César Awards 2022 Complete Winners List: Lost Illusions, Annette & Cate Blanchett Take Home Big Honours

The French 2022 Cesar Awards took place Friday (February 26, 2022). The 47th Cesar Awards ceremony held at the Olympia Music Hall in Paris was hosted by French director and screenwriter Daniele Thompson.

Some of the biggest winners of the night included Xavier Giannoli's sprawling period piece Lost Illusions, which took home the Best Film trophy. Lost Illusions was the front-runner this year with 15 nominations. It picked up 7 awards, including the best male newcomer nod for star Benjamin Voisin, best-adapted screenplay, a best-supporting actor award for Vincent Lacoste, best cinematography for Christophe Beaucarne, best costume design for Pierre-Jean Laroque, as well as best set design for Riton Dupire-Clement.

Meanwhile, the Cesar for best first film went to Vincent Mael Cardona's debut Magnetic Beats. Anamaria Vartolomei took home the trophy for best female newcomer in Happening, followed by Cate Blanchett receiving this year's honorary Cesar Award for lifetime achievement. She accepted the prize from French acting legend Isabelle Huppert.

Here is the complete winners list of 2022 Cesar Awards,

BEST FILM
Lost Illusions

BEST DIRECTOR
Leos Carax, Annette

BEST ACTRESS
Valérie Lemercier, Aline

BEST ACTOR
Benoit Magimel, De Son Vivant

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Le Sommet Des Dieux, dir: Patrick Imbert

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Folie Douce, Folie Dure, dir: Marine Laclotte

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Ron Male, Russell Mael - Annette

BEST SOUND
Erwan Kerzanet, Katia Boutin, Maxence Dussère, Paul Heymans, Thomas Gauder - Annette


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Xavier Giannoli, Jacques Fieschi - Lost Illusions

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Arthur Harari, Vincent Poymiro - Onoda, 10,000 Nuits Dans La Jungle

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Christophe Beaucarne, Lost Illusions

BEST EDITING
Nelly Quettier, Annette

BEST FOREIGN FILM
The Father, dir: Florian Zeller

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
La Panthère Des Neiges, dirs: Marie Amiguet, Vincent Munier

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Maalbeek, dir: Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Vincent Lacoste, Lost Illusions

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Aissatou Dialla Sagna, La Fracture

BEST DEBUT FEATURE
Les Magnétiques, dir: Vincent Maël Cardona

BEST SET DESIGN
Riton Dupire-Clémént, Lost Illusions

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Pierre-Jean Laroque, Lost Illusions

BEST SHORT FILM
Les Mauvais Garçons, dir: Elie Girard

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Guillaume Pondard, Annette

BEST MALE NEWCOMER
Benjamin Voisin, Lost Illusions

BEST FEMALE NEWCOMER
Anamaria Vartolomei, Happening