Jacques Audiard swept the board on the fiftieth Césars on Friday night successful Finest Director and Movie for Emilia Pérez in opposition to expectations after its award season marketing campaign was derailed by the uncovering of racist tweets by its star Karla Sofía Gascón.
Audiard’s Oscar hopeful additionally clinched Finest Tailored Screenplay, Sound, Authentic Music, Particular Results and Cinematography.
The Rely of Monte Cristo, which went into the ceremony as the recent favorite with 14 nominations, received Finest Manufacturing Design and Costume.
Gilles Lellouche’s star-crossed romance Beating Hearts received Finest Supporting Actor for Alan Chabat.
The massive surprises of the night was Boris Lojkine’s asylum seeker story Souleymane’s Story, which walked away with 4 Césars.
The fiftieth ceremony was presided over by Catherine Deneuve who attended the inaugural version in 1976 as a nominee and since received two Finest Actress Césars for The Final Metro and Indochine.
Talking simply hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fiery White Home assembly with U.S. president Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance, a defiant Deneuve appeared on stage sporting a Ukrainian flag pin and devoted the fiftieth ceremony to Ukraine.
There have been honorary Césars for Julia Roberts and Costa-Gavras.
The 2025 Winners in daring
Finest Movie
- The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Emilia Pérez
- The Marching Band
- Souleymane’s Story
- Misericordia
Finest Director
- Gilles Lellouche for Beating Hearts
- Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière for The Rely Of Monte Cristo
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
- Boris Lojkine for Souleymane’s Story
- Alain Guiraudie for Misericordia
Finest Authentic Screenplay
- Stéphane Demoustier for Borgo
- Emmanuel Courcol and Irène Muscari for The Marching Band
- Boris Lojkine et Delphine Agut for Souleymane’s Story
- Alain Guiraudie for Misericordia
- Louise Courvoisier and Théo Abadie for Holy Cow
Finest Tailored Screenplay
- Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière for The Rely Of Monte-Cristo
- Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
- Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg for The Most Treasured Of Cargoes
Finest Actress
- Adèle Exarchopoulos for Beating Hearts
- Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez
- Hafsia Herzi for Borgo
- Zoe Saldaña for Emilia Pérez
- Hélène Vincent for When Fall Is Coming
Finest Actor
- François Civil for Beating Hearts
- Benjamin Lavernhe for The Marching Band
- Karim Leklou for Jim’s Story
- Pierre Niney for The Rely of Monte-Cristo
- Tahar Rahim for Monsieur Aznavour
Finest Supporting Actress
- Élodie Bouchez for Beating Hearts
- Anaïs Demoustier for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Catherine Frot for Misericordia
- Nina Meurisse for Souleymane’s Story
- Sarah Suco for The Marching Band
Finest Supporting Actor
- David Alaya for Misericordia
- Bastien Bouillon for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Alain Chabat for Beating Hearts
- Jacques Develay for Misericordia
- Laurent Lafitte for The Rely of Monte Cristo
Feminine Revelation
- Maïwène Barthelemy for Holy Cow
- Malou Khebizi for Wild Diamond
- Megan Northam for Rabia
- Mallory Wanecque for Beating Hearts
- Souheila Yacoub for Planet B
Male Revelation
- Abou Sangare for Souleymane’s Story
- Adam Bessa for Ghost Path
- Malik Frikah for Beating Hearts
- Félix Kysil for Misericordia
- Pierre Lottin for The Marching Band
Finest Animated Function
- Movement by Gint Zilbalodis
- The Most Treasured of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
- Savages by Claude Barras
Finest Documentary
- The Belle from Gaza by Yolande Zauberman.
- Bye Bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem
- Dahomey by Mati Diop
- Ernest Cole: Misplaced and Discovered by Raoul Peck
- The Bertrand’s Farm by Gilles Perret
- Madame Hofmann by Sébastien Lifshitz
Finest First Movie
- Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger
- Ghost Path by Jonathan Millet
- The Kingdom by Julien Colonna
- A Little One thing Further by Artus
- Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
Finest Overseas Movie
- Anora by Sean Baker
- The Seed of The Sacred Fig Tree by Mohammad Rasoulof
- The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi
- The Substance by Coralie Fargeat
- The Zone Of Curiosity by Jonathan Glazer
Finest Sound
- Cédric Deloche, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Jon Goc and Marc Doisne for Beating Hearts
- David Rit, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Laure-Anne Darras, Marion Papinot, Marc Doisne and Samuel Delorme for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz and Niels Barletta for Emilia Pérez
- Pascal Armant, Sandy Notarianni and Niels Barletta for The Marching Band
- Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak and Samuel Aïchoun for Souleymane’s Story
Cinematography
- Laurent Tangy for Beating Hearts
- Nicolas Bolduc for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez
- Tristan Galand for Souleymane’s Story
- Claire Mathon for Misericordia
Finest Modifying
- Simon Jacquet for Beating Hearts
- Célia Lafitedupont for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Juliette Welfling for Emilia Pérez
- Guerric Catala for The Marching Band
- Xavier Sirven for Souleymane’s Story
Finest Costumes
- Isabelle Pannetier for Beating Hearts
- Thierry Delettre for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Virginie Montel for Emilia Pérez
- Isabelle Mathieu for Monsieur Aznavour
- Anaïs Romand for The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
Finest Manufacturing Design
- Jean-Philippe Moreau for Beating Hearts
- Stéphane Taillasson for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Emmanuelle Duplay for Emilia Pérez
- Stéphane Rozenbaum for Monsieur Aznavour
- Olivier Radot for The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
Finest Particular Results
- Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur and Émilien Lazaron for The Beast
- Olivier Cauwet for The Rely of Monte Cristo
- Cédric Fayolle for Emilia Pérez
- Stéphane Dittoo for Monsieur Aznavour
Finest Brief Animation
- Beurk! by Loïc Espuche
- Gigi by Cynthia Calvi
- Papillon by Florence Miailhe
Finest Brief Documentary
- Southern Brides by Elena López Riera
- Little Spartacus by Sara Ganem
- A Coronary heart and Different Misplaced Desires of Beirut, Maya Abdul-Malak
Finest Brief Fiction
- Clamor by Salomé Da Souza
- Ce qui appartient à César by Violette Gitton
- The Man Who May Not Stay Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević
- Queen Dimension by Alice Besson
