{"id":311936,"date":"2026-02-26T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/311936\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T22:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T22:03:12","slug":"cesars-2026-updating-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/311936\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00e9sars 2026 Updating Live"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 51st edition of France<\/a>\u2018s top C\u00e9sars awards is getting underway in the storied L\u2019Olympia concert hall in central Paris this evening and Deadline is following the event live.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn early prizes, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s One Battle After Another won Best International Film, beating The Secret Agent, Black Dog, Sir\u0101t and Sentimental Value.<\/p>\n

\n\tRichard Linklater\u2019s ode to the French New Wave Nouvelle Vague went into the evening as the frontrunner, with nominations in 10 categories including best director, film, original screenplay and cinematography.<\/p>\n

\n\tOther frontrunners include Carine Tardieu\u2019s family drama The Ties That Bind Us, Dominik Moll\u2019s Case 137 and St\u00e9phane Demoustier\u2019s The Great Arch with eight nominations each. There is also buzz around Hafsia Herzi\u2019s The Little Sister and Thierry Khifla\u2019s The Richest Woman In The World, with seven and six nominations each.<\/p>\n

\n\tLead presenter Benjamin Lavernhe, known internationally for his roles in The Marching Band and Jean du Barry, kicked off evening with a high energy The Mask-themed musical number in honor of Jim Carrey<\/a>, who receives the honorary Cesar<\/a> this evening.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBenjamin Lavernhe performs during the 51st Cesar Film Awards at L\u2019Olympia <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty Images<\/p>\n

\n\tCarrey follows in the footsteps of recent honorees Julia Roberts (2025), Christopher Nolan (2024), David Fincher (2023) Cate Blanchett (2022), Robert Redford (2019) and George Clooney (2017).<\/p>\n

\n\tCall My Agent! star Camille Cottin, in her role of ceremony president, opened the awards with a satirical speech on her plan to make cinema \u201cgreat again\u201d, finishing on a note celebrating French cinema as \u201cnational treasure\u201d and the wider power of cinema.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCulture is often the first to be attacked, because it is a weapon against authoritarianism. We want to dedicate this ceremony to all peoples who fight for their freedoms at the risk of their lives,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tKeep checking in for updates:<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Original Screenplay
Franck Dubosc, Sarah Kaminsky, How To Make A Killing<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Screenplay Adaptation
Carine Tardieu, Rapha\u00eble Moussafir, Agn\u00e8s Feuvre for The Ties That Bind<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Supporting Actor
Pierre Lottin, The Stranger<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Female Acting Hope
Nadia Melliti, The Little Sister<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Male Acting Hope
Th\u00e9odore Pellerin, Nino<\/p>\n

\n\tBest First Film
Nino, directed by Pauline Loqu\u00e9s<\/p>\n

\n\tBest International Film
One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson<\/p>\n

\n\tBest documentary
Whispers in the Woods, directed by Vincent Munier<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Animated Feature
Arco by Ugo Bienvenu<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Cinematography
David Chambille for Nouvelle Vague<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Sound
Romain Cadilhac, Marc Namblard, Olivier Touche, Olivier Goinard for Whispers in the Wood<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Production Design
Catherine Cosme for The Great Arch<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Special Effects
Lise Fischer for The Great Arch<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Live Action Short Film
Mort d\u2019un Acteur directed by Ambroise Rateau<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Animated Short Film
Fille de l\u2019eau by Sandra Desmazi\u00e8res<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Short Documentary
Au bain des dames by Margaux Fournier<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 51st edition of France\u2018s top C\u00e9sars awards is getting underway in the storied L\u2019Olympia concert hall in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156271,156272,146,2226,85,46,68050],"class_list":["post-311936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-cesar","tag-cesar-academy","tag-entertainment","tag-france","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jim-carrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}