18th César Awards

The 18th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1992 and took place on 8 March 1993 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Marcello Mastroianni and hosted by Frédéric Mitterrand. Savage Nights won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold:

• Best Film: Savage Nights, directed by Cyril Collard La Crise, directed by Coline Serreau Indochine, directed by Régis Wargnier L.627, directed by Bertrand Tavernier Le petit prince a dit, directed by Christine Pascal Un coeur en hiver, directed by Claude Sautet
• Best Foreign Film: Tacones lejanos, directed by Pedro Almodóvar L'Amant, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud Howards End, directed by James Ivory Husbands and Wives, directed by Woody Allen The Player, directed by Robert Altman
• Best Debut: Les Nuits fauves, directed by Cyril Collard Nord, directed by Xavier Beauvois Riens du tout, directed by Cédric Klapisch La Sentinelle, directed by Arnaud Desplechin Le Zèbre, directed by Jean Poiret
• Best Actor: Claude Rich, for Le Souper Vincent Lindon, for La Crise Richard Berry, for Le petit prince a dit Claude Brasseur, for Le Souper Daniel Auteuil, for Un coeur en hiver
• Best Actress: Catherine Deneuve, for Indochine Juliette Binoche, for Damage Anémone, for Le petit prince a dit Emmanuelle Béart, for Un coeur en hiver Caroline Cellier, for Le Zèbre
• Best Supporting Actor: André Dussollier, for Un coeur en hiver Patrick Timsit, for La Crise Jean Yanne, for Indochine Jean-Pierre Marielle, for Max & Jeremie Fabrice Luchini, for Le Retour de Casanova
• Best Supporting Actress: Dominique Blanc, for Indochine Zabou Breitman, for La Crise Michèle Laroque, for La Crise Maria Pacôme, for La Crise Brigitte Catillon, for Un coeur en hiver
• Most Promising Actor: Emmanuel Salinger, for La Sentinelle Julien Rassam, for L'Accompagnatrice Olivier Martinez, for IP5: L'île aux pachydermes Xavier Beauvois, for Nord Grégoire Colin, for Olivier, Olivier
• Most Promising Actress: Romane Bohringer, for Les Nuits fauves Isabelle Carré, for Beau fixe Elsa Zylberstein, for Beau fixe Linh Dan Pham, for Indochine Charlotte Kady, for L.627
• Best Director: Claude Sautet, for Un coeur en hiver Régis Wargnier, for Indochine Bertrand Tavernier, for L.627 Cyril Collard, for Les Nuits fauves Christine Pascal, for Le petit prince a dit
• Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation: Coline Serreau, for La Crise Michel Alexandre, Bertrand Tavernier, for L.627 Cyril Collard, Claude Sautet, for Les Nuits fauves Arnaud Desplechin, for La Sentinelle Jacques Fieschi, for Un coeur en hiver
• Best Cinematography: François Catonné, for Indochine Yves Angelo, for L'Accompagnatrice and Un coeur en hiver Robert Fraisse*, for L'Amant*
• Best Costume Design: Sylvie de Segonzac, for Le Souper Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle, for L'Amant Pierre-Yves Gayraud, Gabriella Pescucci, for Indochine
• Best Sound: Dominique Hennequin, Guillaume Sciama, for Indochine Paul Lainé, Gérard Lamps, for L'Accompagnatrice Pierre Lenoir, Jean-Paul Loublier, for Un coeur en hiver
• Best Editing: Lise Beaulieu, for Les Nuits fauves Noëlle Boisson, for L'Amant Geneviève Winding, for Indochine
• Best Music: Gabriel Yared, for L'Amant Georges Delerue, for Diên Biên Phu Patrick Doyle, for Indochine René-Marc Bini, for Les Nuits fauves
• Best Production Design: Jacques Bufnoir, for Indochine Hoang Thanh At, for L'Amant François de Lamothe, for Le Souper
• Best Short Film: Versailles Rive-Gauche, directed by Bruno Podalydès Le Balayeur, directed by Serge Elissalde Hammam, directed by Florence Miailhe Omnibus, directed by Sam Karmann
• Honorary César: Jean Marais Marcello Mastroianni Gérard Oury