César Award for Best Documentary Film
César Award for Best Documentary Film | |
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Country | France |
Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
First awarded | 1995 |
Currently held by | Four Daughters (2024) |
Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best Documentary Film (French: César du meilleur film documentaire) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1995.
History
[edit]In 1995, director Marcel Ophüls protested that his film, the documentary Vigils of Arms: A History of Wartime Journalism on the Bosnian War, was eligible only in the usual categories as a work of fiction. The César Academy exceptionally created the César for documentaries and documentary films, which did not satisfy Ophüls,[1] on the temporary nature of the award, he resigned from the Academy.[2]
The César for best documentary has been permanent since 2007.
Following a modification of the César rules on November 8, 2016, it is no longer possible for a film to combine the César for best documentary film with that for best film.[3]
Winners and nominees
[edit]1990s
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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1995 (20th) |
Caught in the Acts | Délits flagrants | Raymond Depardon |
Bosna! | Alain Ferrari and Bernard-Henri Levy | ||
Montand | Jean Labib | ||
Tsahal | Claude Lanzmann | ||
The Righteous | Tzedek | Marek Halter | |
Veillées d'armes | Marcel Ophuls | ||
La Véritable Histoire d'Artaud le Mômo | Gérard Mordillat and Jérôme Prieur |
2000s
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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2007 (32nd) |
Being Jacques Chirac | Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac | Michel Royer and Karl Zero |
La Fille du juge | William Karel | ||
Ici Najac, à vous la terre | Jean-Henri Meunier | ||
Down There | Là-bas | Chantal Akerman | |
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Zidane, un portrait du XXIème siècle | Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno | |
2008 (33rd) |
Terror's Advocate | L'Avocat de la terreur | Barbet Schroeder |
Animals in Love | Les Animaux amoureux | Laurent Charbonnier | |
Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir | Christian Rouaud | ||
Le Premier Cri | Gilles de Maistre | ||
Back to Normandy | Retour en Normandie | Nicolas Philibert | |
2009 (34th) |
The Beaches of Agnès | Les Plages d'Agnès | Agnès Varda |
Her Name Is Sabine | Elle s'appelle Sabine | Sandrine Bonnaire | |
Hollywood, I'm Sleeping Over Tonight | J'irai dormir à Hollywood | Antoine de Maximy | |
Tabarly | Pierre Marcel | ||
Modern Life | La Vie moderne | Raymond Depardon |
2010s
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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2010 (35th) |
Inferno | L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot | Serge Bromberg and Ruxandra Medrea |
La Danse | La Danse, le ballet de l'Opéra de Paris | Frederick Wiseman | |
Himalaya, le chemin du ciel | Marianne Chaud | ||
Home | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | ||
Ne me libérez pas je m'en charge | Fabienne Godet | ||
2011 (36th) |
Oceans | Océans | Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud |
Benda Bilili! | Florent de la Tullaye and Renaud Barret | ||
Cleveland vs. Wall Street | Cleveland contre Wall Street | Jean-Stéphane Bron | |
Into Our Own Hands | Entre nos mains | Mariana Otero | |
L'Amour fou | Yves Saint Laurent - Pierre Bergé, l'amour fou | Pierre Thoretton | |
2012 (37th) |
Tous au Larzac | Christian Rouaud | |
Le Bal des menteurs | Daniel Leconte | ||
Crazy Horse | Frederick Wiseman | ||
Here We Drown Algerians | Ici on noie les Algériens | Yasmina Adi | |
Michel Petrucciani | Michael Radford | ||
2013 (38th) |
The Invisibles | Les Invisibles | Sébastien Lifshitz |
Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches | Emmanuel Gras | ||
Duch, Master of the Forges of Hell | Duch, le maître des forges de l'Enfer | Rithy Panh | |
Journal de France | Claudine Nougaret and Raymond Depardon | ||
The New Watchdogs | Les Nouveaux Chiens de garde | Gilles Balbastre and Yannick Kergoat | |
2014 (39th) |
Sur le chemin de l'école | Pascal Plisson | |
Comment j'ai détesté les maths | Olivier Peyon | ||
The Last of the Unjust | Le Dernier des injustes | Claude Lanzmann | |
Il était une forêt | Luc Jacquet | ||
La Maison de la radio | Nicolas Philibert | ||
2015 (40th) |
The Salt of the Earth | Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado | |
Cartoonists - Foot Soldiers of Democracy | Caricaturistes - Fantassins de la démocratie | Stéphanie Valloatto | |
Les Chèvres de ma mère | Sophie Audier | ||
School of Babel | La Cour de Babel | Julie Bertuccelli | |
National Gallery | Frederick Wiseman | ||
2016 (41st) | |||
Tomorrow | Demain | Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent | |
The Pearl Button | El botón de nácar | Patricio Guzmán | |
Cavanna, jusqu'à l'ultime seconde, j'écrirai | Denis Robert and Nina Robert | ||
The Missing Picture | L'Image manquante | Rithy Panh | |
Une jeunesse allemande | Jean-Gabriel Périot | ||
2017 (42nd) | |||
Merci patron! | François Ruffin | ||
Latest News From the Cosmos | Dernières nouvelles du Cosmos | Julie Bertucelli | |
Fire at Sea | Fuocoammare | Gianfranco Rosi | |
Swagger | Olivier Babinet | ||
Journey Through French Cinema | Voyage à travers le cinéma français | Bertrand Tavernier | |
2018 (43rd) | |||
I Am Not Your Negro | Raoul Peck | ||
A viva voz. La fuerza de la palabra | Stéphane de Freitas | ||
Plot 35 | Carré 35 | Éric Caravaca | |
12 jours | 12 jours | Raymond Depardon | |
Faces Places | Visages villages | Agnès Varda, JR | |
2019 (44th) | |||
So Help Me God | Ni juge, ni soumise | Jean Libon, Yves Hinant | |
De chaque instant | Nicolas Philibert | ||
The State Against Mandela and the Others | Nicolas Champeaux, Gilles Porte | ||
America | Claus Drexel | ||
The Grand Ball | Le grand bal | Laetitia Carton |
2020s
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
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2020 (45th) |
M | Yolande Zauberman | |
68, Mon Père | Samuel Bigiaoui | ||
La Cordillère des Songes | Patricio Guzmán | ||
Lourdes | Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai | ||
Wonder boy Olivier Rousteing, né sous X | Anissa Bonnefont | ||
2021 (46th) [4] |
Adolescents | Adolescentes | Sébastien Lifshitz |
La Cravate | Etienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry | ||
Cyrille Agriculteur, 30 Ans, 20 Vaches, Du Lait, Du Beurre, Des Dettes | Rodolphe Marconi | ||
Histoire D’Un Regard | Mariana Otero | ||
Un Pays Qui Se Tient Sage | David Du Fresne | ||
2022 (47th) | |||
The Velvet Queen | La panthère des neiges | Marie AmiguetVincent Munier | and|
Animal | Cyril Dion | ||
Bigger Than Us | Flore Vasseur | ||
Gallant Indies | Indes galantes | Philippe Béziat | |
Those Who Care | Debout les femmes! | Gilles Perre and François Ruffin |
See also
[edit]- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
- BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
- Lumières Award for Best Documentary
References
[edit]- ^ "CÉSARS : une récompense spécifique pour les " films-documents " a été créée, mercredi 11 janvier, par l'Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1995-01-13. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ "CINÉMA : Marcel Ophuls démissionne de l'Académie des Césars". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1995-01-21. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ^ Mariscal, Olga; Lucchini, Sandra; Pellat-Finet, Noémie (2015-09-17), "À la bibliothèque, lire-chanter avec les auxiliaires parentales", Lire en chantant des albums de comptines, Érès, pp. 121–132, retrieved 2022-08-15
- ^ "'Bye Bye Morons' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". Hollywood Reporter. 12 March 2021.
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