# 37th César Awards

The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films of 2011. The Artist won six out of its ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actress (Bérénice Bejo), and Best Cinematography (Guillaume Schiffman). The ceremony was chaired by Guillaume Canet, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 27 January 2012.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
| Best Film | Best Director |
| The Artist Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée) Le Havre The Intouchables (Intouchables) The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État) Pater Polisse | Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Alain Cavalier, Pater Valérie Donzelli, Declaration of War Aki Kaurismäki, Le Havre Maïwenn, Polisse Pierre Schöller, The Minister Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, The Intouchables |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Omar Sy, The Intouchables Sami Bouajila, Omar Killed Me (Omar m'a tuer) François Cluzet, The Intouchables Jean Dujardin, The Artist Olivier Gourmet, The Minister Denis Podalydès, The Conquest (La Conquête) Philippe Torreton, Guilty (Présumé coupable) | Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Ariane Ascaride, The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les neiges du Kilimandjaro) Leïla Bekhti, The Source (La Source des femmes) Valérie Donzelli, Declaration of War Marina Foïs, Polisse Marie Gillain, All Our Desires (Toutes nos envies) Karin Viard, Polisse |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Michel Blanc, The Minister Nicolas Duvauchelle, Polisse Joeystarr, Polisse Bernard Le Coq, The Conquest Frédéric Pierrot, Polisse | Carmen Maura, The Women on the 6th Floor (Les Femmes du 6e étage) Isabelle Breitman, The Minister Anne Le Ny, The Intouchables Noémie Lvovsky, House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: souvenirs de la maison close) Karole Rocher, Polisse |
| Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
| Grégory Gadebois, Angel & Tony Guillaume Gouix, Jimmy Rivière Nicolas Bridet, You Will Be My Son Pierre Niney, 18 Years Old and Rising Dimitri Storoge, A Gang Story | (tie) Naidra Ayadi, Polisse and Clotilde Hesme, Angel & Tony Adèle Haenel, House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: souvenirs de la maison close) Céline Sallette, House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: souvenirs de la maison close) Christa Théret, Twiggy |
| Best First Feature Film | Best Original Screenplay |
| When Pigs Have Wings My Little Princess 17 Girls (17 filles) Angel & Tony (Angèle et Tony) Delicacy (La Délicatesse) | The Minister (L'exercice de l'État), Pierre Schoeller The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée), Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie Elkaïm The Intouchables (Intouchables), Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache Polisse, Maïwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot |
| Best Cinematography | Best Adaptation |
| The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman Polisse, Pierre Aïm House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Josée Deshaies The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Julien Hirsch The Intouchables (Intouchables), Mathieu Vadepied | Carnage, Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza Delicacy (La Délicatesse), David Foenkinos Guilty (Présumé coupable), Vincent Garenq Omar Killed Me (Omar m'a tuer), Olivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem, Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle Rebellion (L'Ordre et la Morale), Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Jaubert and Pierre Geller |
| Best Editing | Best Sound |
| Polisse, Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet The Artist, Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Laurence Briaud Declaration of War (La guerre est déclarée), Pauline Gaillard The Intouchables, Dorian Rigal-Ansous | The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce The Intouchables, Pascal Armant, Jean Goudier, and Jean-Paul Hurier House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Jean-Pierre Duret, Nicolas Moreau, and Jean-Pierre Laforce Polisse, Nicolas Provost, Rym Debbarh-Mounir, and Emmanuel Croset Declaration of War (La Guerre est déclarée), André Rigaut, Sébastien Savine, and Laurent Gabiot |
| Best Music Written for a Film | Best Costume Design |
| The Artist, Ludovic Bource Beloved (Les Bien-Aimés), Alex Beaupain House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Bertrand Bonello A Monster in Paris (Un monstre à Paris), Matthieu Chedid and Patrice Renson The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Philippe Schœller | House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Anaïs Romand My Little Princess, Catherine Baba The Artist, Mark Bridges The Women on the 6th Floor (Les Femmes du 6e étage), Christian Gasc The Source (La Source des femmes), Viorica Petrovici |
| Best Production Design | Best Documentary Film |
| The Artist, Laurence Bennett House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Alain Guffroy The Women on the 6th Floor (Les Femmes du 6e étage), Pierre-François Limbosch The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba Le Havre, Wouter Zoon | Tous au Larzac Le Bal des menteurs Crazy Horse Ici on noie les Algériens Michel Petrucciani |
| Best Animated Film | Best Short Film |
| The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du rabbin) The Circus (Le Cirque) A Monster in Paris (Un monstre à Paris) Mouse's Tale (La Queue de la souris) The Painting (Le Tableau) | L'Accordeur La France qui se lêve tôt J'aurais pu être une pute Je pourrais être votre grand-mère Un Monde sans femmes |
| Best Foreign Film | |
| A Separation (Jodái-e Náder az Simin) ( Iran), Asghar Farhadi Black Swan ( United States), Darren Aronofsky The King's Speech ( United Kingdom), Tom Hooper Drive ( United States), Nicolas Winding Refn The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin au vélo) ( Belgium), Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Incendies ( Canada), Denis Villeneuve Melancholia ( Denmark), Lars von Trier |

## Honorary César

Kate Winslet, English actress and singer

## Viewers

The show was followed by 3.9 million viewers. This corresponds to 18.2% of the audience.