The 18th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1992 and took place on 8 March 1993 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Marcello Mastroianni and hosted by Frédéric Mitterrand. Savage Nights won the award for Best Film.
| 18th César Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 March 1993 |
| Site | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France |
| Hosted by | Frédéric Mitterrand |
| Highlights | |
| Best Film | Savage Nights |
| Best Actor | Jacques Dutronc |
| Best Actress | Jeanne Moreau |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | France 2 |
Winners and nominees edit
The winners are highlighted in bold:
- Best Film:
Savage Nights, directed by Cyril Collard
La Crise, directed by Coline Serreau
Indochine, directed by Régis Wargnier
L.627, directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Le petit prince a dit, directed by Christine Pascal
Un coeur en hiver, directed by Claude Sautet - Best Foreign Film:
Tacones lejanos, directed by Pedro Almodóvar
L'Amant, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Howards End, directed by James Ivory
Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen
The Player, directed by Robert Altman - Best Debut:
Les Nuits fauves, directed by Cyril Collard
Nord, directed by Xavier Beauvois
Riens du tout, directed by Cédric Klapisch
La Sentinelle, directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Le Zèbre, directed by Jean Poiret - Best Actor:
Claude Rich, for Le Souper
Vincent Lindon, for La Crise
Richard Berry, for Le petit prince a dit
Claude Brasseur, for Le Souper
Daniel Auteuil, for Un coeur en hiver - Best Actress:
Catherine Deneuve, for Indochine
Juliette Binoche, for Damage
Anémone, for Le petit prince a dit
Emmanuelle Béart, for Un coeur en hiver
Caroline Cellier, for Le Zèbre - Best Supporting Actor:
André Dussollier, for Un coeur en hiver
Patrick Timsit, for La Crise
Jean Yanne, for Indochine
Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Max & Jeremie
Fabrice Luchini, for Le Retour de Casanova - Best Supporting Actress:
Dominique Blanc, for Indochine
Zabou Breitman, for La Crise
Michèle Laroque, for La Crise
Maria Pacôme, for La Crise
Brigitte Catillon, for Un coeur en hiver - Most Promising Actor:
Emmanuel Salinger, for La Sentinelle
Julien Rassam, for L'Accompagnatrice
Olivier Martinez, for IP5: L'île aux pachydermes
Xavier Beauvois, for Nord
Grégoire Colin, for Olivier, Olivier - Most Promising Actress:
Romane Bohringer, for Les Nuits fauves
Isabelle Carré, for Beau fixe
Elsa Zylberstein, for Beau fixe
Linh Dan Pham, for Indochine
Charlotte Kady, for L.627 - Best Director:
Claude Sautet, for Un coeur en hiver
Régis Wargnier, for Indochine
Bertrand Tavernier, for L.627
Cyril Collard, for Les Nuits fauves
Christine Pascal, for Le petit prince a dit - Best Writing:
Coline Serreau, for La Crise
Michel Alexandre, Bertrand Tavernier, for L.627
Cyril Collard, Claude Sautet, for Les Nuits fauves
Arnaud Desplechin, for La Sentinelle
Jacques Fieschi, for Un coeur en hiver - Best Cinematography:
François Catonné, for Indochine
Yves Angelo, for L'Accompagnatrice and Un coeur en hiver
Robert Fraisse, for L'Amant - Best Costume Design:
Sylvie de Segonzac, for Le Souper
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for L'Amant
Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Gabriella Pescucci, for Indochine - Best Sound:
Dominique Hennequin, Guillaume Sciama, for Indochine
Paul Lainé, Gérard Lamps, for L'Accompagnatrice
Pierre Lenoir, Jean-Paul Loublier, for Un coeur en hiver - Best Editing:
Lise Beaulieu, for Les Nuits fauves
Noëlle Boisson, for L'Amant
Geneviève Winding, for Indochine - Best Music:
Gabriel Yared, for L'Amant
Georges Delerue, for Diên Biên Phu
Patrick Doyle, for Indochine
René-Marc Bini, for Les Nuits fauves - Best Production Design:
Jacques Bufnoir, for Indochine
Hoang Thanh At, for L'Amant
François de Lamothe, for Le Souper - Best Animated Short:
Le Balayeur, directed by Serge Elissalde
Hammam, directed by Florence Miailhe - Best Short Film:
Versailles Rive-Gauche, directed by Bruno Podalydès
Omnibus, directed by Sam Karmann - Honorary César:
Jean Marais
Marcello Mastroianni
Gérard Oury