Today, l’Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (the French film academy) revealed the 11 nominations across 24 categories for the 2025 César awards. The total includes three nominees each for animated feature and animated short, and four for visual effects.
Notably, Michel Hazanavicius’ animated feature film about a found family formed amid the Holocaust, The Most Precious of Cargoes, has been nominated in three categories: Animated Feature, Adaptation (Hazanavicius and author Jean-Claude Grumberg) and Original Music (Alexandre Desplat).
The Count of Monte-Cristo was the most-nominated film with 14 nods, followed by L’Amour Ouf (13) and Oscars frontrunner Emilia Pérez (12).
The Academy reports that participation by members in this round of voting was 71.4% (3,535 votes). All 4,951 members are invited to submit final voting from February 5-28. The 50th César awards ceremony will be held Friday, February 28 at the Olympia in Paris, broadcast on Canal+.
This year’s Honorary Césars will be awarded to actress Julia Roberts and director Costa-Gavras.
Best Animated Short Film
- Yuck! | directed by Loïc Espuche, produced by Juliette Marquet and Manon Messiant
- GiGi | directed by Cynthia Calvi, produced by Luc Camilli
- Papillon (Butterfly) | directed by Florence Miailhe, produced by Ron Dyens & Luc Camilli
Best Animated Feature
- Flow | directed by Gints Zilbalodis, French co-producer: Ron Dyens
- The Most Precious of Cargoes | directed by Michel Hazanavicius, produced by Patrick Sobelman, Florence Gastaud & Michel Hazanavicius
- Savages | directed by Claude Barras, French co-producers: Laurence Petit, Barbara Letellier, Caole Scotia
Best Visual Effects
- The Beast | Cédric Fayolle, Hugues Namur, Émilien Lazaron
- The Count of Monte-Cristo | Olivier Cauwet
- Emilia Pérez | Cédric Fayolle
- Monsieur Aznavour | Stéphane Ditoo
See the full list of nominees at academie-cniema.org.
