| 45th César Awards | |
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Official poster featuring a photo of actress Anna Karina, taken by Georges Dambier in 1959
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| Date | 28 February 2020 |
| Site | Salle Pleyel, Paris |
| Hosted by | Florence Foresti |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Les Misérables |
| Best Actor | Roschdy Zem Oh Mercy! |
| Best Actress | Anaïs Demoustier Alice and the Mayor |
| Most awards | Les Misérables (4) |
| Most nominations | An Officer and a Spy (12) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | Canal+ |
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The 45th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 28 February 2020, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2019. Sandrine Kiberlain presided, and Florence Foresti as the host.
Controversy and protests dogged the Academy in the months running up to the ceremony. The entire board of directors of the César Academy resigned on 13 February 2020,[1] in response to complaints over the opaqueness of the process and the powerlessness of normal Academy members, who do not vote for nor otherwise exercise any control over the leadership of the Academy.[2] The other issue of protest was the 12 nominations received by Roman Polanski's J'Accuse (An Officer and a Spy in English), the most nominations of any eligible film. French feminists protested heaping honors on Polanski, who was convicted of raping a minor in California in 1978 but never served his sentence, and has additionally been accused of other incidents of rape.[3][4][5][6]
The nominees for the 45th César Awards were announced on 29 January 2020.[7][8][9][10]
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Best Film Les Misérables − Produced by Toufik Ayadi and Christophe Barral; Directed by Ladj Ly
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Best Actor Roschdy Zem − Oh Mercy! as Yacoub Daoud
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Best Actress Anaïs Demoustier − Alice and the Mayor as Alice Heimann
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Best Supporting Actor Swann Arlaud − By the Grace of God as Emmanuel Thomassin
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Best Supporting Actress Fanny Ardant − La Belle Époque as Marianne Drumond
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Most Promising Actor Alexis Manenti − Les Misérables as Chris
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Most Promising Actress Lyna Khoudri − Papicha as Nedjma 'Papicha'
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Best Original Screenplay La Belle Époque − Nicolas Bedos
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Best Adaptation An Officer and a Spy − Roman Polanski and Robert Harris based on the novel by Robert Harris
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Best First Feature Film Papicha − Mounia Meddour
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Best Cinematography Portrait of a Lady on Fire − Claire Mathon
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Best Editing Les Misérables − Flora Volpelière
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The Wolf's Call − Nicolas Cantin, Thomas Desjonquères, Raphaëll Mouterde, Olivier Goinard and Randy Thom
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Best Original Music I Lost My Body − Dan Levy
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Best Costume Design An Officer and a Spy − Pascaline Chavanne
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Best Production Design La Belle Époque − Stéphane Rozenbaum
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Best Documentary Film
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Best Animated Feature Film I Lost My Body − Jérémy Clapin
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Best Animated Short Film La nuit des sacs plastiques − Gabriel Harel
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Best Short Film Pile Poil − Lauriane Escaffre and Yvonnick Muller
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Best Foreign Film Parasite (South Korea) – Directed by Bong Joon-ho
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Audience Award
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Roman Polanski's Best Director win for An Officer and a Spy was poorly received by the audience. Few clapped, and several audience members walked out in disgust, including Best Director nominee Céline Sciamma and Best Actress nominees Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant.[11][12]
Polanski as well as other crew members of An Officer and a Spy did not attend the ceremony.[5] No one was there to accept the award on Polanski's behalf.[11][13]
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