Cesar Awards 2020 Winners: AN OFFICER AND A SPY, LES MISERABLES, PAPICHA, & More

Cesar Awards 2020 Winners

An Officer and a Spy, Les Misérables, Papicha, and the other winners of the 2020 César Awards have been announced. The 45th Annual César Awards are the national film awards “of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma.”

This year’s award ceremony was held at the Salle Pleyel in Paris and was hosted by Florence Foresti and Sandrine Kiberlain.

Cesar Awards 2020 Winners

BEST FILM
“Les Misérables,” dir. Ladj Ly

BEST DIRECTOR
Roman Polanski, “An Officer and a Spy”

BEST ACTRESS
Anaïs Demoustier, “Alice and the Mayor”

BEST ACTOR
Roschdy Zem, “Oh Mercy!”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Swann Arlaud, “By the Grace of God”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Fanny Ardant, “La Belle Époque”

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Dan Levy, “I Lost My Body”

BEST FOREIGN FILM
“Parasite,” dir: Bong Joon Ho

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claire Mathon, “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”

BEST EDITING
Flora Volpelière, “Les Misérables”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Nicolas Bedos, “La Belle Époque”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Roman Polanski, Robert Harris, “An Officer and a Spy”

BEST SOUND
Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquières, Raphael Moutarde, Olivier Goinard, Randy Thom, “The Wolf’s Call”

AUDIENCE PRIZE
“Les Misérables,” dir: Ladj Ly

BEST SHORT FILM
“By a Hair,” dir: Lauriane Escaffre, Yvonnick Muller

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“M,” dir: Yolande Zauberman

BEST FIRST FILM
“Papicha,” dir: Mounia Meddour

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“I Lost My Body,” dir: Jérémy Clapin

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
“The Night of the Plastic Bags,” dir: Gabriel Harel

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Lyna Khoudri, “Papicha”

BEST COSTUMES
Pascaline Chavanne, “An Officer and a Spy”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Stéphane Rozenbaum, “La Belle Époque”

BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Alexis Manenti, “Les Misérables”

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