Kristen and 'Clouds of Sils Maria' nominated for Cesar Awards

France's Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences announced the nominations for this year's Cesar Awards - the country's equivalent to the Oscars - in a morning ceremony at the famed Fouqet's restaurant on the Champs Elysees.

Best Film
Love at First Fight
Eastern Boys
The Belier Family
Hippocrates
Saint Laurent
Sils Maria
Timbuktu

Best Director
Celine Sciamma for Girlhood
Thomas Cailley for Love at First Fight
Robin Campillo for Eastern Boys
Thomas Lilti for Hippocrates
Bertrand Bonello for Saint Laurent
Olivier Assayas for Sils Maria
Abderrahmane Sissako for Timbuktu

Best Actress
Juliette Binoche for Sils Maria
Marion Cotillard for Two Days, One Night
Catherine Deneuve for Dans la Cour
Emilie Dequenne for Not My Type
Adele Haenel for Love at First Fight
Sandrine Kiberlain for Elle l’Adore
Karin Viard for The Belier Family

Best Supporting Actress

Marianne Denicourt for Hippocrates

Claude Gensac for Lulu in the Nude

Izia Higelin for Samba

Charlotte Le Bon for Yves Saint Laurent

Kristen Stewart for Sils Maria

Best Original Screenplay

Thomas Cailley, Claude le Pape for Love at First Fight

Victoria Bedos, Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Eric Lartigau and Thomas Bidegain for The Belier Family

Thomas Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Julien Lilti and Pierre Chosson for Hippocrates

Oliver Assayas for Sils Maria

Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall for Timbuktu

Best Cinemaphotography

Christophe Beaucarne for The Beauty and the Beast

Josee Deshaies for Saint Laurent

Yorick le Saux for Sils Maria

Sofian el Fani for Timbuktu

Thomas Hardmeier for Yves Saint Laurent

The 40th annual awards will be held on Feb. 20 - just two days ahead of the Oscars - at Paris' Chatelet Theatre.

The ceremony will screen on French TV from 8.50pm CET on Canal+. Livestream: Canal +

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