1st César Awards

The 1st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1975 and took place on 3 April 1976 at the Palais des congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Jean Gabin and hosted by Pierre Tchernia. Le Vieux Fusil won the award for Best Film.

1st César Awards
Date	3 April 1976
Site	Palais des congrès, Paris, France
Hosted by	Pierre Tchernia
Highlights
Best Film	Le Vieux Fusil
Best Actor	Philippe Noiret
Best Actress	Romy Schneider
Television coverage
Network	Antenne 2

Winners and nominees

The winners are denoted in bold.

Best Film Le Vieux Fusil Cousin, cousine Let Joy Reign Supreme Sept morts sur ordonnance	Best Director Bertrand Tavernier – Let Joy Reign Supreme François Truffaut – The Story of Adele H. Jean-Paul Rappeneau – Lovers Like Us Robert Enrico – Le Vieux Fusil
Best Actor Philippe Noiret – Le Vieux Fusil Victor Lanoux – Cousin, cousine Jean-Pierre Marielle – Cookies Gérard Depardieu – Sept morts sur ordonnance	Best Actress Romy Schneider – That Most Important Thing: Love Isabelle Adjani – The Story of Adele H. Delphine Seyrig – India Song Catherine Deneuve – Lovers Like Us
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jean Rochefort – Let Joy Reign Supreme Patrick Dewaere – The French Detective Victor Lanoux – The French Detective Jean Bouise – Le Vieux fusil	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Marie-France Pisier – Cousin, cousine and French Provincial Isabelle Huppert – Aloise Andréa Ferréol – Cookies Christine Pascal – Let Joy Reign Supreme
Best Writing Let Joy Reign Supreme – Bertrand Tavernier and Jean Aurenche Cousin, cousine – Jean Charles Tacchella Sept morts sur ordonnance – Jacques Rouffio and Georges Conchon Le Vieux fusil – Robert Enrico and Pascal Jardin	Best Music François de Roubaix – Le Vieux Fusil Carlos d'Alessio – India Song Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Antoine Duhamel – Let Joy Reign Supreme Olivier Toussaint and Paul de Senneville – Un linceul n'a pas de poches
Best Cinematography Sven Nykvist – Black Moon Pierre Lhomme – Lovers Like Us and La Chair de l'orchidée Étienne Becker – Le Vieux fusil	Best Production Design Pierre Guffroy – Let Joy Reign Supreme Richard Peduzzi – La Chair de l'orchidée Jean-Pierre Kohut-Svelko – The Story of Adele H. and That Most Important Thing: Love
Best Editing Geneviève Winding – Sept morts sur ordonnance Jean Ravel – The French Detective Christiane Lack – That Most Important Thing: Love Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte – Lovers Like Us Eva Zora – Le Vieux fusil	Best Sound Nara Kollery – Black Moon Harrik Maury and Harald Maury – Hu-man Michel Vionnet – India Song Bernard Aubouy – Le Vieux fusil
Best Foreign Film Parfum de femme (Profumo di donna) Aguirre, the Wrath of God Nashville The Magic Flute
Honorary César Ingrid Bergman Diana Ross

See also

• 48th Academy Awards
• 29th British Academy Film Awards

External links

• Official website
• 1st César Awards at IMDb
• 1st César Awards at AlloCiné