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César Awards 1980 winners and nominees

The 1980 César Awards, by category: the winner first, then the nominees.

Reported results from TVDB and Wikidata. Coverage is incomplete.

Best Film

Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81
Womanlight
Womanlight (1979)
GoodWatch score 65
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1979)
GoodWatch score 89

Best Director

Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1979)
GoodWatch score 89
The Hussy
The Hussy (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
Womanlight
Womanlight (1979)
GoodWatch score 65

Best Actor

The Police War
The Police War (1979)
GoodWatch score 60
The Police War
The Police War (1979)
GoodWatch score 60
Won
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
Courage fuyons
Courage fuyons (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81
Courage fuyons
Courage fuyons (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

Best Supporting Actress

The Skirt Chaser
The Skirt Chaser (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
Won
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
Courage fuyons
Courage fuyons (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
Memoirs of a French Whore
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
GoodWatch score 62

Best Supporting Actor

Hothead
Hothead (1979)
GoodWatch score 74
Hothead
Hothead (1979)
GoodWatch score 74
Won
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
Courage fuyons
Courage fuyons (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
The Medic
The Medic (1979)
GoodWatch score 53

Best Actress

Memoirs of a French Whore
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
GoodWatch score 62
Memoirs of a French Whore
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
GoodWatch score 62
Won
Womanlight
Womanlight (1979)
GoodWatch score 65
Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
The Crying Woman
The Crying Woman (1979)
GoodWatch score 58

Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation

Buffet Froid
Buffet Froid (1979)
GoodWatch score 76
Won
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
The Hussy
The Hussy (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

Best Music Written for a Film

Love on the Run
Love on the Run (1979)
GoodWatch score 66
Won
Memoirs of a French Whore
Memoirs of a French Whore (1979)
GoodWatch score 62
Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

Best Sound

Womanlight
Womanlight (1979)
GoodWatch score 65
Won
Perceval
Perceval (1978)
GoodWatch score 79
Return to the Beloved
Return to the Beloved (1979)
GoodWatch score 60
Martin and Lea
Martin and Lea (1979)
GoodWatch score 61

Best Production Design

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1979)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
Buffet Froid
Buffet Froid (1979)
GoodWatch score 76
Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
I... for Icarus
I... for Icarus (1979)
GoodWatch score 81

Best Editing

Don Giovanni
Don Giovanni (1979)
GoodWatch score 89
Won
The Skirt Chaser
The Skirt Chaser (1979)
GoodWatch score 61
The Bronte Sisters
The Bronte Sisters (1979)
GoodWatch score 62
Serie Noire
Serie Noire (1979)
GoodWatch score 59
Buffet Froid
Buffet Froid (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

Best Foreign Film

Manhattan
Manhattan (1979)
GoodWatch score 80
Won
Hair
Hair (1979)
GoodWatch score 75
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now (1979)
GoodWatch score 89
The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum (1979)
GoodWatch score 74

Best Cinematography

Tess
Tess (1979)
GoodWatch score 78
Won
Buffet Froid
Buffet Froid (1979)
GoodWatch score 76
Perceval
Perceval (1978)
GoodWatch score 79
The Bronte Sisters
The Bronte Sisters (1979)
GoodWatch score 62