# 20th César Awards

The 20th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1994 and took place on 25 February 1995 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Alain Delon and hosted by Jean-Claude Brialy and Pierre Tchernia. Wild Reeds won the award for Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:
* Best Film: Wild Reeds, directed by André Téchiné Le Fils préféré, directed by Nicole Garcia Léon, directed by Luc Besson La Reine Margot, directed by Patrice Chéreau Trois Couleurs: Rouge, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
* Best Foreign Film: Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell Caro diario, directed by Nanni Moretti Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman
* Best Debut: Regarde les hommes tomber, directed by Jacques Audiard Le Colonel Chabert, directed by Yves Angelo Mina Tannenbaum, directed by Martine Dugowson Personne ne m'aime, directed by Marion Vernoux Petits arrangements avec les morts, directed by Pascale Ferran
* Best Actor: Gérard Lanvin, for Le Fils préféré Gérard Depardieu, for Le Colonel Chabert Jean Reno, for Léon Daniel Auteuil, for La Séparation Jean-Louis Trintignant, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
* Best Actress: Isabelle Adjani, for La Reine Margot Sandrine Bonnaire, for Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons Anémone, for Pas très catholique Isabelle Huppert, for La Séparation Irène Jacob, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
* Best Supporting Actor: Jean-Hugues Anglade, for La Reine Margot Fabrice Luchini, for Le Colonel Chabert Claude Rich, for La Fille de d'Artagnan Bernard Giraudeau, for Le Fils préféré Daniel Russo, for Neuf mois
* Best Supporting Actress: Virna Lisi, for La Reine Margot Line Renaud, for J'ai pas sommeil Catherine Jacob, for Neuf mois Dominique Blanc, for La Reine Margot Michèle Moretti, for Les Roseaux sauvages
* Most Promising Actor: Mathieu Kassovitz, for Regarde les hommes tomber Charles Berling, for Petits arrangements avec les morts Frédéric Gorny, for Les Roseaux sauvages Gaël Morel, for Les Roseaux sauvages Stéphane Rideau, for Les Roseaux sauvages
* Most Promising Actress: Élodie Bouchez, for Les Roseaux sauvages Marie Bunel, for Couples et amants Virginie Ledoyen, for L'Eau froide Elsa Zylberstein, for Mina Tannenbaum Sandrine Kiberlain, for Les Patriotes
* Best Director: André Téchiné, for Les Roseaux sauvages Nicole Garcia, for Le Fils préféré Luc Besson, for Léon Patrice Chéreau, for La Reine Margot Krzysztof Kieślowski, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
* Best Writing: André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, Olivier Massart, for Les Roseaux sauvages Michel Blanc, for Grosse fatigue Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry, for Regarde les hommes tomber Patrice Chéreau, Danièle Thompson, for La Reine Margot Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
* Best Cinematography: Philippe Rousselot, for La Reine Margot Bernard Lutic, for Le Colonel Chabert Thierry Arbogast, for Léon
* Best Costume Design: Moidele Bickel, for La Reine Margot Franca Squarciapino, for Le Colonel Chabert Anne de Laugardière, Olga Berluti, for Farinelli
* Best Sound: Jean-Paul Mugel, Dominique Hennequin, for Farinelli François Groult, Pierre Excoffier, Gérard Lamps, Bruno Tarrière, for Léon William Flageollet, Jean-Claude Laureux, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
* Best Editing: Juliette Welfling, for Regarde les hommes tomber Sylvie Landra, for Léon François Gédigier, Hélène Viard, for La Reine Margot
* Best Music: Zbigniew Preisner, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge Philippe Sarde, for La Fille de d'Artagnan Éric Serra, for Léon Goran Bregović, for La Reine Margot
* Best Production Design: Gianni Quaranta, for Farinelli Bernard Vézat, for Le Colonel Chabert Richard Peduzzi, Olivier Radot, for La Reine Margot
* Best Animated Short: Elles, directed by Joanna Quinn Ex-memoriam, directed by Beriou
* Best Short Film: La Vis, directed by Didier Flamand Deus ex Machnia, directed by Vincent Mayrand Emilie Muller, directed by Yvon Marciano
* Best Documentary Film: Caught in the Acts (Délits flagrants), directed by Raymond Depardon Bosna!, directed by Bernard-Henri Lévy Montand, directed by Jean Labib Tsahal, directed by Claude Lanzmann The Righteous (Tzedek - les justes), directed by Marek Hafter Veillées d'armes, directed by Marcel Ophüls La Véritable histoire d'Artaud le momo, directed by Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur
* Honorary César: Jeanne Moreau Gregory Peck Steven Spielberg
* César des Césars: Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau