por Catarina d´Oliveira, em 27.01.12
Foi revelada a lista completa de nomeados para os prémios César, atribuídos pela Academia de Cinema Francesa - são portanto, os "Oscars Franceses". Poliss lidera o grupo de nomeados com 13 indicações, sendo seguido por The Minister com 11, The Artist com 10, Untouchable com nove e House of Tolerance com oito.
Os vencedores da 37ª Edição serão conhecidos na cerimónia apresentada por Guillaume Canet e levada a cabo no Teatro de Châtelet em Paris, no dia 24 de Fevereiro
MELHOR FILME
- La guerre est déclarée produced by Edouard Weil, directed by Valérie Donzelli
- Le Havre produced by Fabienne Vonier, directed by Aki Kaurismäki
- The Artist produced by Thomas Langmann, directed by Michel Hazanavicius
- Intouchables produced by Denis Freyd, directed by Pierre Schoeller
- L'exercice de l'État produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, directed by Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
- Pater produced by Michel Seydoux, directed by Alain Cavalier
- Polisse produced by Alain Attal, directed by Maïwenn
MELHOR ESTREIA
- My Little Princess directed by Eva Ionesco
- Le cochon de Gaza directed by Sylvain Estibal
- 17 filles directed by Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin
- Angèle et Tony directed by Alix Delaporte
- La Délicatesse directed by David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
MELHOR REALIZADOR
- Alain Cavalier for Pater
- Valerie Donzelli for La guerre est déclarée
- Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Aki Kaurismäki for Le Havre
- Maïwenn for Polisse
- Pierre Scholler for L'exercice de l'État
- Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache for Intouchables
MELHOR ACTOR
- Sami Bouajila in Omar m'a tuer
- François Cluzet in Intouchables
- Jean Dujardin in The Artist
- Olivier Gourmet in L'exercice de l'État
- Denis Podalydes in La conquête
- Omar Sy in Intouchables
- Philippe Torreton in Présumé coupable
MELHOR ACTOR SECUNDÁRIO
- Michel Blanc in L'exercice de l'État
- Nicolas Duvauchelle in Polisse
- Joey Starr in Polisse
- Bernard Lecoq in La conquête
- Frédéric Pierrot in Polisse
MELHOR PROMESSA (ACTOR)
- Nicolas Bridet in Tu seras mon fils
- Grégory Gadebois in Angèle et Tony
- Guillaume Bouix in Jimmy Rivière
- Pierre Minet in J'aime regarder les filles
- Dimitri Storoge in Les Lyonnais
MELHOR ACTRIZ
- Ariane Asquaride in Les neiges du Kilimanjaro
- Bérénice Béjo in The Artist
- Leila Bekhti in La Source des femmes
- Valérie Donzelli in La guerre est déclarée
- Marina Foïs in Polisse
- Marie Gilain in Toutes nos envies
- Karin Viard in Polisse
MELHOR ACTRIZ SECUNDÁRIA
- Zabou Breitman in L'exercice de l'État
- Anne Le Ny in Intouchables
- Noémie Lvovsky in L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Carmen Maura in Les femmes du 6e étage
- Karole Rocher in Polisse
MELHOR PROMESSA (ACTRIZ)
- Neyda Yadri in Polisse
- Adele Haenel in L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Celine Salette in L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Clotilde Hesme in Angèle et Tony
- Christa Theret in La brindille
MELHOR FILME ESTRANGEIRO
- Drive directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
- Black Swan directed by Darren Aronofsky
- Incendies directed by Denis Villeneuve
- Melancholia directed by Lars von Trier
- A Separation directed by Asghar Farhadi
- The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper
- Le gamin au vélo directed by Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne
MELHOR ARGUMENTO
- Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm for La guerre est déclarée
- Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache for Intouchables
- Maïwenn, Emmanuelle Bercot for Polisse
- Pierre Schoeller for L'exercice de l'État
MELHOR ADAPTAÇÃO
- David Foenkinos for La délicatesse
- Vincent Garenq for Présumé coupable
- Olivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem, Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle for Omar m'a tuer
- Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller, Benoît Jaubert for L'ordre et la morale
- Yamina Reza, Roman Polanski for Carnage
MELHOR FOTOGRAFIA
- Pierre Aïm for Polisse
- Josée Deshaies for L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Julien Hirsch for L'exercice de l'État
- Guillaume Schiffman for The Artist
- Mathieu Vadepied for Intouchables
MELHOR MONTAGEM
- Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist
- Laurence Briaud for L'exercice de l'État
- Pauline Gaillard for La guerre est déclarée
- Laure Gardette, Yann Dedet for Polisse
- Dorian Rigal Ansous for Intouchables
MELHOR DESIGN DE PRODUÇÃO
- Laurence Bennett for The Artist
- Alain Guffroy for L'Appolonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Pierre-François Limbosch for Les femmes du 6ème
- Jean Marc Tran Tan Ba for L'exercice de l'État
- Wouter Zoon for Le Havre
MELHOR GUARDA-ROUPA
- Catherine Baba for My Little Princess
- Mark Bridges for The Artist
- Christian Gasc for Les femmes du 6ème
- Viorica Petrovici for La source des femmes
- Anaïs Romand for L'Appolonide, souvenirs de la maison close
MELHOR BANDA SONORA
- Alex Beaupain for Les bien-aimés
- Bertand Bonello for L'Appolonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- -M-, Patrice Renson for Monstre à Paris
- Ludovic Bource for The Artist
- Philippe Schoeller for L'exercice de l'État
MELHOR SOM
- Pascal Armant, Jean Goudier, Jean-Paul Hurier for Intouchables
- Jean-Pierre Duret, Nicolas Moreau, Jean-Pierre Laforce for L'Apollonide, souvenirs de la maison close
- Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta, Jean-Pierre Laforce for L'exercice de l'État
- Nicolas Provost, Rym Debbarh-Mounir, Emmanuel Croset for Polisse
- André Rigaut, Sébastien Savine, Laurent Gabiot for La guerre est déclarée
MELHOR DOCUMENTÁRIO
- Le Bal des menteurs directed by Daniel Leconte
- Crazy Horse directed by Frederick Wiseman
- Ici on noie les algériens directed by Yasmina Adi
- Tous au Larzac directed by Michael Radford
- Michel Petrucciani directed by Christian Rouaud
MELHOR CURTA-METRAGEM
- L'accordeur directed by Olivier Treiner
- La France qui se lève tôt directed by Hugo Chesnard
- J'aurais pu être une pute directed by Baya Kasmi
- Je pourrais être votre grand-mère directed by Bernard Tanguy
- Un monde sans femmes directed by Guillaume Brac
MELHOR FILME DE ANIMAÇÃO
- Le Tableau directed by Jean-François Laguionie
- Le Cirque directed by Nicolas Brault
- Le Chat du rabbin directed by Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux
- Un monstre à Paris directed by Bibo Bergeron
- La Queue de la souris directed by Benjamin Renner
CÉSAR HONORÁRIO