# 41st César Awards

The 41st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, was held on 26 February 2016, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris to honour the best French films of 2015. The ceremony was presided by Claude Lelouch, with Florence Foresti hosting the ceremony for the first time.
The nominations were announced on 27 January 2016 by Academy president Alain Terzian and awards ceremony host Florence Foresti. Marguerite and My Golden Days tied for the most nominations with eleven each.
In related events, the César & Techniques 2016 ceremony was held on 4 January 2016. On 22 February 2016, in a ceremony at the Hôtel George-V, the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producers of the year went to Pascal Caucheteux and Grégoire Sorlat of Why Not Productions (My Golden Days, Dheepan, The Sweet Escape and The Price of Fame).
Mustang and Marguerite won four awards each. Other films with multiple awards include Fatima with three, and Standing Tall with two, with the former film winning the Best Film honour.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film (presented by Juliette Binoche) Fatima Dheepan The Measure of a Man Marguerite Mon roi Mustang Standing Tall My Golden Days | Best Director (presented by Gilles Lellouche) Arnaud Desplechin – My Golden Days Jacques Audiard – Dheepan Stéphane Brizé – The Measure of a Man Xavier Giannoli – Marguerite Maïwenn – Mon roi Deniz Gamze Ergüven – Mustang Emmanuelle Bercot – Standing Tall |
| Best Actor (presented by Emmanuelle Béart) Vincent Lindon – The Measure of a Man Jean-Pierre Bacri – The Very Private Life of Mister Sim Vincent Cassel – Mon roi François Damiens – Cowboys Gérard Depardieu – Valley of Love Antonythasan Jesuthasan – Dheepan Fabrice Luchini – Courted | Best Actress (presented by Matthias Schoenaerts) Catherine Frot – Marguerite Loubna Abidar – Much Loved Emmanuelle Bercot – Mon roi Cécile de France – Summertime Catherine Deneuve – Standing Tall Isabelle Huppert – Valley of Love Soria Zeroual – Fatima |
| Best Supporting Actor (presented by Elsa Zylberstein) Benoît Magimel – Standing Tall Michel Fau – Marguerite Louis Garrel – Mon roi André Marcon – Marguerite Vincent Rottiers – Dheepan | Best Supporting Actress (presented by Marie Gillain and Raphaël Personnaz) Sidse Babett Knudsen – Courted Sara Forestier – Standing Tall Agnès Jaoui – The Sweet Escape Noémie Lvovsky – Summertime Karin Viard – 21 Nights with Pattie |
| Most Promising Actor (presented by Louane Emera) Rod Paradot – Standing Tall Swann Arlaud – Les Anarchistes Quentin Dolmaire – My Golden Days Félix Moati – All About Them Finnegan Oldfield – Cowboys | Most Promising Actress (presented by Carole Bouquet) Zita Hanrot – Fatima Lou Roy-Lecollinet – My Golden Days Diane Rouxel – Standing Tall Sara Giraudeau – Les Bêtises Camille Cottin – Connasse, Princesse des cœurs |
| Best Original Screenplay (presented by Patrick Bruel) Mustang – Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour Dheepan – Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain and Noé Debré Marguerite – Xavier Giannoli Standing Tall – Emmanuelle Bercot and Marcia Romano My Golden Days – Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr | Best Adaptation (presented by Zabou Breitman and Pierre Deladonchamps) Fatima – Philippe Faucon L'Affaire SK1 – David Oelhoffen and Frédéric Tellier Macadam Stories – Samuel Benchetrit The Clearstream Affair – Stéphane Cabel and Vincent Garenq Diary of a Chambermaid – Benoît Jacquot and Hélène Zimmer |
| Best First Feature Film (presented by Jean-Hugues Anglade) Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven L'Affaire SK1 - Frédéric Tellier Cowboys - Thomas Bidegain The Wakhan Front - Clément Cogitore All Three of Us - Kheiron | Best Cinematography (presented by Déborah François) Christophe Offenstein – Valley of Love Eponine Momenceau – Dheepan Glynn Speeckaert – Marguerite David Chizallet and Ersin Gök – Mustang Irina Lubtchansky – My Golden Days |
| Best Editing (presented by Jérôme Commandeur) Mathilde Van de Moortel – Mustang Juliette Welfling – Dheepan Cyril Nakache – Marguerite Simon Jacquet – Mon roi Laurence Briaud – My Golden Days | Best Sound (presented by Audrey Lamy) François Musy and Gabriel Hafner – Marguerite Daniel Sobrino, Valérie Deloof and Cyril Holtz – Dheepan Nicolas Provost, Agnès Ravez and Emmanuel Croset – Mon roi Ibrahim Gök, Damien Guillaume and Olivier Goinard – Mustang Nicolas Cantin, Sylvain Malbrant and Stéphane Thiébaut – My Golden Days |
| Best Original Music (presented by Christopher Lambert and Éric Serra) Warren Ellis – Mustang Raphaël Haroche – Cowboys Ennio Morricone – En mai, fais ce qu'il te plaît Stephen Warbeck – Mon roi Grégoire Hetzel – My Golden Days | Best Costume Design (presented by Grégoire Ludig and David Marsais) Pierre-Jean Larroque – Marguerite Anaïs Romand – Diary of a Chambermaid Selin Sözen – Mustang Catherine Leterrier – L'Odeur de la mandarine Nathalie Raoul – My Golden Days |
| Best Production Design (presented by Jonathan Cohen) Martin Kurel – Marguerite Michel Barthélémy – Dheepan Katia Wyszkop – Diary of a Chambermaid Jean Rabasse – L'Odeur de la mandarine Toma Baquéni – My Golden Days | Best Documentary Film (presented by Guillaume Gouix and Karidja Touré) Tomorrow (Demain) The Pearl Button Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde, j'écrirai The Missing Picture Une jeunesse allemande |
| Best Animated Feature Film (presented by Hippolyte Girardot) The Little Prince Adama April and the Extraordinary World | Best Animated Short Film (presented by Hippolyte Girardot) Sunday Lunch La Nuit américaine d'Angélique Sous tes doigts Tigre à la queu leu leu |
| Best Short Film (presented by Nicolas Duvauchelle) Back Alley The Last of the Frenchmen Essaie de mourir jeune Guy Môquet Mon héros | Best Foreign Film (presented by Kristin Scott Thomas) Birdman Son of Saul I'm Dead but I Have Friends Mia Madre Taxi The Brand New Testament Youth |
| Honorary César (presented by Claude Lelouch) Michael Douglas ||

### Performer

| Name(s) | Performed |
| Christine and the Queens | "It's Only Mystery" from the film Subway |

## Multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 11 | Marguerite |
| 11 | My Golden Days |
| 9 | Dheepan |
| 9 | Mustang |
| 8 | Standing Tall |
| 8 | Mon roi |
| 4 | Fatima |
| 4 | Cowboys |
| 3 | Diary of a Chambermaid |
| 3 | The Measure of a Man |
| 3 | Valley of Love |
| 2 | L'Affaire SK1 |
| 2 | Summertime |
| 2 | Courted |
| 2 | L'Odeur de la mandarine |
The following films received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Marguerite |
| 4 | Mustang |
| 3 | Fatima |
| 2 | Standing Tall |

## Viewers

The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 11.9% of the audience.