 February 2020 |title=Le monde du cinéma français attaque le fonctionnement des Césars |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2020/02/11/le-monde-du-cinema-attaque-le-fonctionnement-des-cesars_6029171_3246.html |work=Le Monde |access-date=14 February 2020 }} The other issue of protest was the 12 nominations received by Roman Polanski's J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy in English), the most nominations of any eligible film. French feminists protested heaping honors on Polanski, who was convicted of raping a minor in California in 1978 but never served his sentence, and has additionally been accused of other incidents of rape.{{cite news |last=Marshall |first=Alex |date=14 February 2020 |title=Organizers of France's Oscars Resign, 2 Weeks Before Ceremony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/arts/cesars-resignations-polanski.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2020 }}{{cite news |last1=Alderman |first1=Liz | first2=Elian |last2=Peltier |date=9 November 2019 |title=Roman Polanski Accused of 1975 Rape |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/09/world/europe/roman-polanski-rape-france.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2020 }}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roman-polanski-will-not-attend-cesar-awards-1281531|title=Roman Polanski Will Not Attend Cesar Awards|magazine=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Roxborough|first=Scott|date=27 February 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/28/movies/roman-polanski-cesar-awards-france.html|title=Actors Walk Out After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director at France's Oscars|newspaper=The New York Times|last=Marshall|first=Alex|date=28 February 2020}}
Winners and nominees
The nominees for the 45th César Awards were announced on 29 January 2020.{{cite web|url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/cesar-awards-2020-nominations-unveiled-1270200|title = Roman Polanski's 'An Officer and a Spy' Leads France's Cesar Awards Nominations|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date= 29 January 2020|access-date= 29 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51301829|title=Polanski 'French Oscar' nomination sparks outrage|date=29 January 2020|access-date=14 February 2020|via=www.bbc.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/02/french-film-academy-members-overhaul-cesar-awards-1202210702/|title=French Film Academy Members Call for ‘Complete Overhaul’ of César Awards After Weeks of Discord|first1=Kate|last1=Erbland|date=11 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/french-film-academy-cesar-awards-reforms-parity-boycott-roman-polanski-an-officer-and-a-spy-1202857067/|title=French Film Academy Vows Reforms Amid Membership Backlash & As César Awards Loom Under Threat Of Protest|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|date=11 February 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}
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{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Film Les Misérables − Produced by Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral; Directed by Ladj Ly
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Actor Roschdy Zem − Oh Mercy! as Yacoub Daoud
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Actress Anaïs Demoustier − Alice and the Mayor as Alice Heimann
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Supporting Actor Swann Arlaud − By the Grace of God as Emmanuel Thomassin
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Supporting Actress Fanny Ardant − La Belle Époque as Marianne Drumond
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Most Promising Actor Alexis Manenti − Les Misérables as Chris
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Most Promising Actress Lyna Khoudri − Papicha as Nedjma 'Papicha'
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Original Screenplay La Belle Époque − Nicolas Bedos
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Adaptation An Officer and a Spy − Roman Polanski and Robert Harris based on the novel by Robert Harris
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best First Feature Film Papicha − Mounia Meddour
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Cinematography Portrait of a Lady on Fire − Claire Mathon
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Editing Les Misérables − Flora Volpelière
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Sound}} The Wolf's Call − Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquères, Raphaëll Mouterde, Olivier Goinard and Randy Thom
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Original Music I Lost My Body − Dan Levy
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Costume Design An Officer and a Spy − Pascaline Chavanne
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Production Design La Belle Époque − Stéphane Rozenbaum
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Documentary Film
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Animated Feature Film I Lost My Body − Jérémy Clapin
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Animated Short Film La nuit des sacs plastiques − Gabriel Harel
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Short Film Pile Poil − Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller
| valign="top" width="50%"| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Foreign Film Parasite (South Korea) – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Audience Award
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Controversies
Roman Polanski's Best Director win for An Officer and a Spy was poorly received by the audience. Few clapped, and several audience members walked out in disgust, including Best Director nominee Céline Sciamma and Best Actress nominees Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/live/2020/02/28/cesars-2020-suivez-la-ceremonie-en-direct_6031276_3246.html|title=Césars : Roman Polanski désigné meilleur réalisateur, " Les Misérables " meilleur film}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/02/adele-haenel-protests-roman-polanski-cesar-director-award.html|title=Portrait of a Lady on Fire Star Storms Out of Awards After Roman Polanski Wins|first=Jordan|last=Crucchiola|date=28 February 2020|website=Vulture}}
Polanski as well as other crew members of An Officer and a Spy did not attend the ceremony. No one was there to accept the award on Polanski's behalf.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/01/roman-polanski-cesar-award-jaccuse-divides-french-cinema|title=Polanski's 'Oscar' divides elite world of French cinema|newspaper=The Guardian|last=Willsher|first=Kim|date=1 March 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.academie-cinema.org/ Official website]
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