ALAIN TERZIAN UNVEILS THE NOMINATION OF 42nd CESAR CEREMONY

USPA NEWS - The first round of voting for the 2017 César was closed on 24 January 2017 at midnight."Elle" by Paul Verhoeven and "Frantz" by François Ozon are the most famous films for the Cesars 2017.Isabelle Huppert and Marion Cotillard are nominated.

ALAIN TERZIAN PRESIDENT OF CESARS ACADEMY UNVEILS THE NOMINATIONS FOR 2017----------------------- Alain Terzian, President of the Academy, unveils the results of the list of the nominees to the Cesar´s edition of 2017 at the Press Conference given on Wednesday, January 25th 2017 at the Le Fouquet's restaurant,alongside Jérôme Commandeur the Master of Ceremonies. The results were dumped during the night by Voxaly, under the supervision of a bailiff. To start with, Alain Terzian, congratulates Isabelle Huppert for her nomination to the Oscars, best actress category. The French actress Isabelle Huppert, was rewarded last week in Los Angeles by the Golden Globe of the best actress for her role as a woman raped in “Elle“ by Paul Verhoeven. She, then, was the invited Monday evening by the French Minister of Culture, Audrey Azoulay, on the occasion of the handing Of the "French Cinema Award" created by UniFrance in charge of promoting French cinema abroad. "Everywhere in the world, French cinema is loved for its audacity, the sense of subversion and transgression," assured the actress in her thanks. "Whatever happens in the coming months, I hope that this culture will be carried to the highest level. It is a powerful and essential political lever," added Huppert.

THE CESAR RACE IS NOW OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED UNVEILING 11 NOMINATIONS------------------------------------ The Cesar race is officially launched, and without surprises, Paul Verhoeven's Elle is one of the favorites of the competition with 11 nominations, including Best Actress for Isabelle Huppert, who is also in the running for the Oscar 2017. The film “Frantz“ of François Ozon is not outdone, with Pierre Niney and Paula Beer who are both in the race for their respective roles. “Divines“, is the first film of Houda Benyamina and comes out as the real surprise of the competition with 7 nominations. Rarely did a ceremony of the Cesar begin with so many scandals. A week after nominating director Roman Polanski as president of the ceremony, social networks and many feminists became inflamed. The director, accused of rape for 40 years, decided to abandon his post on 24 January. But the director of the Académie des César, Alain Terzian has not announced his replacement.

Roman Polanski who was first appointed to chair the ceremony of the Awards ceremony on February 24th, he then decided not to accept the offer. “Roman Polanski is one of the greatest artists on the planet who has decided not to follow up, the rest belongs to everyone." Yesterday was a complicated day, I respect everyone 's comments, Associated with no controversy, "explained Alain Terzian. However, the director's replacement was not announced. NOMINEES LIST FOR TEH CESARS AWARDS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1-Houda Benyamina (Divines), 2-Paul Verhoeven (Elle), 3-Anne Fontaine (The Innocents) 4-Xavier Dolan (Just the End of the World) 5- Bruno Dumont (Ma Loute), 6-Nicole Garcia (Stone sickness) 7-François Ozon (Frantz). Divines, Elle, Frantz, Ma Loute, Stone sickness, The Innocents and Victoria are in the nominees for the Cesar of the Best film. “Cigarette and Hot Chocolate“, “Black Diamond“, “Divine and Rosalie Blum“ are running for the Best First Cesar. Virginie Efira (Victoria), Soko (The Dancer), Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Sidse Babett Knudsen (The Girl of Brest), Marina Foïs (Irreproachable), Judith Chemla (Life) and Marion Cotillard (Stone sickness) are nominated for the Cesar of the Best Actress BEST ANIMATED FEATURE “The Handless Girl“, “My Zucchini Life“ and “The Red Turtle“ are competing for the Cesar for the Best Animated Feature Film. ANIMATED SHORT FILMS For the animated film in short, it will be played between “Cold Cafe“, “The one that has two souls“, “Animated Journal“ and “Peripheria“. BEST SHORT FILMS The Best Short Film category, this will be played between “After Suzanne“, “To the sound of belt“, “Royal Hunt“ , “Mummy“ and “ Towards Tenderness“ . NOMINEES FOR BEST ACTOR Gaspard Ulliel (The Dancer), Omar Sy (Chocolat), François Cluzet (Country Doctor), Pierre Niney (Frantz), Nicolas Duvauchelle (I'm not a bastard), Pierre Deladonchamps (The son of Jean) are competing for the Cesar of the Best actor. BEST FOREIGN FILM For the Best Foreign Film: “Aquarius“, “Baccalaureate“, “Just the End of the World“, “Manchester by the Sea“, Toni Erdmann, “Me, Daniel Blake“ and “The Unknown Girl“ are nominated. BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE : Vincent Lacoste (Victoria), Laurent Laffite (Elle), Vincent Cassel (Just the End of the World), Gaspard Ulliel (The Dancer), Melvil Poupaud The son of John) are nominated for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category. BEST COSTUME: Anaïs Romand for “The Dancer“, Pascaline Chavanne for “Frantz“, Catherine Leterrier for “Stone Mischief“, Alexandra Charles for “Ma Loute“ and Madeleine Fontaine for “One life“ are the nominees for the Cesar for Best Costume. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS The Best Supporting Actress nominees are: Nathalie Baye, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Ma Loute), Mélanie Thierry (The Dancer), Deborah Lukumuena (Divine), Judith Chemla (One Life) and Anne Consigny (Elle). BEST FEMALE HOPE In the Best Female Hope category, Paula Beer for Frantz, Lily-Rose Depp for “The Dancer“, Noémie Merlant for “Heaven Will Wait“, Oulaya Amamra for “Divine“ and Raph for “Ma Loute“ are selected BEST MALE HOPE For the men's hopes, Damien Bonnard for “Stay Vertical“, Corentin Fila for “When we were 17“, Kacey Mottet Klein for “When we were 17 years old“, Niels Schneider for “Black Diamond“ and Jonas Bloquet for “Elle“ were selected.