The César Academy has announced its nominations for the 2026 edition, which will take place on February 26. If several of our favorites are missing from the lineup, La Petite Dernière, the film by Hafsia Herzi, has attracted the attention of the voters…
Presided over by our winter cover girl Camille Cottin, the 51st edition of the César Awards will take place on Thursday, February 26 — instead of the 27 originally announced, and this in order not to compete with the Enfoirés charity prime on TF1. But above all, the César Academy has formalized its list of nominations. On the queer front, a few disappointments but also several joys…
We are first delighted by the strong showing of La Petite Dernière, the adaptation of Fatima Daas’s novel about the emancipation of a young lesbian Muslim woman. Directed by Hafsia Herzi, the film earns seven nominations: Best Supporting Actress (for Ji-Min Park), Most Promising Actress (for Nadia Melliti), Best Adaptation, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Direction, and Best Film.
Another film on Têtu’s radar picked up two nominations: La Pampa, in the running for Best First Film (for Antoine Chevrollier) and Best Promising Actor (for Sayyid El Alami). As for François Ozon’s adaptation of L’Étranger, the film is nominated in four categories: Best Actor (for Benjamin Voisin), Best Supporting Actor (for Pierre Lottin), Best Original Score and Best Cinematography.
Xavier Dolan, Alex Beaupain, Aurélien Peyre…
Pêle-mêle, here are the other queer nominations of these César 2026: Xavier Dolan for Best Supporting Actor for L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche, Alex Beaupain in the Best Original Score category for La Femme la plus riche du monde, or Aurélien Peyre whose debut feature L’Épreuve du feu earns three nominations: Best First Film, Best Promising Actor (for Félix Lefebvre) and Best Promising Actress (for Anja Verderosa). In the short films category, Big Boys Don’t Cry, by Arnaud Delmarle, is nominated about a gang of guys unsettled by the return of an old friend.
Several of last year’s favorites are otherwise missing from the lineup, namely Love Me Tender by Anna Cazenave Cambet, Des preuves d’amour by Alice Douard, or Les Enfants vont bien by Nathan Ambrosioni. The latter can console himself with a prize already on his shelf: the têtu· 2025 Rising Star Award from Étoile montante!
