Jacques Audiard swept the board at the 50th Césars on Friday evening winning Best Director and Film for Emilia Pérez against expectations after its award season campaign was derailed by the uncovering of racist tweets by its star Karla Sofía Gascón.
Audiard’s Oscar hopeful also clinched Best Adapted Screenplay, Sound, Original Music, Special Effects Cinematography.
The Count of Monte Cristo, which went into the ceremony as the hot favourite with 14 nominations, won Best Production Design and Costume.
Gilles Lellouche’s star-crossed romance Beating Hearts won Best Supporting Actor for Alan Chabat.
The big surprises of the evening was Boris Lojkine for asylum seeker tale Souleymane’s Story, which walked away with four Césars.
The 50th ceremony was presided over by Catherine Deneuve who attended the inaugural edition in 1976 as a nominee and since won two Best Actress Césars for The Last Metro and Indochine.
Speaking just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s fiery White House meeting with U.S. president Donald Trump and vice-president JD Vance, a defiant Deneuve appeared on stage sporting a Ukrainian flag pin and dedicated the 50th ceremony to Ukraine.
There were honorary Césars for Julia Roberts and Costa-Gavras.
The 2025 Winners in bold
Best Film
The Count of Monte Cristo
Emilia Pérez
The Marching Band
Souleymane’s Story
Misericordia
Best Director
Gilles Lellouche for Beating Hearts
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière for The Count Of Monte Cristo
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Boris Lojkine for Souleymane’s Story
Alain Guiraudie for Misericordia
Best Original 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
Best Adapted Screenplay
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Michel Hazanavicius and Jean-Claude Grumberg for The Most Precious Of Cargoes
Best 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
Best Actor
François Civil for Beating Hearts
Benjamin Lavernhe for The Marching Band
Karim Leklou for Jim’s Story
Pierre Niney for The Count of Monte-Cristo
Tahar Rahim for Monsieur Aznavour
Best Supporting Actress
Élodie Bouchez for Beating Hearts
Anaïs Demoustier for The Count of Monte Cristo
Catherine Frot for Misericordia
Nina Meurisse for Souleymane’s Story
Sarah Suco for The Marching Band
Best Supporting Actor
David Alaya for Misericordia
Bastien Bouillon for The Count of Monte Cristo
Alain Chabat for Beating Hearts
Jacques Develay for Misericordia
Laurent Lafitte for The Count of Monte Cristo
Female 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 Trail
Malik Frikah for Beating Hearts
Félix Kysil for Misericordia
Pierre Lottin for The Marching Band
Best Animated Feature
Flow by Gint Zilbalodis
The Most Precious of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
Savages by Claude Barras
Best Documentary
The Belle from Gaza by Yolande Zauberman.
Bye Bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem
Dahomey by Mati Diop
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found by Raoul Peck
The Bertrand’s Farm by Gilles Perret
Madame Hofmann by Sébastien Lifshitz
Best First Film
Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger
Ghost Trail by Jonathan Millet
The Kingdom by Julien Colonna
A Little Something Extra by Artus
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
Best Foreign Film
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 Interest by Jonathan Glazer
Best 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 Count 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 Count of Monte Cristo
Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez
Tristan Galand for Souleymane’s Story
Claire Mathon for Misericordia
Best Editing
Simon Jacquet for Beating Hearts
Célia Lafitedupont for The Count of Monte Cristo
Juliette Welfling for Emilia Pérez
Guerric Catala for The Marching Band
Xavier Sirven for Souleymane’s Story
Best Costumes
Isabelle Pannetier for Beating Hearts
Thierry Delettre for The Count of Monte Cristo
Virginie Montel for Emilia Pérez
Isabelle Mathieu for Monsieur Aznavour
Anaïs Romand for The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
Best Production Design
Jean-Philippe Moreau for Beating Hearts
Stéphane Taillasson for The Count of Monte Cristo
Emmanuelle Duplay for Emilia Pérez
Stéphane Rozenbaum for Monsieur Aznavour
Olivier Radot for The Divine Sarah Bernhardt
Best Special Effects
Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur and Émilien Lazaron for The Beast
Olivier Cauwet for The Count of Monte Cristo
Cédric Fayolle for Emilia Pérez
Stéphane Dittoo for Monsieur Aznavour
Best Short Animation
Beurk! by Loïc Espuche
Gigi by Cynthia Calvi
Papillon by Florence Miailhe
Best Short Documentary
Southern Brides by Elena López Riera
Little Spartacus by Sara Ganem
A Heart and Other Lost Dreams of Beirut, Maya Abdul-Malak
Best Short Fiction
Clamor by Salomé Da Souza
Ce qui appartient à César by Violette Gitton
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević
Queen Size by Alice Besson
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