For the first time the "César des Lycéens" will be awarded, in a separate ceremony on 13 March 2019, at the Sorbonne in Paris. This award is to be conferred on one of the seven nominees for Best Film and is selected by the students of three high schools.[1]
The nominees for the 44th César Awards were announced on January 23, 2019.[2][3]
{{Award category|#eedd82|Best Film}}Custody − Produced by Alexandre Gavras; Directed by Xavier Legrand- Sink or Swim − Produced by Alain Atall and Hugo Sélignac; Directed by Gilles Lellouche
- The Sisters Brothers − Produced by Pascal Caucheteaux, Grégoire Sorlat and Michel Merkt; Directed by Jacques Audiard
- In Safe Hands − Produced by Alain Atall, Hugo Sélignac and Vincent Mazel; Directed by Jeanne Herry
- Guy − Produced by Oury Milshtein; Directed by Alex Lutz
- The Trouble with You − Produced by Philippe Martin and David Thion; Directed by Pierre Salvadori
- Memoir of War − Produced by Laetitia Gonzalez, Yael Fögiel, David Gauquié, Julien Deris and Etienne Mallet; Directed by Emmanuel Finkiel
| {{Award category|#eedd82|Best Director}}Jacques Audiard − The Sisters Brothers- Alex Lutz − Guy
- Gilles Lellouche − Sink or Swim
- Pierre Salvadori − The Trouble with You
- Jeanne Herry − In Safe Hands
- Xavier Legrand − Custody
- Emmanuel Finkiel − Memoir of War
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Actor}}Alex Lutz − Guy- Romain Duris − Our Struggles
- Denis Menochet − Custody
- Pio Marmai − The Trouble with You
- Gilles Lellouche − In Safe Hands
- Édouard Baer − Mademoiselle de Joncquières
- Vincent Lacoste − Amanda
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Actress}}Lea Drucker − Custody- Adèle Haenel − The Trouble with You
- Sandrine Kiberlain − In Safe Hands
- Elodie Bouchez − In Safe Hands
- Virginie Efira − An Impossible Love
- Mélanie Thierry − Memoir of War
- Cécile de France − Mademoiselle de Joncquières
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Supporting Actor}}Philippe Katerine − Sink or Swim- Denis Podalydès − Sorry Angel
- Damien Bonnard − The Trouble with You
- Clovis Cornillac − Little Tickles
- Jean-Hugues Anglade − Sink or Swim
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Supporting Actress}}Karin Viard − Little Tickles- Audrey Tautou − The Trouble with You
- Leila Bekhti − Sink or Swim
- Isabelle Adjani − The World is Yours
- Virginie Efira − Sink or Swim
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Most Promising Actor}}Dylan Robert − Shéhérazade- Thomas Gioria − Custody
- William Lebghil − {{ill|The Freshman (2018 film)|lt=The Freshman|fr|Première Année}}
- Anthony Bajon − The Prayer
- Karim Leklou − The World is Yours
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Most Promising Actress}}Kenza Fortas − Shéhérazade- Gallatea Bellugi − L'Apparition
- Lily-Rose Depp − A Faithful Man
- Ophélie Bau − Canto Uno
- Camille Berthomier − An Impossible Love
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Original Screenplay}}Custody − Xavier Legrand- The Trouble with You − Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin, Benjamin Charbit
- Sink or Swim − Gilles Lellouche, Ahmed Hamidi, Julien Lambroschini
- Guy − Alex Lutz, Anaïs Deban, Thibault Ségouin
- In Safe Hands − Jeanne Herry
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Adaptation}}Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer- The Sisters Brothers − Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain
- Mademoiselle de Joncquières − Emmanuel Mouret
- An Impossible Love − Catherine Corsini, Laurette Polmanss
- Memoir of War − Emmanuel Finkiel
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best First Feature Film}}Shéhérazade − Jean-Bernard Marlin- Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer
- Custody − Xavier Legrand
- L'amour flou − Romane Bohringer, Philippe Rebbot
- Sauvage − Camille Vidal-Naquet
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Cinematography}}The Sisters Brothers − Benoît Debie- Mademoiselle de Joncquières − Laurent Desmet
- Sink or Swim − Laurent Tangy
- Memoir of War − Alexis Kavyrchine
- Custody − Nathalie Durand
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Editing}}Custody − Yorgos Lamprinos- The Trouble with You − Isabelle Devinck
- The Sisters Brothers − Juliette Welfling
- Little Tickles − Valérie Deseine
- Sink or Swim − Simon Jacquet
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Sound}}The Sisters Brothers − Cyril Holtz- Custody − Julien Roig, Julien Sicart i Vincent Verdoux
- Sink or Swim − Gwennolé Le Borgne
- Guy − Antoine Baudouin, Yves-Marie Omnes
- Memoir of War − Antoine Mercier, David Vranken, Aline Gavroy
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Original Music}}Guy − Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard- The Sisters Brothers − Alexandre Desplat
- In Safe Hands − Pascal Sangla
- An Impossible Love − Grégoire Hetzel
- Amanda − Anton Sanko
- The Trouble with You − Camille Bazbaz
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Costume Design}}Pierre-Jean Larroque − Mademoiselle de Joncquières- Pierre-Yves Gayraud − Sauvage
- Milena Canonero − The Sisters Brothers
- Sergio Ballo − Memoir of War
- Anaïs Romand − Memoir of War
- Anaïs Romand − One Nation, One King
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Production Design}}The Sisters Brothers − Michel Barthélémy- La douleur − Pascal Le Guellec
- Mademoiselle de Joncquières − David Faivre
- Un peuple et son roi − Thierry François
- The Emperor of Paris − Emile Ghigo
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Documentary Film}}So Help Me God − Jean Libon i Yves Hinant- Le grand bal − Laetitia Carton
- The State Against Mandela and the Others − Gilles Porte i Nicolas Champeaux
- Each and Every Moment − Nicolas Philibert
- America − Claus Drexel
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Animated Feature Film}}Dilili à Paris − Michel Ocelot- Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal
- The Secret of the Magic Potion − d'Alexandre Astier and Louis Clichy
- Pachamama − Juan Antin
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Animated Short Film}}Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal- Au coeur des ombres − Alice Eça Guimarães
- La mort, père et fils − Denis Walgenwtiz
- Raymonde ou l'évasion verticale − Sarah Van Den Boom
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{{Award category|#eedd82| Best Short Film}}Les Petites Mains − Rémi Allier- Les Indes Galantes − Clément Cogitore
- Laissez-Moi Danser − Valérie Leroy
- Kapitalistis − Pablo Muñoz Gómez
- Braguino − Clément Cogitore
| {{Award category|#eedd82| Best Foreign Film}}Shoplifters (Japan) – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda- Girl (Belgium) – Directed by Lukas Dhont
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (United States/Great Britain) – Directed by Martin McDonagh
- Cold War (Poland) – Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
- Our Struggles (Belgium/France) – Directed by Guillaume Senez
- Capernaum (Lebanon) – Directed by Nadine Labaki
- Hannah (Italy) – Directed by Andrea Pallaoro
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| {{Award category|#eedd82| Audience Award}}Les Tuche 3 d'Olivier Baroux | {{Award category|#eedd82| Honorary César}}Robert Redford |
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1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ac-rouen.fr/actions-educatives/action-culturelle/cesar-des-lyceens-2019-214416.kjsp|title = César des Lycéens 2019|work=ac-rouen.fr|date= February 22, 2019|accessdate= February 22, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite web|url = https://variety.com/2019/film/news/cesar-nominations-sink-or-swim-custody-lead-race-1203115394/|title = 44th César Awards - Nominees|work=Variety|date= January 23, 2019|accessdate= January 24, 2019}}
3. ^{{cite web|url = http://www.allocine.fr/diaporamas/cinema/diaporama-18678451/|title = 44th César Awards - Nominees|date= January 23, 2019|accessdate= January 24, 2019}}