Overview
- François Ozon’s The Stranger claimed Best Film, with Benjamin Voisin winning Best Actor and Manuel Dacosse taking Best Cinematography.
- Richard Linklater earned Best Director for Nouvelle Vague, and Guillaume Marbeck was named Male Revelation for his portrayal of Jean-Luc Godard.
- Léa Drucker won Best Actress for Dominik Moll’s Case 137.
- Other honors went to Stéphane Demoustier for The Great Arch (screenplay), Pauline Loquès’s Nino (first film), Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco (animation), Sepideh Farsi’s Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk (documentary), and Whispers in the Woods (original music).
- Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent won Best International Coproduction, and the ceremony—voted by journalists from 36 countries—took place at Paris’s Institut du Monde Arabe ahead of next month’s César Awards.