The César Academy has announced the nominations for its 50th ceremony, to be held on February 28, 2025 at the Olympia in Paris. The Festival de Cannes would like to congratulate the 21 films of its Official Selection which are among the nominees in 22 categories and have garnered 83 nominations.

21 films from the Official Selection were nominated in 22 categories: 14 nominations for The Count of Monte-Cristo by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière and 13 nominations for Beating Hearts by Gilles Lellouche. Jacques Audiard's Emilia Pérez, which was awarded the Best Actress and Jury Prizes at the 77th Festival de Cannes, garnered 12 nominations. Souleymane's Story, which won the Un Certain Regard Jury's Prize and Best Actor Award in the same section last year at Cannes, received 8 nominations, as did Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie. Emmanuel Courcol's The Marching Band received 7 nominations. Louise Courvoisier's Holy Cow, winner of the Un Certain Regard Youth Award and Michel Hazanavicius's The Most Precious of Cargoes were nominated 4 and 3 times respectively. Wild Diamond, Agathe Riedinger's first film, received 2 nominations. Anora by Sean Baker (Palme d'or at the 77th Festival de Cannes), The Apprentice by Ali Abbasi, The Belle from Gaza by Yolande Zauberman, Ernest Cole, Lost and Found by Raoul Peck, Flow by Gints Zilbalodis, Jim's Story by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, The Kingdom by Julien Colonna, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent by Nebojša Slijepčević (Short film Palme d'or), Savages by Claude Barras, The Seed of the Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof (Jury Special Prize), The Substance by Coralie Fargeat (Best Screenplay), and The Zone of Interest by Jonathan Glazer (Grand Prix of the 76th Festival de Cannes), each received 1 nomination.

EMILIA PÉREZ by Jacques Audiard Competition - Jury Prize - Best Performance by an Actress 13 nominations Actress in a leading role Actress in a supporting role Cinematography Directing Film editing International feature film Makeup and hairstyling Music (original score) Music (original song) - 2 nominations Best picture Sound Writing (adapted screenplay)

ANORA by Sean Baker Competition - Palme d'or 6 nominations Actor in a supporting role Actress in a leading role Directing Film editing Best picture Writing (original screenplay)

THE SUBSTANCE by Coralie Fargeat Competition - Best Screenplay 5 nominations Actress in a leading role Directing Makeup and hairstyling Best picture Writing (original screenplay)

THE APPRENTICE by Ali Abbasi  Competition 2 nominations Actor in a leading role Actor in a supporting role

FLOW by Gints Zilbalodis Un Certain Regard 2 nominations Animated feature film International feature film

THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof Competition - Special Award 1 nomination International feature film

THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT by Nebojša Slijepcevic Short film Competition - Palme d'or 1 nomination Live action short film

THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE by Magnus Von Horn Competition 1 nomination International feature film

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