# 30th César Awards

The 30th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2004 in France and took place on 26 February 2005 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Adjani and hosted by Gad Elmaleh. Games of Love and Chance won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Games of Love and Chance 36 Quai des Orfèvres The Chorus Kings and Queen A Very Long Engagement | Best Director Abdellatif Kechiche – Games of Love and Chance Olivier Marchal – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Christophe Barratier – The Chorus Arnaud Desplechin – Kings and Queen Jean-Pierre Jeunet – A Very Long Engagement |
| Best Actor Mathieu Amalric – Kings and Queen Daniel Auteuil – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Gérard Jugnot – The Chorus Benoît Poelvoorde – Podium Philippe Torreton – The Light | Best Actress Yolande Moreau – When the Sea Rises Maggie Cheung – Clean Emmanuelle Devos – Kings and Queen Audrey Tautou – A Very Long Engagement Karin Viard – The Role of Her Life |
| Best Supporting Actor Clovis Cornillac – The Story of My Life François Berléand – The Chorus André Dussollier – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Maurice Garrel – Kings and Queen Jean-Paul Rouve – Podium | Best Supporting Actress Marion Cotillard – A Very Long Engagement Ariane Ascaride – A Common Thread Mylène Demongeot – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Julie Depardieu – Podium Émilie Dequenne – The Light |
| Most Promising Actor Gaspard Ulliel – A Very Long Engagement Osman Elkharraz – Games of Love and Chance Damien Jouillerot – Bad Spelling Jérémie Renier – Work Hard, Play Hard Malik Zidi – Changing Times | Most Promising Actress Sara Forestier – Games of Love and Chance Marilou Berry – Look at Me Lola Naymark – A Common Thread Sabrina Ouazani – Games of Love and Chance Magali Woch – Kings and Queen |
| Best Writing Games of Love and Chance – Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix 36 Quai des Orfèvres – Franck Mancuso, Olivier Marchal, Dominique Loiseau and Julien Rappeneau Look at Me – Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri Kings and Queen – Arnaud Desplechin and Roger Bohbot A Very Long Engagement – Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant | Best Film from the European Union (Tie) Ae Fond Kiss... & Life Is a Miracle Bad Education Mondovino Saraband |
| Best First Feature Film When the Sea Rises A Common Thread The Chorus Podium Work Hard, Play Hard | Best Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel – A Very Long Engagement Éric Gautier – Clean Jean-Marie Dreujou – Two Brothers |
| Best Editing Noëlle Boisson – Two Brothers Hachdé – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Hervé Schneid – A Very Long Engagement | Best Sound Daniel Sobrino, Nicolas Cantin and Nicolas Naegelen – The Chorus François Maurel, Pierre Mertens, Sylvain Lasseur and Joël Rangon – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Vincent Arnardi, Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky – A Very Long Engagement |
| Best Original Music Bruno Coulais – The Chorus Nicola Piovani – The Light Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet – Exils Angelo Badalamenti – A Very Long Engagement | Best Costume Design Madeline Fontaine – A Very Long Engagement Pierre-Jean Larroque – Arsène Lupin Catherine Bouchard – Podium |
| Best Production Design Aline Bonetto – A Very Long Engagement François Chauvaud – The Chorus Jean-Pierre Fouillet – Immortal | Best Short Film Cousines Hymne à la gazelle La Méthode Bourchnikov Les Parallèles |
| Best Foreign Film Lost in Translation 21 Grams The Motorcycle Diaries Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| Honorary César Jacques Dutronc Will Smith ||

## Viewers

The show was followed by 3.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 15.8% of the audience.