🍾 2026 César winners receive their awards

The 51st César Awards have named their winners: Karin Tardieu’s drama L’attachement was crowned Best Film of the year, while Richard Linklater officially conquered France by taking home the Best Director prize.

Key winners:

⭐️ Best Film: L’attachement (The Attachment), dir. Karin Tardieu.
⭐️ Best Director: Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague).
⭐️ Best Actress: Léa Drucker (Case 137).
⭐️ Best Actor: Laurent Lafitte (The Richest Woman in the World).
⭐️ Best Supporting Actress: Vimala Pons (L’attachement).
⭐️ Best Supporting Actor: Pierre Lottin (The Stranger).
⭐️ Best International Film: One Battle After Another, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson.
⭐️ Best Animated Film: Arco, produced by Natalie Portman.
⭐️ Best Debut Film: Nino, dir. Pauline Loquès.

Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague also picked up an impressive slate of craft awards, including Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Costumes.