37th César Awards


The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The awards honoured the best films of 2011. The Artist won six out of its ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography. The ceremony was chaired by Guillaume Canet, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 27 January 2012.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
Best FilmBest Director

The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Best ActorBest Actress
Omar Sy, The Intouchables
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Michel Blanc, The Minister
Carmen Maura, The Women on the 6th Floor
Most Promising ActorMost Promising Actress
Grégory Gadebois, Angel & Tony
Naidra Ayadi, Polisse and Clotilde Hesme, Angel & Tony
Best First Feature FilmBest Original Screenplay
When Pigs Have WingsMy Little Princess17 Girls Angel & Tony Delicacy
The Minister , Pierre SchoellerThe Artist, Michel HazanaviciusDeclaration of War , Valérie Donzelli and Jérémie ElkaïmThe Intouchables , Éric Toledano and Olivier NakachePolisse, Maïwenn and Emmanuelle Bercot
Best CinematographyBest Adaptation

The Artist, Guillaume SchiffmanPolisse, Pierre AïmHouse of Tolerance , Josée DeshaiesThe Minister , Julien HirschThe Intouchables , Mathieu Vadepied

Carnage, Roman Polanski and Yasmina RezaDelicacy , David FoenkinosGuilty , Vincent GarenqOmar Killed Me , Olivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem, Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier LorelleRebellion , Mathieu Kassovitz, Benoît Jaubert and Pierre Geller
Best EditingBest Sound

Polisse, Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet
The Minister , Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce
Best Music Written for a FilmBest Costume Design
The Artist, Ludovic Bource
House of Tolerance , Anaïs RomandMy Little Princess, Catherine BabaThe Artist, Mark BridgesThe Women on the 6th Floor , Christian GascThe Source , Viorica Petrovici
Best Production DesignBest Documentary Film

The Artist, Laurence BennettHouse of Tolerance , Alain GuffroyThe Women on the 6th Floor , Pierre-François LimboschThe Minister , Jean-Marc Tran Tan BaLe Havre, Wouter Zoon

Tous au LarzacLe Bal des menteursCrazy HorseIci on noie les AlgériensMichel Petrucciani
Best Animated FilmBest Short Film

The Rabbi's Cat The Circus A Monster in Paris Mouse's Tale The Painting

L'AccordeurLa France qui se lêve tôtJ'aurais pu être une puteJe pourrais être votre grand-mèreUn Monde sans femmes
Best Foreign Film

'A Separation '' (Iran

[Honorary César]

Kate Winslet, English actress and singer

Viewers

The show was followed by 3.9 million viewers. This corresponds to 18.2% of the audience.