“Emilia Pérez” received Greatest 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 received each Greatest Director and Greatest 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 Greatest Actress class, and never in Greatest Supporting Actress.
In all, “Emilia Pérez” took residence seven Césars out of 12 nominations, together with Greatest Visible Results, Greatest Sound, Greatest Unique Music, and Greatest Cinematography. “The Depend of Monte Cristo,” a brand new model of the Dumas revenge story, led all nominees with 14, and it received two.
Whereas the Césars this 12 months largely didn’t resemble the Oscars, a couple of others received some awards which have an opportunity on Oscar Sunday, most notably “Movement” profitable for Greatest Animated Characteristic. And in Greatest Overseas Movie that had a area 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 received an Oscar in 2024, Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Curiosity.”
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” received final 12 months’s prize for Greatest Movie on the Césars. See the complete checklist of winners from 2025 under:
Winners of the 2025 César Awards
Greatest Movie
“The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: “Emilia Pérez”
“The Marching Band”
“Souleymane’s Story”
“Miséricorde”
Greatest Director
Gilles Lellouche for “Beating Hearts”
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Boris Lojkine for “Souleymane’s Story”
Alain Guiraudie for “Miséricorde”
Greatest 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”
Greatest Actor
François Civil for “Beating Hearts”
Benjamin Lavernhe for “The Marching Band”
WINNER: Karim Leklou for “Jim’s Story”
Pierre Niney for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Tahar Rahim for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Greatest Supporting Actress
Élodie Bouchez for “Beating Hearts”
Anaïs Demoustier for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Catherine Frot for “Miséricorde”
WINNER: Nina Meurisse for “Souleymane’s Story”
Sarah Suco for “The Marching Band”
Greatest Supporting Actor
David Ayala for “Miséricorde”
Bastien Bouillon for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Alain Chabat for “Beating Hearts”
Jacques Develay for “Miséricorde”
Laurent Lafitte for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Greatest 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”
Greatest 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”
Greatest 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”
Greatest Tailored Screenplay
Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de la Patellière for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez”
Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg for “The Most Treasured of Cargoes”
Greatest Unique Music
Jon Brion for “Beating Hearts”
Jérôme Rebotier for “The Depend 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”
Greatest 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 Depend 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”
Greatest Cinematography
Laurent Tangy for “Beating Hearts”
Nicolas Bolduc for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Paul Guillaume for “Emilia Pérez”
Tristan Galand for “Souleymane’s Story”
Claire Mathon for “Miséricorde”
Greatest Modifying
Simon Jacquet for “Beating Hearts”
Célia Lafitedupont for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Juliette Welfling for “Emilia Pérez”
Guerric Catala for “The Marching Band”
WINNER Xavier Sirven for “Souleymane’s Story”
Greatest Costume Design
Isabelle Pannetier for “Beating Hearts”
WINNER: Thierry Delettre for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Virginie Montel for “Emilia Pérez”
Isabelle Mathieu for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Anaïs Romand for Sarah Bernhardt, “la divine”
Greatest Set Design
Jean-Philippe Moreaux for “Beating Hearts”
WINNER: Stéphane Taillasson for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
Emmanuelle Duplay for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Rozenbaum for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Olivier Radot for Sarah Bernhardt, “la divine”
Greatest Visible Results
Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur, Émilien Lazaron for “The Beast”
Olivier Cauwet for “The Depend of Monte Cristo”
WINNER: Cédric Fayolle for “Emilia Pérez”
Stéphane Dittoo for “Monsieur Aznavour”
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest 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
Greatest Brief 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 May Not Stay Silent” – Director: Nebojša Slijepčević, Producers: Noëlle Levenez
“Queen Measurement” – Director: Avril Besson, Producers: Bastien Daret, Arthur Goisset, Robin Robles, Christophe Audeguis
Greatest Animated Brief
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
Greatest Documentary Brief
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