31/01/2018 - The films by Robin Campillo and Albert Dupontel have outpaced C’est la vie!, Barbara and Bloody Milk in the race for the César Awards

With 13 nominations apiece, BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
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Among the seven hopefuls for the title of Best Actress are three former winners: Juliette Binoche (crowned in 1994), for Bright Sunshine In [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
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As for the male actors, only one former winner is taking part in the race this year: Daniel Auteuil (victorious in 1987 and 2000, nominated for the 13th time), for his performance in Le Brio. He will be pitted against six thesps who have never won the trophy before: Jean-Pierre Bacri (nominated in 2000, 2004, 2013 and 2016) for C’est la vie!, Albert Dupontel (nominated in 2000, 2009 and 2014) for See You up There, Guillaume Canet (nominated in 2015) for Rock’n’roll [+see also:
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
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Q&A: Etienne Comar
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Also of note are the six nominations notched up by Raw [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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interview: Tarik Saleh
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interview: Stephan Streker
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
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interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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Here is the complete list of nominations:

Best Film 
BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+see also:
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See You up There [+see also:
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Barbara [+see also:
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Le Brio [+see also:
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Step by Step [+see also:
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Bloody Milk [+see also:
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interview: Hubert Charuel
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C’est la vie! [+see also:
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Best Actress 
Jeanne Balibar – Barbara
Juliette Binoche – Bright Sunshine In [+see also:
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Emmanuelle Devos – Number One [+see also:
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Marina Foïs – The Workshop [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Cantet
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Charlotte Gainsbourg – Promise at Dawn [+see also:
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Doria Tillier – Mr & Mrs Adelman [+see also:
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Karin Viard - Jalouse [+see also:
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Best Actor 
Swan Arlaud – Bloody Milk
Daniel Auteuil - Le Brio
Jean-Pierre Bacri – C’est la vie! 
Guillaume Canet - Rock’n’roll [+see also:
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Albert Dupontel – See You up There 
Louis Garrel - Redoubtable [+see also:
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Q&A: Michel Hazanavicius
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Reda Kateb - Django [+see also:
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Q&A: Etienne Comar
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Best Director 
Robin Campillo – BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Albert Dupontel – See You up There 
Mathieu Amalric – Barbara
Julia Ducournau - Raw [+see also:
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Hubert Charuel – Bloody Milk 
Michel Hazanavicius - Redoubtable
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache – C’est la vie!

Best Original Screenplay 
Robin Campillo – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Mathieu Amalric and Philippe di Folco – Barbara
Claude Le Pape and Hubert Charuel – Bloody Milk 
Julia Ducournau – Raw
Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache – C’est la vie!

Best Adaptation
Albert Dupontel and Pierre Lemaître – See You up There 
Xavier Beauvois, Frédérique Moreau and Marie-Julie Maille – The Guardians [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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Grand Corps Malade and Fadette Drouard – Step by Step
Eric Barbier and Marie Eynard – Promise at Dawn 
Michel Hazanavicius - Redoubtable

Best Supporting Actress 
Laure Calamy - Ava [+see also:
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Anaïs Demoustier – The House by the Sea [+see also:
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interview: Robert Guédiguian
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Sara Giraudeau – Bloody Milk 
Adèle Haenel – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Mélanie Thierry – See You up There

Best Supporting Actor 
Niels Arestrup – See You up There 
Laurent Lafitte – See You up There 
Gilles Lellouche – C’est la vie! 
Vincent Macaigne – C’est la vie! 
Antoine Reinartz – BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Most Promising Actress 
Iris Bry – The Guardians 
Laetitia Dosch – Montparnasse Bienvenüe [+see also:
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interview: Léonor Serraille
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Eye Haidara – C’est la vie! 
Camelia Jordana - Le Brio
Garance Marillier – Raw

Most Promising Actor 
Benjamin Lavernhe – C’est la vie! 
Finnegan Oldfield – Reinventing Marvin [+see also:
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Pablo Pauly – Step by Step
Nahuel Perez Biscayart – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Arnaud Valois – BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Best First Feature Film
Raw - Julia Ducournau
Montparnasse Bienvenüe - Léonor Serraille
Mr & Mrs Adelman - Nicolas Bedos
Step by Step - Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
Bloody Milk - Hubert Charuel

Best Documentary 
12 Days [+see also:
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Speak-Up! [+see also:
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Carré 35 [+see also:
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I Am Not Your Negro [+see also:
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Faces Places [+see also:
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Best Animated Feature Film 
Big Bad Fox [+see also:
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Sahara - Pierre Coré
Zombillenium [+see also:
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Best Cinematography 
Jeanne Lapoirie – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Vincent Mathias – See You up There 
Christophe Beaucarne – Barbara
Caroline Champetier – The Guardians 
Guillaume Schiffman - Redoubtable

Best Editing 
Robin Campillo – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Christophe Pinel – See You up There 
François Gédigier – Barbara
Julie Lena, Lilian Corbeille and Grégoire Pontecaille  - Bloody Milk 
Dorian Rigal Ansous – C’est la vie!

Best Original Music 
Arnaud Rebotini – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Christophe Julien – See You up There 
Jim Williams – Raw
Myd – Bloody Milk 
Matthieu Chedid – Faces Places

Best Sound 
Julien Sicart, Valérie de Loof and Jean-Pierre Laforce – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Jean Minondo, Gurwal Coïc-Gallas, Cyril Holtz and Damien Lazzerini – See You up There 
Olivier Mauvezin, Nicolas Moreau and Stéphane Thiébaut – Barbara
Mathieu Descamps, Séverin Favriau and Stéphane Thiébaut - Raw
Pascal Armant, Sélim Azzazi and Jean-Paul Hurier – C’est la vie!

Best Costume Design
Isabelle Pannetier – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Mimi Lempicka – See You up There 
Pascaline Chavanne – Barbara
Anaïs Romand – The Guardians 
Catherine Bouchard – Promise at Dawn

Best Production Design 
Emmanuelle Duplay – BPM (Beats Per Minute) 
Pierre Quefféléan – See You up There 
Laurent Baude – Barbara
Pierre Renson – Promise at Dawn 
Christian Marti - Redoubtable

Best Short Film 
Les bigorneaux - Alice Vial
Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux - Josza Anjembe
Debout Kinshasa! - Sébastien Maitre
Marlon - Jessica Palud
Les misérables - Ladj Ly

Best Animated Short Film
The Bald Future - Paul Cabon
I Want Pluto to Be a Planet Again - Marie Amachoukeli and Vladimir Mavounia-Kouka
Midnight’s Garden - Benoît Chieux
Pépé le Morse - Lucrèce Andreae

Best Foreign Film 
The Nile Hilton Incident [+see also:
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interview: Tarik Saleh
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Dunkirk [+see also:
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Children Royals [+see also:
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interview: Anamaria Vartolomei
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Loveless [+see also:
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interview: Andrey Zvyagintsev
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La La Land - Damien Chazelle (USA)
A Wedding [+see also:
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interview: Stephan Streker
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The Square [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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(Translated from French)