César Award for Best Fiction Short Film
French film award
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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.
CountryFrance
PresentedbyAcadémie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma
Firstaward1977
Currently held byMort d'un Acteur (2026)
| César Award for Best Fiction Short Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First award | 1977 |
| Currently held by | Mort d'un Acteur (2026) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
Background
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
1970s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2025 (50th) |
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | L'Homme qui ne se taisait pas | Nebojša Slijepčević |
| Boucan | Salomé Da Souza | ||
| Ce qui appartient à César | Violette Gitton | ||
| Queen Size | Avril Besson | ||
| 2026 (51st) |
Mort d'un Acteur | Ambroise Rateau | |
| Big Boys Don't Cry | Arnaud Delmarle | ||
| Two People Exchanging Saliva | Deux personnes échangeant de la salive | Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh | |
| Wonderwall | Róisín Burns | ||