38th César Awards

The 38th Annual César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques, was held on 22 February 2013, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jamel Debbouze, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies. Nominations were announced 25 January 2013. Michael Haneke's film Amour, nominated in ten categories, won in five, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Amour Camille Redouble Farewell, My Queen Holy Motors In the House Rust and Bone What's in a Name?	Michael Haneke, Amour Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring Leos Carax, Holy Motors Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour Jean-Pierre Bacri, Looking for Hortense Patrick Bruel, What's in a Name? Denis Lavant, Holy Motors Vincent Lindon, A Few Hours of Spring Fabrice Luchini, In the House Jérémie Rénier, My Way	Emmanuelle Riva, Amour Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone Catherine Frot, Haute Cuisine Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer Léa Seydoux, Farewell, My Queen Hélène Vincent, A Few Hours of Spring
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Guillaume de Tonquédec, What's in a Name? Samir Guesmi, Camille Redouble Benoît Magimel, My Way Claude Rich, Looking for Hortense Michel Vuillermoz, Camille Redouble	Valérie Benguigui, What's in a Name? Judith Chemla, Camille Redouble Isabelle Huppert, Amour Yolande Moreau, Camille Redouble Édith Scob, Holy Motors
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Matthias Schoenaerts, Rust and Bone Felix Moati, Télé gaucho Kacey Mottet Klein, Sister Pierre Niney, Comme des frères Ernst Umhauer, In the House	Izïa Higelin, Bad Girl Alice de Lencquesaing, Au galop Lola Dewaere, Mince alors! Julia Faure, Camille Redouble India Hair, Camille Redouble
Best First Feature Film	Best Original Screenplay
Louise WimmerAugustineComme des frèresPopulaireHold Back	Michael Haneke, Amour Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble François Ozon, In the House Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone Leos Carax, Holy Motors Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring
Best Cinematography	Best Adaptation
Romain Winding, Farewell, My Queen Darius Khondji, Amour Stéphane Fontaine, Rust and Bone Caroline Champetier, Holy Motors Guillaume Schiffman, Populaire	Jacques Audiard & Thomas Bidegain, Rust and Bone Lucas Belvaux, One Night Gilles Taurand & Benoît Jacquot, Farewell, My Queen François Ozon, In the House Matthieu Delaporte & Alexandre de la Patellière, What's in a Name?
Best Editing	Best Sound
Rust and Bone, Juliette WelflingFarewell, My Queen, Luc BarnierAmour, Monika WilliCamille Redouble, Annette Dutertre & Michel KlochendlerHoly Motors, Nelly Quettier	My Way, Antoine Deflandre, Germain Boulay & Eric TisserandFarewell, My Queen, Brigitte Taillandier, Francis Wargnier & Olivier GoinardAmour, Guillaume Sciama, Nadine Muse & Jean-Pierre LaforceRust and Bone, Brigitte Taillandier, Pascal Villard & Jean-Paul HurierHoly Motors, Erwan Kerzanet, Josefina Rodriguez & Emmanuel Croset
Best Music Written for a Film	Best Costume Design
Rust and Bone, Alexandre DesplatFarewell, My Queen, Bruno CoulaisCamille Redouble, Gaëtan Roussel & Joseph DahanIn the House, Philippe RombiPopulaire, Rob & Emmanuel d'Orlando	Farewell, My Queen, Christian GascAugustine, Pascaline ChavanneCamille Redouble, Madeline FontaineMy Way, Mimi LempickaPopulaire, Charlotte David
Best Production Design	Best Documentary
Farewell, My Queen, Katia WyszkopAmour, Jean-Vincent PuzosMy Way, Philippe ChiffreHoly Motors, Florian SansonPopulaire, Sylvie Olivé	Les invisiblesBovines ou la vraie vie des vachesDuch, le maître des forges de l'EnferJournal de FranceLes nouveaux chiens de garde
Best Animated Film	Best Short Film
Ernest & CelestineEdmond Was a Donkey Kirikou and the Men and WomenOh Willy...Zarafa	The Lobster's Cry It's Not a Cowboy Movie What We'll Leave Behind The Hounds La vie parisienne
Best Foreign Film	-
Argo, Ben AffleckOur Children, Joachim LafosseBullhead, Michaël R. RoskamLaurence Anyways, Xavier DolanOslo, August 31st, Joachim TrierThe Angels' Share, Ken LoachA Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel	-

[Honorary César]

Kevin Costner, American actor, director and producer

Viewers

The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers. This corresponds to 12.5% of the audience.