21st César Awards

The 21st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1995 and took place on 3 February 1996 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Philippe Noiret and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. La Haine won the award for Best Film.

21st César Awards
Date	3 February 1996
Site	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Hosted by	Antoine de Caunes
Highlights
Best Film	La Haine
Best Actor	Michel Serrault
Best Actress	Isabelle Huppert
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

Winners and nominees

Isabelle Huppert, Best Actress winner

Michel Serrault, Best Actor winner

Annie Girardot, Best Supporting Actress winner

Eddy Mitchell, Best Supporting Actor winner

Sandrine Kiberlain, Most Promising Actress winner

Guillaume Depardieu, Most Promising Actor winner

Best Film La Haine Happiness Is in the Field La Cérémonie French Twist The Horseman on the Roof Nelly and Mr. Arnaud	Best Director Claude Sautet – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Étienne Chatiliez – Happiness Is in the Field Claude Chabrol – La Cérémonie Josiane Balasko – French Twist Mathieu Kassovitz – La Haine Jean-Paul Rappeneau – The Horseman on the Roof
Best Actor Michel Serrault – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud François Cluzet – The Apprentices Jean-Louis Trintignant – Fiesta Alain Chabat – French Twist Vincent Cassel – La Haine	Best Actress Isabelle Huppert – La Cérémonie Sabine Azéma – Happiness Is in the Field Sandrine Bonnaire – La Cérémonie Juliette Binoche – The Horseman on the Roof Emmanuelle Béart – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Best Supporting Actor Eddy Mitchell – Happiness Is in the Field Jean-Pierre Cassel – La Cérémonie Ticky Holgado – French Twist Jean-Hugues Anglade – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Michael Lonsdale – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud	Best Supporting Actress Annie Girardot – Les Misérables Carmen Maura – Happiness Is in the Field Jacqueline Bisset – La Cérémonie Claire Nadeau – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud Clotilde Courau – Élisa
Most Promising Actor Guillaume Depardieu – The Apprentices Olivier Sitruk – The Bait Vincent Cassel – La Haine Hubert Koundé – La Haine Saïd Taghmaoui – La Haine	Most Promising Actress Sandrine Kiberlain – En avoir (ou pas) Marie Gillain – The Bait Virginie Ledoyen – A Single Girl Isabelle Carré – The Horseman on the Roof Clotilde Courau – Élisa
Best Writing French Twist – Telsche Boorman and Josiane Balasko Happiness Is in the Field – Florence Quentin La Cérémonie – Caroline Eliacheff and Claude Chabrol La Haine – Mathieu Kassovitz Nelly and Mr. Arnaud – Jacques Fieschi and Claude Sautet	Best First Feature Film The Three Brothers En avoir (ou pas) Pigalle Rosine Inner City
Best Cinematography Thierry Arbogast – The Horseman on the Roof Darius Khondji – The City of Lost Children Pierre Aïm – La Haine	Best Editing Mathieu Kassovitz and Scott Stevenson – La Haine Noëlle Boisson – The Horseman on the Roof Jacqueline Thiédot – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Best Sound Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier and Dominique Hennequin – The Horseman on the Roof Dominique Dalmasso and Vincent Tulli – La Haine Pierre Lenoir and Jean-Paul Loublier – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud	Best Original Music Zbigniew Preisner, Serge Gainsbourg and Michel Colombier – Élisa Angelo Badalamenti – The City of Lost Children Jean-Claude Petit – The Horseman on the Roof Philippe Sarde – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Best Costume Design Christian Gasc – Madame Butterfly Jean-Paul Gaultier – The City of Lost Children Franca Squarciapino – The Horseman on the Roof	Best Production Design Jean Rabasse – The City of Lost Children Jacques Rouxel, Ezio Frigerio and Christian Marti – The Horseman on the Roof Michèle Abbé-Vannier – Madame Butterfly
Best Short Film The Monk and the Fish Le Bus Roland Corps inflammables	Best Foreign Film Land and Freedom The Bridges of Madison County Smoke Underground The Usual Suspects
Best Producer Christophe Rossignon Claude Berri René Cleitman Charles Gassot Alain Terzian
Honorary César Lauren Bacall Henri Verneuil

See also

• 68th Academy Awards
• 49th British Academy Film Awards
• 8th European Film Awards
• 1st Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 21st César Awards at IMDb
• 21st César Awards at AlloCiné