# 27th César Awards

The 27th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2001 in France and took place on 2 March 2002 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Nathalie Baye and hosted by Édouard Baer.
Romantic comedy Amélie led all nominees with 13 nominations, followed by The Officers' Ward and Read My Lips with nine nominations each. Amélie went on to win four awards, more than any other film in the ceremony, including Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Amélie Chaos The Officers' Ward Read My Lips Under the Sand | Best Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet – Amélie Jacques Audiard – Read My Lips Patrice Chéreau – Intimacy François Dupeyron – The Officers' Ward François Ozon – Under the Sand |
| Best Actor Michel Bouquet – How I Killed My Father Éric Caravaca – The Officers' Ward Vincent Cassel – Read My Lips André Dussollier – Tanguy Jacques Dutronc – C'est la vie | Best Actress Emmanuelle Devos – Read My Lips Catherine Frot – Chaos Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher Charlotte Rampling – Under the Sand Audrey Tautou – Amélie |
| Best Supporting Actor André Dussollier – The Officers' Ward Édouard Baer – Alias Betty Jamel Debbouze – Amélie Jean-Paul Roussillon – The Girl from Paris Rufus – Amélie | Best Supporting Actress Annie Girardot – The Piano Teacher Nicole Garcia – Alias Betty Noémie Lvovsky – My Wife Is an Actress Isabelle Nanty – Amélie Line Renaud – Chaos |
| Most Promising Actor Robinson Stévenin – Transfixed Éric Berger – Tanguy Stefano Cassetti – Roberto Succo Grégori Derangère – The Officers' Ward Jean-Michel Portal – The Officers' Ward | Most Promising Actress Rachida Brakni – Chaos Marion Cotillard – Pretty Things Hélène Fillières – A Hell of a Day Hélène de Fougerolles – Va savoir Isild Le Besco – Roberto Succo |
| Best Writing Read My Lips – Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista Amélie – Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant Chaos – Coline Serreau No Man's Land – Danis Tanović The Officers' Ward – François Dupeyron | Best First Feature Film No Man's Land Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity My Wife Is an Actress The Girl from Paris Winged Migration |
| Best Cinematography Tetsuo Nagata – The Officers' Ward Bruno Delbonnel – Amélie Mathieu Vadepied – Read My Lips | Best Editing Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte – Winged Migration Hervé Schneid – Amélie Juliette Welfling – Read My Lips |
| Best Sound Cyril Holtz and Pascal Villard – Read My Lips Vincent Arnardi, Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky – Amélie Cyril Holtz and Jean-Paul Mugel – Brotherhood of the Wolf | Best Original Music Yann Tiersen – Amélie Joseph LoDuca – Brotherhood of the Wolf Alexandre Desplat – Read My Lips Bruno Coulais – Winged Migration |
| Best Costume Design Dominique Borg – Brotherhood of the Wolf Madeline Fontaine – Amélie Pierre-Jean Larroque – The Lady and the Duke Catherine Bouchard – The Officers' Ward | Best Production Design Aline Bonetto – Amélie Guy-Claude François – Brotherhood of the Wolf Antoine Fontaine – The Lady and the Duke |
| Best Short Film A Summer Night Rendez-vous Pieces of My Wife Les Filles du douze Millevaches (expérience) The Apple, the Fig and the Almond | Best Foreign Film Mulholland Drive The Man Who Wasn't There Moulin Rouge! The Son's Room Traffic |
| Honorary César Anouk Aimée Jeremy Irons Claude Rich ||

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Amélie |
| 9 | The Officers' Ward |
| 9 | Read My Lips |
| 5 | Chaos |
| 4 | Brotherhood of the Wolf |
| 3 | Under the Sand |
| 3 | Winged Migration |
| 2 |
| 2 | Tanguy |
| 2 | The Piano Teacher |
| 2 | Alias Betty |
| 2 | The Girl from Paris |
| 2 | My Wife Is an Actress |
| 2 | Roberto Succo |
| 2 | No Man's Land |
| 2 | The Lady and the Duke |
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Amélie |
| 3 | Read My Lips |
| 2 | The Officers' Ward |