Justine Triet’s Oscar-nominated Anatomy of a Fall and Thomas Cailley’s fantasy drama The Animal Kingdom are the front runners for this year’s Cesar Awards, France’s equivalent to the Academy Awards. In nominations announced Wednesday, Anatomy picked up 11 Cesar noms and The Animal Kingdom 12. Both were nominated in the best film and best director categories.
Also nominated for best film are Jean-Baptiste Durand’s Junkyard Dog, All Your Faces from director Jeanne Herry and Cédric Kahn’s The Goldman Case.
France’s official Academy Award contender, Anh Hung Tran’s foodie period drama The Taste of Things, which missed out on an Oscar nom on Tuesday, picked up three Ceasar nominations, but none in the main categories.
German actress Sandra Hüller, a best actress nominee at this year’s Oscars for her starring turn in Anatomy of a Fall, is also up for the Cesar for best actress, going up against Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, nominated for Little Girl Blue, Lea Drucker, up for Last Summer, Hafsia Herzi, nominated for The Rapture, and Belgian actress Virginie Efira, nominated for her work in Just the Two of Us.
The 2024 Cesar Awards will be handed out at a ceremony in Paris on Friday, Feb. 23.
Oscar frontrunner Oppenheimer picked up a single Cesar nomination, in the best foreign film category, but Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan is guaranteed a trophy. The British director will receive an honorary Cesar for lifetime achievement at this year’s ceremony.
2024 Cesar Nominations
Best Film
Anatomy of a Fall produced by Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion, directed by Justine Triet
Junkyard Dog produced by Anais Bertrand, directed by Jean-Baptiste Durand
All Your Faces produced by Hugo Selignac, Alain Attal, directed by Jeanne Herry
The Goldman Case produced by Benjamin Elalouf, directed by Cédric Kahn
Animal Kingdom produced by Pierre Guyard, directed by Thomas Cailley
Best Director
Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall
Catherine Breillat for Last Summer
Jeanne Herry for All Your Faces
Cédric Khan for The Goldman Case
Thomas Cailley for Animal Kingdom
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard for Little Girl Blue
Léa Drucker for Last Summer
Virginie Efira for Just the Two of Us
Hafsia Herzi for The Rapture
Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Actor
Romain Duris for Animal Kingdom
Benjamin Lavernhe for Abbé Pierre: A Century of Devotion
Melvil Poupaud for Just the Two of Us
Raphaël Quenard for Yannick
Arieh Worthalter for The Goldman Case
Best Supporting Actress
Leïla Bekhti for All Your Faces
Galatea Bellugi for Junkyard Dog
Élodie Bouchez for All Your Faces
Adèle Exarchopoulos for All Your Faces
Miou Miou for All Your Faces
Best Supporting Actor
Swann Arlaud for Anatomy of a Fall
Anthony Bajon for Junkyard Dog
Arthur Harari for The Goldman Case
Pio Marmaï for Yannick
Antoine Reinartz for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Newcomer Actress
Céleste Brunnquell for No Love Lost
Kim Higelin for Consent
Suzanne Jouannet for La Voie Royale
Rebecca Marder for Grand Expectations
Ella Rumpf for Marguerite’s Theorem
Best Newcomer Actor
Julien Frison in Marguerite’s Theorem
Paul Kircher for Animal Kingdom
Samuel Kircher for Last Summer
Ivilo Machado-Graner for Anatomy of a Fall
Raphaël Quenard for Junkyard Dog
Best Original Screenplay
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari for Anatomy of a Fall
Jean-Baptiste Durand for Junkyard Dog
Jeanne Herry for All Your Faces
Nathalie Hertzberg, Cédric Kahn for The Goldman Case
Thomas Cailley, Pauline Munier for Animal Kingdom
Best Adapted Screenplay
Valerie Donzelli, Audrey Diwan for Just the Two of Us
Vanessa Filho for Consent
Catherine Breillat for Last Summer
Best Original Score
Gabriel Yared for Just the Two of Us
Delphine Malaussena for Junkyard Dog
Vitalic for Disco Boy
Andrea Laszlo de Simone for Animal Kingdom
Guillaume Roussel for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady
Best Sound
Julien Sicart, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq, Olivier Goinard for Anatomy of a Fall
Remi Daru, Guadalupe Cassius, Loic Prian, Marc Doisne for All Your Faces
Erwan Kerzanet, Sylvian Malbrant, Olivier Guillaume for The Goldman Case
Fabrice Osinkski, Raphael Sohier, Matthieu Fichet, Niels Barletta for Animal Kingdom
David Rit, Gwennole le Borgne, Oliver Touche, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady
Best Cinematography
Slivion Beaufils for Anatomy of a Fall
Jonathan Ricquebourg for The Taste of Things
Patrick Ghiringhelli for The Goldman Case
Davio Cailley for Animal Kingdom
Nicolas Bolduc for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady)
Best Editing
Laurent Sénéchal for Anatomy of a Fall
Francis Vesin for All Your Faces
Valérie Loiseleux for Little Girl Blue
Yann Dedet for The Goldman Case
Lilian Corbeille for Animal Kingdom
Best Costume Design
Jürgen Doering for Jeanne du Barry
Pascaline Chavanne for The Crime is Mine
Tran Nu Yên Khê for The Taste of Things
Ariane Daurat for Animal Kingdom
Thierry Delettre for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady)
Best Production Design
Emmanuelle Ouplay for Anatomy of a Fall
Angelo Zamparutti for Jeanne du Barry
Toma Baquéni for The Taste of Things
Julia Lemaire for Animal Kingdom
Stéphane Taillasson for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady)
Best Visual Effects
Thomas Duval for Acid
Lise Fischer, Cédric Fayolle for The Mountain
Cyrille Bonjean, Bruno Sommier, Jean-Louis Autret for Animal Kingdom
Olivier Cauwet for The Three Musketeers (Part 1: D’Artagnan / Part 2: Milady)
Léo Ewald for Vermin
Best Short Film
L’Attente directed by Alice Douard, produced by Marie Boitard, Alice Douaro
Bolero directed by Nans Laborde-Jourdaa, produced by Margaux Lorier
Rapide directed by Paul Rigoux, produced by Anne Luthaud
Les Silencieux directed by Basile Vuillemin, produced by Thomas Guent Ch
Best Animated Feature
No Dogs or Italians Allowed directed by Alain Ughetto, produced by Alexandre Cornu, Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois
Chicken for Linda! directed by Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, produced by Marc Irmer, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Mars Express directed by Jérémie Périn, produced by Didier Creste
Best Documentary
Atlantic Bar directed by Fanny Molins, produced by Chloé Servel, Nicolas Tiry
Four Daughters directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha
Little Girl Blue directed by Mona Achache, produced by Laetitia Gonzalez, Yaël Fogiel
Our Body directed by Claire Simon, produced by Kristina Larsen
On the Adamant directed by Nicolas Philibert, produced by Miléna Poylo, Gilles Sacuto, Céline Loiseau
Best First Feature
Bernadette directed by Léa Domenach, produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein
Junkyard Dog directed by Jean-Baptiste Ourand, produced by Anaïs Bertrand
The Rapture directed by Iris Kaltenbäck, produced by Alice Bloch, Thierry de Clermont-Tonnerre
Vermin directed by Sébastien Vanicek, produced by Harry Tordjman
Vincent Must Die directed by Stephan Casting, produced by Thierry Lounas, Claire Bonnefoy
Best Foreign Film
Kidnapped directed by Marco Bellocchio
Fallen Leaves directed by Aki Kaurismaki
Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
Perfect Days directed by Wim Wenders
The Nature of Love directed by Monia Chokri
