The 20th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1994 and took place on 25 February 1995 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Alain Delon and hosted by Jean-Claude Brialy and Pierre Tchernia. Wild Reeds won the award for Best Film.
Winners and nominees
The winners are highlighted in bold:
- Best Film:
Wild Reeds, directed by André Téchiné
Le Fils préféré, directed by Nicole Garcia
Léon, directed by Luc Besson
La Reine Margot, directed by Patrice Chéreau
Trois Couleurs: Rouge, directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - Best Foreign Film:
Four Weddings and a Funeral, directed by Mike Newell
Caro diario, directed by Nanni Moretti
Pulp Fiction, directed by Quentin Tarantino
Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg
Short Cuts, directed by Robert Altman - Best Debut:
Regarde les hommes tomber, directed by Jacques Audiard
Le Colonel Chabert, directed by Yves Angelo
Mina Tannenbaum, directed by Martine Dugowson
Personne ne m'aime, directed by Marion Vernoux
Petits arrangements avec les morts, directed by Pascale Ferran - Best Actor:
Gérard Lanvin, for Le Fils préféré
Gérard Depardieu, for Le Colonel Chabert
Jean Reno, for Léon
Daniel Auteuil, for La Séparation
Jean-Louis Trintignant, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge - Best Actress:
Isabelle Adjani, for La Reine Margot
Sandrine Bonnaire, for Jeanne la Pucelle II - Les prisons
Anémone, for Pas très catholique
Isabelle Huppert, for La Séparation
Irène Jacob, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge - Best Supporting Actor:
Jean-Hugues Anglade, for La Reine Margot
Fabrice Luchini, for Le Colonel Chabert
Claude Rich, for La Fille de d'Artagnan
Bernard Giraudeau, for Le Fils préféré
Daniel Russo, for Neuf mois - Best Supporting Actress:
Virna Lisi, for La Reine Margot
Line Renaud, for J'ai pas sommeil
Catherine Jacob, for Neuf mois
Dominique Blanc, for La Reine Margot
Michèle Moretti, for Les Roseaux sauvages - Most Promising Actor:
Mathieu Kassovitz, for Regarde les hommes tomber
Charles Berling, for Petits arrangements avec les morts
Frédéric Gorny, for Les Roseaux sauvages
Gaël Morel, for Les Roseaux sauvages
Stéphane Rideau, for Les Roseaux sauvages - Most Promising Actress:
Élodie Bouchez, for Les Roseaux sauvages
Marie Bunel, for Couples et amants
Virginie Ledoyen, for L'Eau froide
Elsa Zylberstein, for Mina Tannenbaum
Sandrine Kiberlain, for Les Patriotes - Best Director:
André Téchiné, for Les Roseaux sauvages
Nicole Garcia, for Le Fils préféré
Luc Besson, for Léon
Patrice Chéreau, for La Reine Margot
Krzysztof Kieślowski, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge - Best Writing:
André Téchiné, Gilles Taurand, Olivier Massart, for Les Roseaux sauvages
Michel Blanc, for Grosse fatigue
Jacques Audiard, Alain Le Henry, for Regarde les hommes tomber
Patrice Chéreau, Danièle Thompson, for La Reine Margot
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge - Best Cinematography:
Philippe Rousselot, for La Reine Margot
Bernard Lutic, for Le Colonel Chabert
Thierry Arbogast, for Léon - Best Costume Design:
Moidele Bickel, for La Reine Margot
Franca Squarciapino, for Le Colonel Chabert
Anne de Laugardière, Olga Berluti, for Farinelli - Best Sound:
Jean-Paul Mugel, Dominique Hennequin, for Farinelli
François Groult, Pierre Excoffier, Gérard Lamps, Bruno Tarrière, for Léon
William Flageollet, Jean-Claude Laureux, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge - Best Editing:
Juliette Welfling, for Regarde les hommes tomber
Sylvie Landra, for Léon
François Gédigier, Hélène Viard, for La Reine Margot - Best Music:
Zbigniew Preisner, for Trois Couleurs: Rouge
Philippe Sarde, for La Fille de d'Artagnan
Éric Serra, for Léon
Goran Bregović, for La Reine Margot - Best Production Design:
Gianni Quaranta, for Farinelli
Bernard Vézat, for Le Colonel Chabert
Richard Peduzzi, Olivier Radot, for La Reine Margot - Best Animated Short:
Elles, directed by Joanna Quinn
Ex-memoriam, directed by Beriou - Best Short Film:
La Vis, directed by Didier Flamand
Deus ex Machnia, directed by Vincent Mayrand
Emilie Muller, directed by Yvon Marciano - Best Documentary Film:
Caught in the Acts (Délits flagrants), directed by Raymond Depardon
Bosna!, directed by Bernard-Henri Lévy
Montand, directed by Jean Labib
Tsahal, directed by Claude Lanzmann
The Righteous (Tzedek - les justes), directed by Marek Hafter
Veillées d'armes, directed by Marcel Ophüls
La Véritable histoire d'Artaud le momo, directed by Gérard Mordillat, Jérôme Prieur - Honorary César:
Jeanne Moreau
Gregory Peck
Steven Spielberg - César des Césars:
Cyrano de Bergerac, directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau