“Emilia Pérez” gained Finest Movie from the French 2025 César Awards, a significant win for the Netflix movie forward of the Oscars. Jacques Audiard’s film had earned 13 Oscar nominations however then fell out of frontrunner standing.
The movie additionally gained each Finest Director and Finest Tailored Screenplay for Jacques Audiard, although Zoe Saldaña, who has dominated the awards circuit all 12 months, misplaced in an upset to Hafsia Herzi for the movie “Borgo.” Saldaña although was nominated alongside Karla Sofía Gascón within the Finest Actress class, and never in Finest Supporting Actress.
In all, “Emilia Pérez” took house seven Césars out of 12 nominations, together with Finest Visible Results, Finest Sound, Finest Unique Music, and Finest Cinematography. “The Rely of Monte Cristo,” a brand new model of the Dumas revenge story, led all nominees with 14, and it gained two.
Whereas the Césars this 12 months largely didn’t resemble the Oscars, a number of others gained some awards which have an opportunity on Oscar Sunday, most notably “Movement” successful for Finest Animated Function. And in Finest Overseas Movie that had a subject together with “Anora,” “The Apprentice,” “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” and “The Substance,” the winner was a film that premiered at Cannes in 2023 and gained an Oscar in 2024, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Curiosity.”
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” gained final 12 months’s prize for Finest Movie on the Césars. See the total listing of winners from 2025 beneath:
Winners of the 2025 César Awards
Finest Movie
“The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: “Emilia Pérez”
“The Marching Band”
“Souleymane’s Story”
“Miséricorde”
Finest Director
Gilles Lellouche for “Beating Hearts”
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Boris Lojkine for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Miséricorde”
Finest Actress
Adèle Exarchopoulos for “Beating Hearts
Karla Sofía Gascón for “Emilia Pérez”
WINNER: Hafsia Herzi for “Borgo”
Zoe Saldaña for “Emilia Pérez”
Hélène Vincent for “When Fall is Coming”
Finest Actor
François Civil for “Beating Hearts”
Benjamin Lavernhe for “The Marching Band”
WINNER: Karim Leklou for “Jim’s Story”
Pierre Niney for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Tahar Rahim for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Finest Supporting Actress
Élodie Bouchez for “Beating Hearts”
Anaïs Demoustier for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Catherine Frot for “Miséricorde”
WINNER: Nina Meurisse for “Souleymane’s Story”
Sarah Suco for “The Marching Band”
Finest Supporting Actor
David Ayala for “Miséricorde”
Bastien Bouillon for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Alain Chabat for “Beating Hearts”
Jacques Develay for “Miséricorde”
Laurent Lafitte for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Finest Feminine Revelation
WINNER: Maïwène Barthèlemy for “Holy Cow”
Malou Khebizi for “Wild Diamond”
Megan Northam for “Rabia”
Mallory Wanecque for “Beating Hearts”
Souheila Yacoub for “Planet B”
Finest Male Revelation
WINNER: Abou Sangaré for “Souleymane’s Story”
Adam Bessa for “Ghost Path”
Malik Frikah for “Beating Hearts”
Félix Kysyl for “Miséricorde”
Pierre Lottin for “The Marching Band”
Finest Unique Screenplay
Stéphane Demoustier for “Borgo”
Emmanuel Courcol, Irène Muscari for “The Marching Band”
WINNER: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Miséricorde”
Louise Courvoisier, Théo Abadie for “Holy Cow”
Finest Tailored Screenplay
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg for “The Most Treasured of Cargoes”
Finest Unique Music
Jon Brion for “Beating Hearts”
Jérôme Rebotier for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Clément Ducol, Camille for “Emilia Pérez”
Alexandre Desplat for “The Most Treasured of Cargoes”
Linda Courvoisier, Charlie Courvoisier for “Holy Cow”
Finest Sound
Cédric Deloche, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Jon Goc, Marc Doisne for “Beating Hearts”
David Rit, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Olivier Touche, Laure-Anne Darras, Marion Papinot, Marc Doisne, Samuel Delorme for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Erwan Kerzanet, Aymeric Devoldère, Cyril Holtz, Niels Barletta for “Emilia Pérez”
Pascal Armant, Sandy Notarianni, Niels Barletta for “The Marching Band”
Marc-Olivier Brullé, Pierre Bariaud, Charlotte Butrak, Samuel Aïchoun for “Souleymane’s Story”
Finest Cinematography
Laurent Tangy for “Beating Hearts”
Nicolas Bolduc for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Paul Guillaume for “Emilia Pérez”
Tristan Galand for “Souleymane’s Story”
Claire Mathon for “Miséricorde”
Finest Enhancing
Simon Jacquet for “Beating Hearts”
Célia Lafitedupont for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Juliette Welfling for “Emilia Pérez”
Guerric Catala for “The Marching Band”
WINNER Xavier Sirven for “Souleymane’s Story”
Finest Costume Design
Isabelle Pannetier for “Beating Hearts”
WINNER: Thierry Delettre for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Virginie Montel for “Emilia Pérez”
Isabelle Mathieu for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Anaïs Romand for Sarah Bernhardt, “la divine”
Finest Set Design
Jean-Philippe Moreaux for “Beating Hearts”
WINNER: Stéphane Taillasson for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
Emmanuelle Duplay for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Rozenbaum for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Olivier Radot for Sarah Bernhardt, “la divine”
Finest Visible Results
Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur, Émilien Lazaron for “The Beast”
Olivier Cauwet for “The Rely of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Cédric Fayolle for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Dittoo for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Finest Animated Movie
WINNER: “Movement” – Director: Gints Zilbalodis, French Co-Producer: Ron Dyens
“The Most Treasured of Cargoes” – Director: Michel Hazanavicius, Producers: Patrick Sobelman, Florence Gastaud, Michel Hazanavicius
“Savages” – Director: Claude Barras, French Co-Producers: France Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta
Finest Documentary
“The Belle from Gaza” – Director: Yolande 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: Misplaced and Discovered” – 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
Finest Debut Movie
Wild Diamond – Director: Agathe Riedinger, Producers: Priscilla Bertin, Judith Nora
Ghost Path – Director: Jonathan Millet, Producer: Pauline Seigland
The Kingdom – Director: Julien Colonna, Producers: Hugo Sélignac, Antoine Lafon
A Little One thing Further – Director: Artus, Producers: Pierre Forette, Thierry Wong
WINNER: “Holy Cow” – Director: Louise Courvoisier, Producer: Muriel Meynard
Finest Overseas Movie
“Anora” – Director: Sean Baker
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” – Director: Mohammad Rasoulof
“The Apprentice” – Director: Ali Abbasi
“The Substance” – Director: Coralie Fargeat
WINNER: “The Zone of Curiosity” – Director: Jonathan Glazer
Finest Quick Fiction Movie
“Noise” – Director: Salomé Da Souza, Producers: Jean-Etienne Brat, Lou Chicoteau
“What Belongs to Caesar” – Director: Violette Gitton, Producers: Jules Reinartz
WINNER: “The Man Who Might Not Stay Silent” – Director: Nebojša Slijepčević, Producers: Noëlle Levenez
“Queen Dimension” – Director: Avril Besson, Producers: Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles, Christophe Audeguis
Finest Animated Quick
WINNER: Yuck! – Director: Loïc Espuche, Producers: Juliette Marquet, Manon Messiant
Gigi – Director: Cynthia Calvi, Producer: Luc Camilli
Butterfly – Director: Florence Miailhe, Producers: Ron Dyens, Luc Camilli
Finest Documentary Quick
WINNER: “Les Fiancées du Sud” – Director: Elena López Riera, Producers: Sylvie Pialat, Alejandro Arenas Azorín
“Petit Spartacus” – Director: Sara Ganem, Producer: Anne Luthaud
“Un cœur perdu et autres rêves de Beyrouth” – Director: Maya Abdul-Malak, Producer: Anne-Catherine Witt
Honoarary César
Julia Roberts
Costa-Gavras
