30th César Awards

30th César Awards
File:30e cesar logo.png
Date	26 February 2005
Site	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Host	Gad Elmaleh
Highlights
Best Film	Games of Love and Chance
Best Actor	Mathieu Amalric
Best Actress	Yolande Moreau
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 30th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2004 in France and took place on 26 February 2005 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Adjani and hosted by Gad Elmaleh. Games of Love and Chance won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor – Leading Role

• Mathieu Amalric – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Daniel Auteuil – Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres)
  • Gérard Jugnot – The Chorus (Les choristes)
  • Benoît Poelvoorde – Podium
  • Philippe Torreton – The Light (L'équipier)

Best Actor – Supporting Role

• Clovis Cornillac – The Story of My Life (Mensonges et trahisons et plus si affinités...)
  • François Berléand – The Chorus (Les choristes)
  • André Dussollier – Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres)
  • Maurice Garrel – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Jean-Paul Rouve – Podium

Best Actress – Leading Role

• Yolande Moreau – When the Sea Rises (Quand la mer monte...)
  • Maggie Cheung – Clean
  • Emmanuelle Devos – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Karin Viard – The Role of Her Life (Le rôle de sa vie)
  • Audrey Tautou – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

Best Actress – Supporting Role

• Marion Cotillard – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
  • Ariane Ascaride – A Common Thread (Brodeuses)
  • Mylène Demongeot – Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres)
  • Julie Depardieu – Podium
  • Émilie Dequenne – The Light (L'équipier)

Best Cinematography

• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Bruno Delbonnel
  • Clean – Eric Gautier
  • Two Brothers (Deux frères) – Jean-Marie Dreujou

Best Costume Design

• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Madeline Fontaine
  • Arsène Lupin – Pierre-Jean Larroque
  • Podium – Catherine Bouchard

Best Debut

• When the Sea Rises (Quand la mer monte...) – Gilles Porte, Yolande Moreau
  • A Common Thread (Brodeuses) – Éléonore Faucher
  • The Chorus (Les choristes) – Christophe Barratier
  • Podium – Yann Moix
  • Work Hard, Play Hard (Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré) – Jean-Marc Moutout

Best Director

• Abdel Kechiche – Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive)
  • Olivier Marchal – Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres)
  • Christophe Barratier – The Chorus (Les choristes)
  • Arnaud Desplechin – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

Best Editing

• Two Brothers (Deux frères) – Noëlle Boisson
  • Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres) – Hachdé
  • A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Hervé Schneid

Best Film

• Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive)
  • The Chorus (Les choristes)
  • Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres)
  • Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)
  • A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

Best Film – European Union

• Ae Fond Kiss... – Ken Loach • UK
• Life Is a Miracle (Zivot je cudo) – Emir Kusturica • Yugoslavia
  • Bad Education (La mala educación) – Pedro Almodóvar • Spain
  • Mondovino – Jonathan Nossiter • Argentina
  • Saraband – Ingmar Bergman • Sweden

Best Foreign Film

• Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola • Japan/USA
  • 21 Grams – Alejandro González Iñárritu • USA
  • The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) – Walter Salles • Argentina
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry • USA
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 – Michael Moore • USA

Best Music

• Bruno Coulais – The Chorus (Les choristes)
  • Tony Gatlif, Delphine Mantoulet – Exils
  • Angelo Badalamenti – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
  • Nicola Piovani – The Light (L'équipier)

Best Production Design

• A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Aline Bonetto
  • The Chorus (Les choristes)– François Chauvaud
  • Immortel (ad vitam) – Jean-Pierre Fouillet

Best Short Film

• Cousines – Lyes Salem
  • Hymne à la gazelle – Stéphanie Duvivier
  • La méthode Bourchnikov – Grégoire Sivan
  • Les parallèles – Nicolas Saada

Best Sound

• The Chorus (Les choristes) – Daniel Sobrino, Nicolas Cantin, Nicolas Naegelen
  • Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres) – François Maurel, Pierre Mertens, Sylvain Lasseur and Joël Rangon
  • A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Vincent Arnardi, Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky

Best Writing

• Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive) – Abdel Kechiche and Ghalia Lacroix
  • Department 36 (36 Quai des Orfèvres) – Franck Mancuso, Olivier Marchal and Julien Rappeneau
  • Look at Me (Comme une image) – Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui
  • Kings and Queen (Rois et reine) – Roger Bohbot and Arnaud Desplechin
  • A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) – Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant

Most Promising Actor

• Gaspard Ulliel – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
  • Osman Elkharraz – Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive)
  • Damien Jouillerot – Les fautes d'orthographe
  • Malik Zidi – Changing Times (Les temps qui changent)
  • Jérémie Renier – Work Hard, Play Hard (Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré)

Most Promising Actress

• Sara Forestier – Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive)
  • Marilou Berry – Look at Me (Comme une image)
  • Lola Naymark – A Common Thread (Brodeuses)
  • Sabrina Ouazani – Games of Love and Chance (L'esquive)
  • Magali Woch – Kings and Queen (Rois et reine)

Honorary César

• Jacques Dutronc
• Will Smith

See also

• 77th Academy Awards
• 58th British Academy Film Awards
• 17th European Film Awards
• 10th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 30th César Awards at IMDb
• 30th César Awards at AlloCiné