2012 César Winners Announced

"The Artist", a major contender at the Oscars this Sunday, won six César awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius) and Best Actress (Berenice Bejo). Surprisingly, Jean Dujardin, a frontrunner at the Oscars and winner of most major acting awards this year (including a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild award, not to mention Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival last year), was snubbed. The award for Best Actor was received by Omar Sy for the comedy "Intouchables", a huge box-office hit in France. Michel Blanc won Best Supporting Actor for his role in the political drama "The Minister" and Carmen Maura's performance in "Service Entrance" was honored in the Best Supporting Actress category. Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza won the Adapted Screenplay award for "Carnage". Iranian drama "A Separation" won Best Foreign Film, bringing it even closer to the expected success at the Oscars. Here is the full list of winners :

FILM
"The Artist," Michel Hazanavicius

DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"

ACTOR
Omar Sy, "Intouchables"

ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, "The Artist"

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michel Blanc, "The Minister"

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Carmen Maura, "Service Entrance"

NEWCOMER, ACTOR
Gregory Gadebois, "Angele et Tony"

NEWCOMER, ACTRESS
Naidra Ayadi, "Polisse"
Clotilde Hesme, "Angele et Tony"

FIRST FILM
Sylvain Estibal, "When Pigs Have Wings"

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Pierre Schoeller, "The Minister"

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski, "Carnage"

FOREIGN FILM
"A Separation", Asghar Farhadi

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Guillaume Schiffman, "The Artist"

ANIMATED FILM
"The Rabbi's Cat", Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Tous au Larzac", Christian Rouaud

MUSIC
Ludovic Bource, "The Artist"

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