César Award for Best Documentary Film
| César Award for Best Documentary Film | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma |
| First awarded | 1995 |
| Currently held by | I Am Not Your Negro (2018) |
| Website | academie-cinema |
The César Award for Best Documentary Film (French: César du meilleur film documentaire) is an award presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma since 1995.
Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 (20th) |
Délits flagrants | Raymond Depardon | |
| Bosna! | Alain Ferrari and Bernard-Henri Levy | ||
| Montand | Jean Labib | ||
| Tsahal | Claude Lanzmann | ||
| The Righteous | Tzedek | Marek Halter | |
| Veillées d'armes | Marcel Ophuls | ||
| La Véritable Histoire d'Artaud le Mômo | Gérard Mordillat and Jérôme Prieur | ||
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 (32nd) |
Dans la peau de Jacques Chirac | Michel Royer and Karl Zero | |
| La Fille du juge | William Karel | ||
| Ici Najac, à vous la terre | Jean-Henri Meunier | ||
| Down There | Là-bas | Chantal Akerman | |
| Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait | Zidane, un portrait du XXIème siècle | Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno | |
| 2008 (33rd) |
Terror's Advocate | L'Avocat de la terreur | Barbet Schroeder |
| Animals in Love | Les Animaux amoureux | Laurent Charbonnier | |
| Les Lip, l'imagination au pouvoir | Christian Rouaud | ||
| Le Premier Cri | Gilles de Maistre | ||
| Back to Normandy | Retour en Normandie | Nicolas Philibert | |
| 2009 (34th) |
The Beaches of Agnès | Les Plages d'Agnès | Agnès Varda |
| Her Name Is Sabine | Elle s'appelle Sabine | Sandrine Bonnaire | |
| Hollywood, I'm Sleeping Over Tonight | J'irai dormir à Hollywood | Antoine de Maximy | |
| Tabarly | Pierre Marcel | ||
| Modern Life | La Vie moderne | Raymond Depardon | |