Camille Rewinds leads French César Awards with 13 nods
25 January, 2013 | By Melanie Goodfellow
Argo, Bullhead and The Angels Share in the running for best foreign film. Noemie Lvovskys Camille Rewinds tops the nominations table.
Frances Académie Des Arts et Technique du Cinéma unveiled the nominations for the César Awards at its traditional news conference at Le Fouquet restaurant on the Champs Elysées on Friday morning.
The award ceremony, which will be presented by actor and director Antoine de Caunes alongside comic Jamel Debbouze as honorary president, will take place at the Theatre du Châtelet on Feb 22.
Noémie Lvovskys heart-warming tale about a woman who goes back in time to her adolescence Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble) was a surprise breakout favourite with 13 nominations.
It was followed by Foreign Language Oscar contender Amour and Farewell My Queen with 10 nominations each.
Holy Motors, Rust and Bone drew nine nominations each.
In the House picked up six nominations followed by Cloclo, Populaire and Whats in a Name? with five.
Founded in 1976, the César academy gathers 4,199 members from across the French film industry and is the second biggest such body after the Oscars Academy.
For the 2013 edition of the Césars, 3,434 members voted on 594 films.
The nominations in the key categories are:
BEST FILM
- Farewell My Queen (Les adieux à la reine), Benoît Jacquot
- Amour, Michael Haneke
- Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), Noémie Lvovsky
- In the House (Dans La Maison), François Ozon
- Rust and Bone (De rouille et dos), Jacques Audiard
- Holy Motors, Leos Carax
- Whats in a Name, (Le Prénom), Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre De La Patellière
BEST DIRECTOR
- Benoit Jacquot, Farewell My Queen
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- Noemie Lvovsky, Camille Rewinds
- François Ozon, In the House
- Jacques Audiard, Rust and Bone
- Léos Carax, Holy Motors
- Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring (Quelques Heures de Printemps)
BEST FOREIGN FILM
- Argo, Ben Affleck
- Bullhead, Michael R. Roskam
- Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan
- Oslo, August 31st, Joachim Trier
- The Angels Share, Ken Loach
- A Royal Affair, Nikolaj Arcel
- Our Children (A Perdre La Raison), Joachim Lafosse
BEST ACTRESS
- Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone
- Catherine Frot, Haute Cuisine (Les Saveurs du Palais)
- Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Rewinds
- Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
- Emmanuelle Riva, Amour
- Léa Seydoux, Farewell My Queen
- Hélène Vincent, A Few Hours of Spring
BEST ACTOR
- Jean-Pierre Bacri, (Cherchez Hortense)
- Patrick Bruel, Whats in a Name?
- Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
- Vincent Lindon, A Few Hours of Spring
- Fabrice Luchini, In the House (Dans La Maison)
- Jérémie Renier, Cloclo
- Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Bruno Podalydès, Denis Podalydès, Grannys Funeral (Adieu Berthe)
- Michael Haneke, Amour
- Noemie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattei, Florence Seyvos, Camille Rewinds
- Leos Carax, Holy Motors
- Florence Vignon, Stéphane Brizé, A Few Hours of Spring
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Valérie Benguigui, Whats in a Name?
- Judith Chemla, Camille Rewinds
- Isabelle Huppert, Amour
- Yolande Moreau, Camille Rewinds
- Edith Scob, Holy Motors
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Guillaume De Tonquedec, Whats in a Name?
- Samir Guesmi, Camille Rewinds
- Benoit Magimel, Cloclo
- Claude Rich, Cherchez Hortense
- Michel Vuillermoz, Camille Rewinds
BEST FIRST FILM
- Augustine, Alice Winocour
- Commes des Frères, Hugo Gélin
- Louise Wimmer, Cyril Mennegun
- Populaire, Régis Roinsard
- Rengaine, Rachid Djaidani
BEST ANIMATION
- Edmond was a Donkey (Edmond était un ane), Franck Dion
- Ernest and Celestine, Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
- Kirikou and Men and Women (Kirikou et Les Hommes et Les Femmes), Michel Ocelot
- Oh Willy, Emma de Swaef, Marc Roels
- Zarafa, Rémi Bezancon, Jean-Christophe Lie
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches, Emmanuel Gras
- Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell, (Duch, Le Maitre des Forges de Lenfer), Rithy Panh
- The Invisibles (Les Invisibles), Sebastien Lifshitz
- Journal de France, Claudine Nougaret, Raymond Depardon
- Les Nouveaux Chiens de Garde, Gilles Balbestre, Yannick Kergoat
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
- Bruno Coulais, Farewell My Queen
- Gaetan Roussel, Joseph Dahan, Camille Rewinds
- Philippe Rombi, In the House
- Alexandre Desplat, Rust and Bone
- Rob, Emmanuel DOrlando, Populaire
