César Award for Best Documentary Film
| César Award for Best Documentary Film | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Amiguet and Vincent Munier |
| 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 | |
| 2023 | Returning to Reims (Fragments) | Retour à Reims (Fragments) | Jean-Gabriel Périot |
| Heart of Oak | Le Chêne | Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux | |
| Jane by Charlotte | Jane par Charlotte | Charlotte Gainsbourg | |
| Rookies | Allons Enfants | Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai | |
| The Super 8 Years | Les Années Super 8 | David Ernaux-Briot | |
| 2024 | Four Daughters | بنات ألفة | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| Atlantic Bar | Fanny Molins | ||
| Little Girl Blue | Mona Achache | ||
| Our Body | Notre Corps | Claire Simon | |
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | |
| 2025 | The Belle from Gaza | La Belle de Gaza | Yolande Zauberman |
| The Bertrand's Farm | La Ferme des Bertrand | Gilles Perret | |
| Bye Bye Tiberias | باي باي طبريا | Lina Soualem | |
| Dahomey | Mati Diop | ||
| Ernest Cole: Lost and Found | Raoul Peck | ||
| Madame Hofmann | Sébastien Lifshitz | ||
See also
[edit]- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
- BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
- Lumière 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.