César Award for Best First Feature Film
| César Award for Best First Feature Film | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Debut Feature of the Year |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1982 |
| Currently held by | Two of Us (2021) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best First Feature Film (French: César du meilleur premier film) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1982. It was originally named the César Award for Best Debut (César de la meilleure première œuvre in French) between 1982 and 1999, and César Award for Best Debut in Fiction (César de la meilleure première œuvre de fiction) until 2005, when it has been renamed again in 2006 to its current name.
Winners and nominees[]
1980s[]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 (7th) |
Diva | Jean-Jacques Beineix | |
| Neige | Jean-Henri Roger and Juliet Berto | ||
| Une affaire d'hommes | |||
| 1983 (8th) |
Half a Life | Mourir à 30 ans | Romain Goupil |
| Christopher Frank | |||
| Frédéric Mitterrand | |||
| 1984 (9th) |
Sugar Cane Alley | Rue Cases-Nègres | Euzhan Palcy |
| Le Dernier Combat | Luc Besson | ||
| Aline Issermann | |||
| La Trace | |||
| 1985 (10th) |
Dangerous Moves | La Diagonale du fou | Richard Dembo |
| Boy Meets Girl | Leos Carax | ||
| Marche à l'ombre | Michel Blanc | ||
| Souvenirs, souvenirs | |||
| 1986 (11th) |
Tea in the Harem | Le Thé au harem d'Archimède | Mehdi Charef |
| Harem | Arthur Joffé | ||
| Pierre Jolivet | |||
| La Nuit porte-jarretelles | Virginie Thevenet | ||
| 1987 (12th) |
The Woman of My Life | La Femme de ma vie | Régis Wargnier |
| Je hais les acteurs | Gérard Krawczyk | ||
| Noir et Blanc | Claire Devers | ||
| 1988 (13th) |
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| Jacques Santi | |||
| Le Jupon rouge | |||
| Le Moine et la sorcière | Suzanne Schiffman | ||
| 1989 (14th) |
Life Is a Long Quiet River | La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille | Etienne Chatiliez |
| Camille Claudel | Bruno Nuytten | ||
| Chocolat | Claire Denis | ||
| A Strange Place to Meet | Drôle d'endroit pour une rencontre | François Dupeyron | |
1990s[]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 (15th) |
Love Without Pity | Un monde sans pitié | Eric Rochant |
| Thick Skinned | Peaux de vaches | Patricia Mazuy | |
| 1991 (16th) |
La Discrète | Christian Vincent | |
| Halfaouine Child of the Terraces | Halfaouine, l'enfant des terrasses | Férid Boughedir | |
| Brigitte Roüan | |||
| Un week-end sur deux | Nicole Garcia | ||
| 1992 (17th) |
Delicatessen | Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro | |
| Bernard Giraudeau | |||
| Fortune Express | Olivier Schatzky | ||
| Cold Moon | Lune froide | Patrick Bouchitey | |
| 1993 (18th) |
Savage Nights | Les Nuits fauves | Cyril Collard |
| Xavier Beauvois | |||
| Riens du tout | Cédric Klapisch | ||
| The Sentinel | La Sentinelle | Arnaud Desplechin | |
| Jean Poiret | |||
| 1994 (19th) |
The Scent of Green Papaya | L'Odeur de la papaye verte | Tran Anh Hung |
| Cible émouvante | Pierre Salvadori | ||
| Le Fils du requin | Agnès Merlet | ||
| Les Gens normaux n'ont rien d'exceptionnel | |||
| Métisse | Mathieu Kassovitz | ||
| 1995 (20th) |
See How They Fall | Regarde les hommes tomber | Jacques Audiard |
| Colonel Chabert | Le Colonel Chabert | Yves Angelo | |
| Mina Tannenbaum | |||
| Marion Vernoux | |||
| Petits arrangements avec les morts | Pascale Ferran | ||
| 1996 (21st) |
The Three Brothers | Les Trois Frères | Didier Bourdon and Bernard Campan |
| Laetitia Masson | |||
| Inner City | Etats des lieux | Jean-François Richet | |
| Pigalle | Karim Dridi | ||
| 1997 (22nd) |
Will It Snow for Christmas? | Y aura-t-il de la neige à Noël ? | Sandrine Veysset |
| The Apartment | L'Appartement | Gilles Mimouni | |
| Bernie | Albert Dupontel | ||
| Encore | Pascal Bonitzer | ||
| Microcosmos | and | ||
| 1998 (23rd) |
Didier | Alain Chabat | |
| L'Autre côté de la mer | Dominique Cabrera | ||
| Bernie Bonvoisin | |||
| The Life of Jesus | La Vie de Jésus | Bruno Dumont | |
| Ma vie en rose | Alain Berliner | ||
| 1999 (24th) |
Dieu seul me voit | Bruno Podalydès | |
| Hinterland | L'Arrière Pays | Jacques Nolot | |
| Le Gone du Chaâba | Christophe Ruggia | ||
| The Perfect Guy | Jeanne et le Garçon formidable | Olivier Ducastel and Jacques Martineau | |
| The Dreamlife of Angels | La Vie rêvée des anges | Erick Zonca | |
2000s[]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (25th) |
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| Season's Beatings | La Bûche | Danièle Thompson | |
| Benoît Mariage | |||
| Haut les cœurs! | Sólveig Anspach | ||
| Karnaval | Thomas Vincent | ||
| 2001 (26th) |
Human Resources | Ressources humaines | Laurent Cantet |
| Crime Scenes | Scènes de crimes | Frédéric Schoendoerffer | |
| La Squale | |||
| 2002 (27th) |
No Man's Land | Danis Tanovic | |
| Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity | Artus de Penguern | ||
| My Wife Is an Actress | Ma femme est une actrice | Yvan Attal | |
| Winged Migration | Le Peuple migrateur | Jacques Perrin, and | |
| The Girl from Paris | Une hirondelle a fait le printemps | Christian Carion | |
| 2003 (28th) |
Beautiful Memories | Se souvenir des belles choses | Zabou Breitman |
| Carnage | Carnages | Delphine Gleize | |
| Hypnotized and Hysterical (Hairstylist Wanted) | Filles perdues, cheveux gras | ||
| Whatever You Say | Mon idole | Guillaume Canet | |
| 2004 (29th) |
Since Otar Left | Depuis qu'Otar est parti... | Julie Bertuccelli |
| It's Easier for a Camel... | Il est plus facile pour un chameau... | Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | |
| Father and Sons | Père et Fils | Michel Boujenah | |
| Who Killed Bambi? | Qui a tué Bambi ? | Gilles Marchand | |
| The Triplets of Belleville | Les Triplettes de Belleville | Sylvain Chomet | |
| 2005 (30th) |
When the Sea Rises | Quand la mer monte... | Gilles Porte and Yolande Moreau |
| A Common Thread | Brodeuses | ||
| The Chorus | Les Choristes | Christophe Barratier | |
| Podium | Yann Moix | ||
| Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré | |||
| 2006 (31st) |
Darwin's Nightmare | Le Cauchemar de Darwin | Hubert Sauper |
| Anthony Zimmer | Jérôme Salle | ||
| Cold Showers | Douches froides | ||
| March of the Penguins | La Marche de l'empereur | Luc Jacquet | |
| Little Jerusalem | La Petite Jérusalem | Karin Albou | |
| 2007 (32nd) |
You Are So Beautiful | Je vous trouve très beau | Isabelle Mergault |
| 13 Tzameti | Gela Babluani | ||
| Les Fragments d'Antonin | |||
| Mauvaise Foi | Roschdy Zem | ||
| Pardonnez-moi | Maïwenn | ||
| 2008 (33rd) |
Persepolis | Persépolis | Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud |
| Those Who Remain | Ceux qui restent | Anne Le Ny | |
| Lola Doillon | |||
| Water Lilies | Naissance des pieuvres | Céline Sciamma | |
| All Is Forgiven | Tout est pardonné | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
| 2009 (34th) |
I've Loved You So Long | Il y a longtemps que je t'aime | Philippe Claudel |
| Home | Ursula Meier | ||
| Masquerades | Mascarades | Lyes Salem | |
| Anything for Her | Pour elle | Fred Cavayé | |
2010s[]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (35th) |
The French Kissers | Les Beaux Gosses | Riad Sattouf |
| One for the Road | Le Dernier pour la route | Philippe Godeau | |
| Espion(s) | |||
| Lucien Jean-Baptiste | |||
| Silent Voice | Qu'un seul tienne et les autres suivront | Léa Fehner | |
| 2011 (36th) |
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life | Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) | Joann Sfar |
| Heartbreaker | L'Arnacœur | Pascal Chaumeil | |
| Lights Out | Simon Werner a disparu... | ||
| Turk's Head | Tête de Turc | Pascal Elbé | |
| Tout ce qui brille | Géraldine Nakache and | ||
| 2012 (37th) |
When Pigs Have Wings | Le Cochon de Gaza | Sylvain Estibal |
| 17 Girls | 17 filles | Delphine Coulin and Muriel Coulin | |
| Angel & Tony | Angèle et Tony | Alix Delaporte | |
| Delicacy | La Délicatesse | David Foenkinos and | |
| My Little Princess | Eva Ionesco | ||
| 2013 (38th) |
Louise Wimmer | Cyril Mennegun | |
| Augustine | Alice Winocour | ||
| Comme des frères | Hugo Gélin | ||
| Populaire | |||
| Hold Back | Rengaine | ||
| 2014 (39th) |
Me, Myself and Mum | Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! | Guillaume Gallienne |
| Age of Panic | La Bataille de Solférino | Justine Triet | |
| The Gilded Cage | La Cage Dorée | Ruben Alves | |
| Turning Tide | En solitaire | ||
| The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu | |||
| 2015 (40th) |
Love at First Fight | Les Combattants | Thomas Cailley |
| Elle l'adore | Jeanne Herry | ||
| Party Girl | Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis | ||
| May Allah Bless France! | Qu'Allah bénisse la France | Abd al Malik | |
| 2016 (41st)[1] | |||
| Mustang | Deniz Gamze Ergüven | ||
| L'Affaire SK1 | |||
| Cowboys | Les Cowboys | Thomas Bidegain | |
| The Wakhan Front | Ni le ciel ni la terre | Clément Cogitore | |
| All Three of Us | Nous trois ou rien | Kheiron | |
| 2017 (42nd) | |||
| Divines | Houda Benyamina | ||
| The Dancer | La Danseuse | Stéphanie Di Giusto | |
| Dark Inclusion | Diamant noir | ||
| Rosalie Blum | |||
| 2018 (43rd) | |||
| Bloody Milk | Petit Paysan | ||
| Raw | Grave | Julia Ducournau | |
| Montparnasse Bienvenue | Jeune femme | Léonor Serraille | |
| Mr & Mme Adelman | Monsieur & Madame Adelman | Nicolas Bedos | |
| Patients | Grand Corps Malade and | ||
| 2019 (44th) | |||
| Little Tickles | Les Chatouilles | Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer | |
| Custody | Jusqu'à la garde | Xavier Legrand | |
| L'amour flou | Romane Bohringer, Philippe Rebbot | ||
| Sauvage | Camille Vidal-Naquet | ||
2020s[]
| Year | English title | Original title | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (45th) |
Papicha | Mounia Meddour | |
| Atlantics | Atlantique | Mati Diop | |
| Au nom de la terre | Édouard Bergeon | ||
| The Wolf's Call | Le Chant du loup | Antonin Baudry | |
| Les Misérables | Ladj Ly | ||
| 2021 (46th) [2] |
Two of Us | Deux | Filippo Meneghetti |
| My Best Part | Garçon chiffon | Nicolas Maury | |
| Cuties | Mignonnes | Maïmouna Doucouré | |
| Quite Simply Black | Tout simplement noir | Jean-Pascal Zadi | |
| Arab Blues | Un divan à Tunis | Manele Labid | |
See also[]
- Lumières Award for Best First Film
- Louis Delluc Prize for Best First Film
- French Syndicate of Cinema Critics — Best First Film
- Magritte Award for Best First Feature Film
References[]
- ^ "Cesar Awards: Philippe Faucon's Drama 'Fatima' Wins Best Film". Variety. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
- ^ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Repoter.
External links[]
Categories:
- César Awards
- Best First Feature Film César Award winners
- Directorial debut film awards