page_title: 40th César Awards
section_title: Presenters
hierarchical_section_title: 40th César Awards / Presenters
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Guillaume Gallienne à la cérémonie des César
context_page_description: The 40th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2014 in France and took place on 20 February 2015 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by actor-director Dany Boon, with actor Édouard Baer acting as master of ceremonies for the second time.
  The nominations were announced on 28 January 2015 by Édouard Baer and Academy President Alain Terzian. Saint Laurent received the most nominations with ten, followed by Love at First Fight with nine nominations.
  In related events, the Médaille d'Or was awarded for the first time at a ceremony held at Monnaie de Paris on 19 January 2015. Luc Besson was honoured by the Academy for his outstanding artistic and entrepreneurial contribution to the French cinema for the past 3 decades. On 16 February 2015, in a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel George V, Sylvie Pialat, who produced Timbuktu via Les Films du Worso, was awarded the Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier for producer of the year for the second consecutive year.
  Timbuktu won seven awards including Best Film and Best Director for Abderrahmane Sissako.
context_section_description: The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards at the ceremony.
caption: Guillaume Gallienne presented the award for Best Actress.
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