“Emilia Pérez” won the best Film From the French 2025 César AwardsA big win for the Netflix movie before Oscars. Jacques Audiard’s film had earned 13 Oscar nominations but then fell out of the frontunner status.
The film also won both best director and best adapted script for Jacques Audiard, although Zoe Saldaña, who has dominated the price circle all year, lost in an upset against Hafsia Herzi for the movie “Borgo.” However, Saldaña was nominated together with Karla Sofía Gascón in the best actress category and not in the best actress.
Overall, “Emilia Pérez” took home seven Césars of 12 nominations, including best visual effects, best sounds, best original music and best film. “The bill of Monte Cristo“A new version of Dumas Revenge Tale, led all nominated by 14, and it won two.
While this year Césars was largely similar to Oscars, a few others won some awards that have a chance at Oscar Sunday, especially “Flödes” who won for best animated function. And in the best foreign film that had a field including “Anora”, “The Apprentice”, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” and “The Substance”, the winner was a movie that premiered at Cannes 2023 and won an Oscar 2024, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest.”
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won last year’s prize For best film at Césars. See the full list of winners from 2025 below:
Winner of the 2025 César Awards
Best movie
“The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: “Emilia Pérez”
“The Marching Band”
“Souleymanes story”
“Mercy”
Best director
Gilles Lellouche for “beat hearts”
Matthieu Delapporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Boris Leakine for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Mercy”
Best actress
Adèle exarchopoulosis for “beat hearts
Karla Sofía Gascón for “Emilia Pérez”
Winner: Hafsia Herzi for “Borgo”
Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez”
Hélène Vincent for “When Fall comes”
Best actor
François civil for “beat hearts”
Benjamin Lavernhe for “The Marching Band”
Winner: Karim Leklou for “Jim’s Story”
Pierre Niney for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Tahar Rahim for “Mr. Aznavour ”
Best actress
Élodie Bouchez for “Beat Hearts”
Anaïs Demoustier for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Catherine Frot for “Mercy”
Winner: Nina Meurisse for “Souleymane’s Story”
Sarah Suco for “The Marching Band”
Best supportive actors
David Ayala for “Mercy”
Bastien Bouillon for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Alain Chabat for “beat hearts”
Jacques Develay for “Mercy”
Laurent Lafitte for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Best female revelation
Winner: Maïwène Barthèleme for “Holy Cow”
Home Khabi “Wild Diamond”
Megan Northam for “Rabia”
Mallory wanecque for “beat hearts”
Souheila Yacoub for “Planet B”
Best male revelation
Winner: Abou Sangaré for “Souleymane’s Story”
Adam Bessa for the “Ghost Trail”
Malik frikah for “beat hearts”
Félix Kysyl for “Mercy”
Pierre Lottin for “The Marching Band”
Best original script
Stéphane Demoustier for “Borgo”
Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari for “The Marching Band”
Winner: Boris Leakine, Delphine Agut for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Mercy”
Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie for “Holy Cow”
Best custom script
Matthieu Delapporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Gumberg for “The most valuable of goods”
Best original music
Jon Brion for “Beat Hearts”
Jérôme Rebotier for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Clément Ducol, Camille for “Emilia Pérez”
Alexandre Desplat for “The the most valuable of goods”
Linda Courvoisier, Charlie Courvoisier for “Holy Cow”
Best sound
Cédric Deloche, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Jon GoC, Marc Doisne for “Beat Hearts”
David Rit, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Laure-Anne Darras, Marion Papinot, Marc Doisne, Samuel Delorme for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Erwan Kermant, Aymeric Devolution, Cyril Holtz, Birth of “Emilia of Pérez”
Pascal Armant, Sandy Notaryni, Niels Barletta for “The Marching Band”
Marc-Olivier Bullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun for “Souleymanes story”
Best cinematography
Laurent Tangy for “Beat Hearts”
Nicolas Bolduc for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Paul Guillaume for “Emilia Pérez”
Tristan Galaland for “Souleymanes story”
Claire Mathon for “Mercy”
Best editing
Simon Jacquet for “Beat Hearts”
Célia Lafitedupont for “The Country of Monte Cristo”
Juliette Welfling for “Emilia Pérez”
Guerric Catala for “The Marching Band”
Winner Xavier Sirven for “Souleymane’s Story”
Best costume design
Isabelle Panneties for “Beat Heart”
Winner: Thierry Dellettre for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Virginie Montel for “Emilia Pérez”
Isabelle Mathieu for “Mr. Aznavour ”
Anaïs Romand for Sarah Bernhardt, “La Divine”
Best set -Design
Jean-Philippe Moreaux for “Beat Heart”
Winner: Stéphane Tailsson for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Emmanuelle Duplay for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Rozenbaum for “Mr. Aznavour ”
Olivier Radot for Sarah Bernhardt, “La Divine”
Best visual effects
Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur, Émilien Lazaron for “The Beast”
Olivier Cauwet for “The Count of Monte Cristo”
Winner: Cédric Fayolle for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Dittoo for “Mr. Aznavour ”
Best animated movie
Winner: “Flow” director: Gints Zilbalodis, French co-producer: Ron Dyens
“The most valuable of goods” – Director: Michel Hazanavicius, producers: Patrick Sobelman, Florence Gastaud, Michel Hazanavicius
“Savages” -Director: Claude Barras, French co -producers: France Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta
Best documentary
“The Belle From Gaza” – Director: Yollande Zauberman, producers: Bruno Nahon, Yolande Zauberman
“Bye Bye Tiberias” director: Lina Soualem, producer: Jean-Marie Nizan
“Dahomey” – Director: Mati Diop, producers: Eve Robin, Judith Lou Lévy
“Ernest Cole: Lost and Found” – Director: Raoul Peck, producer: Raoul Peck
Winner: “La Ferme des Bertrand” – Director: Gilles Perret, Producers: Denis Carot, Ulysse Payet
Madame Hofmann – Director: Sébastien Lifshitz, producer: Muriel Meynard
Best debut film
Wild Diamond – Director: Agathe Riedinger, producers: Priscilla Bertin, Judith Nora
Ghost Trail – Director: Jonathan Millet, Producer: Pauline Seigland
Antoine Lafon
A little extra – director: Artus, producers: Pierre Forette, Thierry Wong
Winner: “Holy Cow” – Director: Louise Courvoisier, producer: Muriel Meynard
Best foreign film
“Anora” – Director: Sean Baker
“The seed from the Holy Fikon” – Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
“The Apprentice” – Director: Ali Abbasi
“The Substance” – Director: Coralie Fargeat
Winner: “The Zone of Interest” – Director: Jonathan Glazer
Best short fiction movie
“Noise” -Director: Salomé da Souza, producers: Jean -Etienne Brat, Lou Chicotteau
“What does Caesar” belong to – Director: Violette Gitton, Producers: Jules Reinartz
Winner: “The man who could not be silenced” – Director: Nebojsa Blind, Producers: Noëlle Levenez
“Queen size” – Director: Avril Besson, producers: Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles, Christophe Audeguis
Best animated cards
Winner: Yuck! – Rector: Loïc Espuche, producers: Juliette Marquet, Messiant Hand
Gigi – Director: Cynthia Bald Producer: Luc Camilli
Butterfly – Director: Florence Miailhe, producers: Ron Dyens, Luc Camilli
Best documentary card
Winner: “Southern engaged” – Director: Elena López Riera, producers: Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorín
“Petit Spartacus” – Director: Sarah Ganem, producer: Anne Luthaud
“A Lost Heart and Other Dreams of Beirut” -Director: Maya Abdul-Malak, producer: Anne-Catherine Witt
Honorary César
Julia Roberts
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