30th César Awards

The 30th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2004 in France and took place on 26 February 2005 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Adjani and hosted by Gad Elmaleh. Games of Love and Chance won the award for Best Film.

30th César Awards
Date	26 February 2005
Site	Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, France
Hosted by	Gad Elmaleh
Highlights
Best Film	Games of Love and Chance
Best Actor	Mathieu Amalric Kings and Queen
Best Actress	Yolande Moreau When the Sea Rises
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

Winners and nominees

Abdellatif Kechiche, Best Film, Best Director and Best Writing winner

Yolande Moreau, Best Actress winner

Mathieu Amalric, Best Actor winner

Marion Cotillard, Best Supporting Actress winner

Clovis Cornillac, Best Supporting Actor winner

Best Film Games of Love and Chance 36 Quai des Orfèvres The Chorus Kings and Queen A Very Long Engagement	Best Director Abdellatif Kechiche – Games of Love and Chance Olivier Marchal – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Christophe Barratier – The Chorus Arnaud Desplechin – Kings and Queen Jean-Pierre Jeunet – A Very Long Engagement
Best Actor Mathieu Amalric – Kings and Queen Daniel Auteuil – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Gérard Jugnot – The Chorus Benoît Poelvoorde – Podium Philippe Torreton – The Light	Best Actress Yolande Moreau – When the Sea Rises Maggie Cheung – Clean Emmanuelle Devos – Kings and Queen Audrey Tautou – A Very Long Engagement Karin Viard – The Role of Her Life
Best Supporting Actor Clovis Cornillac – The Story of My Life François Berléand – The Chorus André Dussollier – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Maurice Garrel – Kings and Queen Jean-Paul Rouve – Podium	Best Supporting Actress Marion Cotillard – A Very Long Engagement Ariane Ascaride – A Common Thread Mylène Demongeot – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Julie Depardieu – Podium Émilie Dequenne – The Light
Most Promising Actor Gaspard Ulliel – A Very Long Engagement Osman Elkharraz – Games of Love and Chance Damien Jouillerot – Bad Spelling Jérémie Renier – Work Hard, Play Hard Malik Zidi – Changing Times	Most Promising Actress Sara Forestier – Games of Love and Chance Marilou Berry – Look at Me Lola Naymark – A Common Thread Sabrina Ouazani – Games of Love and Chance Magali Woch – Kings and Queen
Best Writing Games of Love and Chance – Abdellatif Kechiche and Ghalya Lacroix 36 Quai des Orfèvres – Franck Mancuso, Olivier Marchal, Dominique Loiseau and Julien Rappeneau Look at Me – Agnès Jaoui and Jean-Pierre Bacri Kings and Queen – Arnaud Desplechin and Roger Bohbot A Very Long Engagement – Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant	Best Film from the European Union (Tie) Ae Fond Kiss... & Life Is a Miracle Bad Education Mondovino Saraband
Best First Feature Film When the Sea Rises A Common Thread The Chorus Podium Work Hard, Play Hard	Best Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel – A Very Long Engagement Éric Gautier – Clean Jean-Marie Dreujou – Two Brothers
Best Editing Noëlle Boisson – Two Brothers Hachdé – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Hervé Schneid – A Very Long Engagement	Best Sound Daniel Sobrino, Nicolas Cantin and Nicolas Naegelen – The Chorus François Maurel, Pierre Mertens, Sylvain Lasseur and Joël Rangon – 36 Quai des Orfèvres Vincent Arnardi, Gérard Hardy and Jean Umansky – A Very Long Engagement
Best Original Music Bruno Coulais – The Chorus Nicola Piovani – The Light Tony Gatlif and Delphine Mantoulet – Exils Angelo Badalamenti – A Very Long Engagement	Best Costume Design Madeline Fontaine – A Very Long Engagement Pierre-Jean Larroque – Arsène Lupin Catherine Bouchard – Podium
Best Production Design Aline Bonetto – A Very Long Engagement François Chauvaud – The Chorus Jean-Pierre Fouillet – Immortal	Best Short Film Cousines Hymne à la gazelle La Méthode Bourchnikov Les Parallèles
Best Foreign Film Lost in Translation 21 Grams The Motorcycle Diaries Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Fahrenheit 9/11
Honorary César Jacques Dutronc Will Smith

Viewers

The show was followed by 3.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 15.8% of the audience.

See also

• 77th Academy Awards
• 58th British Academy Film Awards
• 17th European Film Awards
• 10th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 30th César Awards at IMDb
• 30th César Awards at AlloCiné