César Award for Best Fiction Short Film

Country| France
Presented by| Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
First awarded| 1977
Currently held by| Expecting (2024)
Website| academie-cinema.org

The César Award for Best Fiction Short Film (French: César du meilleur court métrage de fiction) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma from 1977 to 1991 and again since 2022.

## Background

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The César Award for Best Fiction Short Film, together with the award for Best Documentary Short Film, was first awarded in 1977 and presented annually until 1991.[1] They were replaced by the integrated César Award for Best Short Film (1992–2021).

In September 2021, the governing association of the César Awards voted to create two new awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Documentary Short Film, both of which were introduced in the 47th ceremony (2022).[2][3] As a result, the award for Best Fiction Short Film was also reinstated.[4]

## Winners and nominees

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### 1970s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)

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1977
(2nd)[5] | Comment ça va je m'en fous | François de Roubaix
Chaleur d'été | Jean-Louis Leconte
Le Destin de Jean-Noël | Gabriel Auer
L'Enfant prisonnier | Jean-Michel Carré
L'hiver approche | Georges Bensoussan
La Nuit du beau marin peut-être | Frank Verpillat
1978
(3rd)[6] | 500 Grammes de foie de veau | Henri Glaeser
Le Blanc des yeux | Henry Colomer
Je veux mourir pour la patrie | Jean-Paul Sartre and Mosco Boucault
Sauf dimanches et fêtes | François Ode
Temps souterrain | David András
1979
(4th)[7] | Dégustation maison  | Sophie Tatischeff
Le Chien de M. Michel | Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jeudi 7 avril | Peter Kassovitz
L'Ornière | François Dupeyron

### 1980s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)

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1980
(5th)[8] | Dog's Dialogue | Colloque de chiens | Raoul Ruiz
Nuit féline | Gérard Marx
Sibylle | Robert Cappa
1981
(6th)[9] | Toine | Edmond Séchan
Le Bruit des jambes de Lucie | Anne Quesemand
La Découverte | Arthur Joffé
Vive la mariée | Patrice Noïa
1982
(7th)[10] | Les Photos d'Alix | Jean Eustache
Cher Alexandre | Anne Lemonier
Le Rat noir d'Amérique | Jérôme Enrico
The Subtil Concept | Gérard Krawczyk
1983
(8th)[11] | Bluff | Philippe Bensoussan
Canta Gitano | Tony Gatlif
Merlin ou le cours de l'or | Arthur Joffé
La Saisie | Yves-Noël Francois
1984
(9th)[12] | Star Suburb: la banlieue des étoiles | Stéphane Drouot
Coup de feu | Magali Clément
Panique au montage | Olivier Esmein
Toro Moreno | Gérard Krawczyk
1985
(10th)[13] | Première Classe | Mehdi El Glaoui
La Combine de la girafe | Thomas Gilou
Homicide by night | Gérard Krawczyk
Oiseau de sang | Frédéric Ripert
Premiers mètres | Pierre Lévy
1986
(11th)[14] | Grosse | Brigitte Roüan
La Consultation | Radovan Tadic
Dialogue de sourds | Bernard Nauer
Juste avant le mariage | Jacques Deschamps
The Book of Mary | Le Livre de Marie | Anne-Marie Miéville
1987
(12th)[15] | La Goula | Roger Guillot
Alger la blanche | Cyril Collard
Les Arcandiers | Manuel Sanchez
Bel ragazzo | Georges Bensoussan
Bocetta revient de guerre | Jean-Pierre Sinapi
Bol de jour | Henri Gruvman
Le Bridge | Gilles Dagneau
Deobernique | Celia Canning and Raymond Gourrier
Joseph M | Jacques Cluzaud
Le Maître chanteur | Mathias Ledoux
Pauline épaulettes | Stéphanie de Mareuil
La poupée qui tousse | Farid Lahouassa
Sur le talus | Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Synthétique opérette | Olivier Esmein
Torero hallucinogène | Stéphane Clavier
Triple sec | Yves Thomas
Une fille | Henri Herre
Zambinella | Catherine Laine Galode
1988
(13th)[16] | Présence féminine | Éric Rochant
D'après Maria | Jean-Claude Robert
Pétition | Jean-Louis Comolli
1989
(14th)[17] | Lamento | François Dupeyron
Bing Bang | Éric Woreth
New York 1935 | Michèle Ferrand-Lafaye
Une femme pour l'hiver | Manuel Flèche

### 1990s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)

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1990
(15th)[18] | Lune froide | Patrick Bouchitey
Ce qui me meut | Cédric Klapisch
Vol nuptial | Dominique Crèvecœur
1991
(16th)[19] | Things I Like, Things I Don't Like | Foutaises | Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Deux pièces cuisine | Philippe Harel
Final | Irène Jouannet
Uhloz | Guy Jacques

### 2020s

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Year  | English title  | Original title  | Director(s)

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2022
(47th)[20][21] | One and Thousand Nights | Les Mauvais Garçons | Élie Girard
Black Soldier | Soldat noir | Jimmy Laporal-Trésor
Decent People | Des gens bien | Maxime Roy
The Departure | Le Départ | Saïd Hamich Benlarbi
Tender Age | L'Âge tendre | Julien Gaspar-Oliveri
2023
(48th)[22][23] | Bye Bye | Partir un jour | Amélie Bonnin
King David | Le Roi David | Lila Pinell
The Right Words | Haut les cœurs | Adrian Moyse Dullin
Women of Virtue | Les Vertueuses | Stéphanie Halfon
2024
(49th)[24] | Expecting | L'Attente | Alice Douard
Boléro | Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
Fast | Rapide | Paul Rigoux
The Silent Ones | Les Silencieux | Basile Vuillemin

## See also

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* Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
* BAFTA Award for Best Short Film
* European Film Award for Best Short Film
* Goya Award for Best Fictional Short Film
* César Award for Best Animated Short Film
* César Award for Best Documentary Short Film

## References

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1. ^ Rivas, Athena (24 September 2021). "Deux nouveaux César seront décernés pour la cérémonie de 2022". HuffPost (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
2. ^ "Création de deux nouveaux César" (in French). Académie des César. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
3. ^ Bardinet, Elodie (24 September 2021). "Deux nouveaux César seront décernés à partir de 2022". Première (in French). Retrieved 30 January 2024.
4. ^ Haxhaj, Ambra (1 February 2022). "Les Césars 2022 : Une année de cinéma haute en couleurs". CSActu (in French). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
5. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1977" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
6. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1978" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
7. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1979" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
8. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1980" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
9. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1981" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
10. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1982" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
11. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1983" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
12. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1984" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
13. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1985" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
14. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1986" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
15. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1987" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
16. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1988" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
17. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1989" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
18. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1990" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
19. ^ "La Cérémonie des César 1991" (in French). Académie des César. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
20. ^ Garrigues, Manon (26 February 2022). "The winners of the 47th César ceremony". Vogue. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
21. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (26 January 2022). "César Awards Nominations: 'Lost Illusions', 'Annette', 'Aline' Dominate; 'Titane' Shut Out Of Best Film Race – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
22. ^ Macheret, Mathieu (25 February 2023). "'The Night of the 12th' wins Best Picture, David Fincher honored at France's César awards". Le Monde. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
23. ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (25 January 2023). "César Nominations: Louis Garrel's 'The Innocent' Takes Surprise Lead, Followed By 'Night Of The 12th' – Full List". Deadline. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
24. ^ Roxborough, Scott; Szalai, Georg (24 January 2024). "Cesar Nominations: 'Anatomy of a Fall,' 'The Animal Kingdom' Lead the Pack for French Film Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 January 2024.

## External links

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