The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma ( en, Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques) is an organization that gives out the

César Award Cesar, César or Cèsar may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''César'' (film), a 1936 film directed by Marcel Pagnol * ''César'' (play), a play by Marcel Pagnolt * César Award, a French film award Places * Cesar, Portugal * Ces ...

. It was created in 1975, on the initiative of Georges Cravenne.

Board of directors

The board is made up of 50 members, with an additional 13 selected for their contributions to cinema. They handle admissions, criteria and overall management. Protests over the structure of the board came to a head in February 2020. An open letter signed by over 400 French directors and actors decried the "opaqueness" of the Board's structure and the lack of democratic governance; members of the Academy do not vote on leadership, unlike similar organizations such as the Motion Picture Academy or the BAFTA. In response, the entire board of directors resigned in the weeks before the 2019/2020 César Award ceremony.

Academy president

The Academy is led by a president since its creation (Not to be confused with the president of the ceremony). * 1976 :

Marcel Ichac Marcel Ichac (22 October 1906 - 9 April 1994) was a French alpinist, explorer, photographer and film director. Born in Rueil, France, Ichac was one of the first people to introduce electronic music in cinema with Ondes Martenot for ''Karakora ...

(provisional title) * 1976–1986 :

Robert Enrico Robert Georgio Enrico (13 April 1931 – 23 February 2001) was a French film director and scriptwriter best known for making the Oscar-winning short ''An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge'' (1961). He was born in Liévin, Pas-de-Calais, in the nort ...

* 1986–1988 :

Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau (; 23 January 1928 – 31 July 2017) was a French actress, singer, screenwriter, director, and socialite. She made her theatrical debut in 1947, and established herself as one of the leading actresses of the Comédie-Française. M ...

* 1988–1990 :

Alexandre Mnouchkine Alexandre Alexandrovich Mnouchkine (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Мну́шкин; 10 February 1908, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire – 3 April 1993, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was a French film producer. He moved to ...

* 1990–1992 :

Jean-Loup Dabadie Jean-Loup Dabadie (27 September 1938 – 24 May 2020) was a French journalist, writer, lyricist, screenwriter and member of the Académie Française. Filmography * '' Anna'' (1967) * '' Such a Gorgeous Kid Like Me'' (1972) * '' Parisian Life'' ...

* 1992–2003 :

Daniel Toscan du Plantier Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the ''France Soir'' daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was d ...

* 2003–2020 :

Alain Terzian Alain Terzian (born 2 May 1949) is a French-Armenian film producer, Administrator of Cannes Film Festival jury, and former President of Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma. He is the chief executive officer of ''Alter Films'' and the Pre ...

* 2020– :

Margaret Ménégoz Margaret Ménégoz (born Margit Katalin Baranyai; 21 April 1941) is a Hungarian-born German-French film producer. She has produced more than 60 films since 1976. She was a member of the jury at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. She h ...

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Les Nuits en Or (Golden Nights)

Les Nuits en Or (English: Golden Nights) is an annual invitation-only professional programme under the aegis of France's Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma (English: Academy of Cinematic Arts and Techniques), an organization that gives out the

. The programme, which was founded in 2007, is presented in partnership with

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and was created to promote the dissemination of work by film-makers from all over the world who are shaping the cinema of the future, to introduce them to the world of European cultural creation, and to forge closer ties between filmmakers by strengthening co-operation between their national cinema academies. The programme comprises three different aspects: The Panorama, The Tour and The Gala Dinner.

The Panorama

The Panorama comprises a selection by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma of the best

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

s from around the world. The selection is based on short films that received awards from their countries' national cinema academies during the previous year (e.g.

Oscar Oscar, OSCAR, or The Oscar may refer to: People * Oscar (given name), an Irish- and English-language name also used in other languages; the article includes the names Oskar, Oskari, Oszkár, Óscar, and other forms. * Oscar (Irish mythology) ...

, César,

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, BAFTA, etc.). Representing a literal panorama of cinematographic creations from around the world, the films from this programme are presented in various European capital cities by the Académie des César and the respective national cinema academies. Screenings are either held all on the same night or over successive evenings. They are open to the public, free of charge.

The Tour

This is a tour organized by the Académie des César for the film-makers selected for the Panorama lasting several days and taking in various European capitals where the Panorama screenings are scheduled to take place, giving them the opportunity to attend the public screenings of their films and to meet local film industry professionals. The Tour involves visits to places of historical and cultural significance in each country as well as an introduction to the national cinema academies and industry professionals of those countries and their film funding schemes. Part of the purpose of the Tour is to enable the film-makers to meet potential producers and investors of their first and second feature films. Past cities of the Tour include

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Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

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Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...

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and

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The Gala Dinner

The Gala Dinner is held at the headquarters of

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, the

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, in honour of the film-makers selected to participate in the Panorama. At the event, the film-makers are partnered with leading industry professionals and awarded with golden

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s printed by

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References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Academie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema Organizations established in 1975 Film-related professional associations 1975 establishments in France