26th César Awards

26th César Awards
Date	24 February 2001
Site	Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, France
Hosted by	Édouard Baer
Highlights
Best Film	The Taste of Others
Best Actor	Sergi López
Best Actress	Dominique Blanc
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 26th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2000 in France and took place on 24 February 2001 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Daniel Auteuil and hosted by Édouard Baer. The Taste of Others won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Honorary César recipient Agnès Varda (bottom left) with Agnès Jaoui (centre) and Jean-Pierre Bacri (right), winners for the Best Writing award

Dominik Moll, Best Director winner

Dominique Blanc, Best Actress winner

Sergi López, Best Actor winner

Award presenters Alain Chabat and Monica Bellucci

Best Film The Taste of Others Harry, He's Here to Help Murderous Maids A Question of Taste The King's Daughters	Best Director Dominik Moll – Harry, He's Here to Help Jean-Pierre Denis – Murderous Maids Agnès Jaoui – The Taste of Others Mathieu Kassovitz – The Crimson Rivers Patricia Mazuy – The King's Daughters
Best Actor Sergi López – Harry, He's Here to Help Jean-Pierre Bacri – The Taste of Others Charles Berling – Sentimental Destinies Bernard Giraudeau – A Question of Taste Pascal Greggory – Confusion of Genders	Best Actress Dominique Blanc – Stand-by Emmanuelle Béart – Sentimental Destinies Muriel Robin – Marie-Line Isabelle Huppert – The King's Daughters Juliette Binoche – The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Best Supporting Actor Gérard Lanvin – The Taste of Others Alain Chabat – The Taste of Others Jean-Pierre Kalfon – The King's Daughters Emir Kusturica – The Widow of Saint-Pierre Lambert Wilson – Jet Set	Best Supporting Actress Anne Alvaro – The Taste of Others Jeanne Balibar – Tomorrow's Another Day Agnès Jaoui – The Taste of Others Mathilde Seigner – Harry, He's Here to Help Florence Thomassin – A Question of Taste
Most Promising Actor Jalil Lespert – Human Resources Jean-Pierre Lorit – A Question of Taste Boris Terral – The King Is Dancing Cyrille Thouvenin – Confusion of Genders Malik Zidi – Water Drops on Burning Rocks	Most Promising Actress Sylvie Testud – Murderous Maids Bérénice Bejo – Most Promising Young Actress Sophie Guillemin – Harry, He's Here to Help Isild Le Besco – Sade Julie-Marie Parmentier – Murderous Maids
Best Writing The Taste of Others – Jean-Pierre Bacri and Agnès Jaoui Harry, He's Here to Help – Gilles Marchand and Dominik Moll Human Resources – Laurent Cantet and Gilles Marchand A Question of Taste – Gilles Taurand and Bernard Rapp The King's Daughters – Patricia Mazuy and Yves Thomas	Best First Feature Film Human Resources Nationale 7 Crime Scenes The Squale Stand-by
Best Cinematography Agnès Godard – Beau Travail Thierry Arbogast – The Crimson Rivers Eric Gautier – Sentimental Destinies	Best Editing Yannick Kergoat – Harry, He's Here to Help Hervé de Luze – The Taste of Others Maryline Monthieux – The Crimson Rivers
Best Sound François Maurel, Gérard Lamps and Gérard Hardy – Harry, He's Here to Help Vincent Tulli and Cyril Holtz – The Crimson Rivers Henri Morelle and Dominique Dalmasso – The King Is Dancing	Best Original Music Tomatito, Sheikh Ahmad Al Tuni, La Caita and Tony Gatlif – Vengo David Whitaker – Harry, He's Here to Help Bruno Coulais – The Crimson Rivers John Cale – The King's Daughters
Best Costume Design Édith Vesperini and Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz – The King's Daughters Olivier Bériot – The King Is Dancing Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle – Vatel	Best Production Design Jean Rabasse – Vatel Katia Wyszkop – Sentimental Destinies Thierry François – The King's Daughters
Best Short Film (Tie) Salam & Un petit air de fête Au bout du monde Le Puits	Best Foreign Film In the Mood for Love American Beauty Billy Elliot Dancer in the Dark Yi Yi
Honorary César Darry Cowl Charlotte Rampling Agnès Varda

See also

• 73rd Academy Awards
• 54th British Academy Film Awards
• 13th European Film Awards
• 6th Lumières Awards

External links

• Official website
• 26th César Awards at IMDb
• 26th César Awards at AlloCiné