The 21st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1995[1] and took place on 3 February 1996 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Philippe Noiret and hosted by Antoine de Caunes. La Haine won the award for Best Film.
La Haine
Claude Sautet – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Michel Serrault – Nelly and Mr. Arnaud
Isabelle Huppert – La Cérémonie
Eddy Mitchell – Happiness Is in the Field
Annie Girardot – Les Misérables
Guillaume Depardieu – The Apprentices
Sandrine Kiberlain – En avoir (ou pas)
French Twist – Telsche Boorman and Josiane Balasko
The Three Brothers
Thierry Arbogast – The Horseman on the Roof
Mathieu Kassovitz and Scott Stevenson – La Haine
Pierre Gamet, Jean Goudier and Dominique Hennequin – The Horseman on the Roof
Zbigniew Preisner, Serge Gainsbourg and Michel Colombier – Élisa
Christian Gasc – Madame Butterfly
Jean Rabasse – The City of Lost Children
The Monk and the Fish
Land and Freedom
Christophe Rossignon
Lauren Bacall Henri Verneuil