César Academy unveils short films lineup for the 2023 César Awards

César Academy (Académie des César) has unveiled the complete short films lineup for the 48th annual César Awards, which will be held in February 2023. The impressive lineup includes 24 fiction short films, 12 animated short films and 12 documentary shorts.

The César Awards is the national film award of France. It is delivered in the Nuit des César ceremony and was first awarded in 1976.

The nominations are selected by the members of twelve categories of filmmaking professionals and supported by the French Ministry of Culture. The nationally televised award ceremony is held in Paris each year in February.

The César Awards is an initiative of the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, which was founded in 1975. The César Award is considered the highest film honor in France, the French film industry’s equivalent to the Molière Award for theatre, and the Victoires de la Musique for music. In cinema, it is the French equivalent to the Academy Award.

The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the Molière Award for theatre. The name of the award comes from the sculptor César Baldaccini (1921–1998) who designed it.

Scroll down for the short films complete lineup of the 2023 César Awards.

César Awards (2023) Short Films

César Awards – Short Fiction Films

À POINT, Aurélie Marpeaux
ASTEL, Ramata-Toulaye Sy
CAILLOU, Mathilde Poymiro
LES DÉMONS DE DOROTHY, Alexis Langlois
DORLIS, Enricka Mh
ELLES ALLAIENT DANSER, Laïs Decaster
LE FEU AU LAC, Pierre Menahem
LES GRANDES VACANCES, Valentine Cadic
HAUT LES COEURS, Adrian Moyse Dullin
IBIZA, Hélène Rosselet-Ruiz, Marie Rosselet-Ruiz
JMAR, Samy Sidali
LÉO LA NUIT, Nans Laborde-Jourdàa
LUCIENNE DANS UN MONDE SANS SOLITUDE, Geordy Couturiau
PARTIR UN JOUR, Amélie Bonnin
LE ROI DAVID, Lila Pinell
LE ROI QUI CONTEMPLAIT LA MER, Jean-Sébastien Chauvin
SAMI LA FUGUE, Vincent Tricon
SOLARIUM, Jonathan Koulavsky
SON ALTESSE PROTOCOLE, Aurélie Reinhorn
T’ES MORTE HÉLÈNE, Michiel Blanchart
TITAN, Valery Carnoy
TSUTSUÉ, Amartei Armar
LES VERTUEUSES, Stéphanie Halfon
WARSHA, Dania Bdeir

César Awards – Animated Short Films

ANXIOUS BODY, Yoriko Mizushiri
BIRD IN THE PENINSULA, Atsushi Wada
CÂLINE, Margot Reumont
ÉCORCHÉE, Joachim Hérissé
LA FÉE DES ROBERTS, Léahn Vivier-Chapas
LETTER TO A PIG, Tal Kantor
NOIR-SOLEIL, Marie Larrivé
PETIT COGNEUR, Gilles Cuvelier
SWALLOW THE UNIVERSE, Nieto
TERRA INCOGNITA, Adrian Dexter, Pernille Kjaer
LA VIE SEXUELLE DE MAMIE, Urška Djukić, Émilie Pigeard
YUGO, Carlos Gomez Salamanca

César Awards – Short Documentary Films

AUCUN SIGNAL, Adrien Genoudet
CHARACTER, Paul Heintz
CHURCHILL, POLAR BEAR TOWN, Annabelle Amoros
CONSTELLATION DE LA ROUGUIÈRE, Dania Reymond-Boughenou
DEAR HACKER, Alice Lenay
ÉCOUTEZ LE BATTEMENT DE NOS IMAGES, Audrey Jean-Baptiste, Maxime Jean-Baptiste
KINDERTOTENLIEDER, Virgil Vernier
LÈV LA TÈT DANN FÉNWAR, Érika Étangsalé
MARIA SCHNEIDER, 1983, Elisabeth Subrin
MY OWN LANDSCAPES, Antoine Chapon
PALERMO SOLE NERO, Joséphine Jouannais
RANDOM PATROL, Yohan Guignard