28th César Awards

28th César Awards
Date	22 February 2003
Site	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Host	Géraldine Pailhas
Highlights
Best Film	The Pianist
Best Actor	Adrien Brody
Best Actress	Isabelle Carré
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 28th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2002 in France and took place on 22 February 2003 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was hosted by Géraldine Pailhas. The Pianist won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor – Leading Role

• Adrien Brody – The Pianist
  • Daniel Auteuil – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • François Berléand – My Idol (Mon idole)
  • Bernard Campan – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • Mathieu Kassovitz – Amen.

Best Actor – Supporting Role

• Bernard Le Coq – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • François Cluzet – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • Gérard Darmon – Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre)
  • Jamel Debbouze – Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre)
  • Denis Podalydès – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)

Best Actress – Leading Role

• Isabelle Carré – Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses)
  • Fanny Ardant – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Ariane Ascaride – Marie-Jo and Her 2 Lovers (Marie-Jo et ses 2 amours)
  • Juliette Binoche – Jet Lag (Décalage horaire)
  • Isabelle Huppert – 8 Women (8 femmes)

Best Actress – Supporting Role

• Karin Viard – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)
  • Dominique Blanc – Special Delivery (C'est le bouquet!)
  • Danielle Darrieux – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Emmanuelle Devos – The Adversary (L'adversaire)
  • Judith Godrèche – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)

Best Cinematography

• The Pianist – Paweł Edelman
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Jeanne Lapoirie
  • Amen. – Patrick Blossier

Best Costume Design

• Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) – Philippe Guillotel, Tanino Liberatore and Florence Sadaune
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Pascaline Chavanne
  • The Pianist – Anna B. Sheppard

Best Debut

• Beautiful Memories (Se souvenir des belles choses) – Zabou Breitman
  • Carnage (Carnages) – Delphine Gleize
  • Hypnotized and Hysterical (Filles perdues, cheveux gras) – Claude Duty
  • Irène – Ivan Calbérac
  • My Idol (Mon idole) – Guillaume Canet

Best Director

• Roman Polanski – The Pianist
  • Costa Gavras – Amen.
  • Cédric Klapisch – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)
  • François Ozon – 8 Women (8 femmes)
  • Nicolas Philibert – To Be and to Have (Être et avoir)

Best Editing

• To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) – Nicolas Philibert
  • The Pianist – Hervé de Luze
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Francine Sandberg

Best Film

• The Pianist – Roman Polanski
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – François Ozon
  • Amen. – Costa Gavras
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Cédric Klapisch
  • To Be and to Have (Être et avoir) – Nicolas Philibert

Best Film – European Union

• Talk to Her (Hable con ella) – Pedro Almodóvar
  • 11'9"01 September 11 – Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn and Danis Tanović
  • Gosford Park – Robert Altman
  • The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) – Aki Kaurismäki
  • Sweet Sixteen – Ken Loach

Best Foreign Film

• Bowling for Columbine – Michael Moore • USA
  • Minority Report – Steven Spielberg • USA
  • Ocean's Eleven – Steven Soderbergh • USA
  • Painted Fire (Chi-hwa-seon) – Im Kwon-taek • South Korea
  • Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し / Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi) – Hayao Miyazaki • Japan

Best Music

• The Pianist – Wojciech Kilar
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Krishna Levy
  • Amen. – Armand Amar
  • Laissez-passer – Antoine Duhamel

Best Production Design

• The Pianist – Allan Starski
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Arnaud de Moleron
  • Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre) – Hoang Thanh At
  • Laissez-passer – Emile Ghigo

Best Short Film

• Peau de vache – Gérald Hustache-Mathieu
  • Candidature – Emmanuel Bourdieu
  • Ce vieux rêve qui bouge – Alain Guiraudie
  • Squash – Lionel Bailliu

Best Sound

• The Pianist – Jean-Marie Blondel, Gérard Hardy, Dean Humphreys
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – Pierre Gamet, Benoît Hillebrant and Jean-Pierre Laforce
  • Amen. – Dominique Gaborieau and Pierre Gamet

Best Writing

• Amen. – Costa Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
  • 8 Women (8 femmes) – François Ozon and Marina de Van
  • The Pianist – Ronald Harwood
  • The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole) – Cédric Klapisch
  • Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez) – Michel Blanc

Most Promising Actor

• Jean-Paul Rouve – Monsieur Batignole
  • Lorànt Deutsch – Shooting Stars (3 zéros)
  • Morgan Marinne – The Son (Le fils)
  • Gaspard Ulliel – Summer Things (Embrassez qui vous voudrez)
  • Malik Zidi – Un moment de bonheur

Most Promising Actress

• Cécile de France – The Spanish Apartement (L'auberge espagnole)
  • Émilie Dequenne – A Housekeeper (Une femme de ménage)
  • Mélanie Doutey – The Warrior's Brother (Le frère du guerrier)
  • Marina Foïs – Hypnotized and Hysterical (Filles perdues, cheveux gras)
  • Ludivine Sagnier – 8 Women (8 femmes)

Honorary César

• Bernadette Lafont, French actress.
• Spike Lee, American actor, director and screenwriter.
• Meryl Streep, American actress.

See also

• 75th Academy Awards
• 56th British Academy Film Awards
• 15th European Film Awards
• 8th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 28th César Awards at IMDb
• 28th César Awards at AlloCiné