The Innocent, in which Garrel co-stars, alongside Tár actress Noemie Merlant and Roschdy Zem, picked up 11 César nominations, including for best film and best director.

Moll’s The Night of the 12th, which, like The Innocent, premiered in Cannes last year, scored 10 César noms, including for best film.

Cédric Klapisch’s Rise, about a ballet dancer (Marion Barbeau) who, after an injury, seeks a new future in contemporary dance, is up for 9 Césars, as is Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, a thriller featuring Benoît Magimel as a morally-challenged Haut-Commissaire on an island in French Polynesia.

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi’s dramedy Forever Young, Cedric Jimenez’s terrorism drama November, Eric Gravel’s family drama Full Time and Alice Diop’s legal thriller Saint Omer are major contenders, with multiple nominations.

Garrel is favorite in the race for this year’s César for best actor, for The Innocent, alongside Jean Dujardin for November, Magimel for Pacification, Vincent Macaigne for Emmanuel Mouret’s Diary of a Fleeting Affair, and Denis Ménochet for his Rainer Werner Fassbinder-inspired performance in François Ozon’s Peter von Kant.

Best actress nominees include Laure Calamy for Full Time, Juliette Binoche for starring turn in Emmanuel Carrère’s Between Two Worlds, Virginie Efira for Alice Winocour’s Paris Memories, and Adèle Exarchopoulos for Zero Fucks Given from directors Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre.

Foreign Films

Best foreign film are: Ruben Östlund’s Triangle of Sadness, Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO, Tarik Saleh’s Cairo Conspiracy, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s Spanish thriller The Beasts, and Lukas Dhont’s Close.

Best director nominees are Garrel for The Innocent, Moll for The Night of the 12th, Jimenez for November, Klapisch for Rise, and Serra for Pacifiction.

Se7en and The Social Network director David Fincher will receive a lifetime achievement honor at this year’s ceremony.

Forever Young

The French César Academy recently voted to not allow anyone who has been indicted or sentenced for acts of sexual or sexist violence to attend this year’s event, though they can still be nominated and win a César. The move came after Forever Young actor Sofiane Bennacer made the initial César shortlist in the best newcomer category. He was later dropped after he had been indicted on multiple charges of rape and violence.

Full list of César nominees:

Best Film
Forever Young, dir. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi producers: Alexandra Henochsberg, Patrick Sobelman
Rise, dir. Cédric Klapisch producer: Bruno Levy
The Innocent, dir. Louis Garrel producer: Anne-Dominique Toussaint
The Night of the 12th, dir. Dominik Moll producers: Caroline Benjo, Barbara Letellier, Carole Scotta, Simon Arnal
Pacification, dir Albert Serra, producer: Pierre Olivier Bardet

Best Director
Cédric Klapisch for Rise
Louis Garrel for The Innocent
Cédric Jimenz for November
Dominik Moll for The Night of the 12th
Albert Serra for Pacification

Best Actress
Fanny Ardant for The Young Lovers
Juliette Binoche for Between Two Worlds
Laure Calamy for Full Time
Virginie Efira for Paris Memories
Adèle Exarchopoulos for Zero Fucks Given

Best Actor
Jean Dujardin for November
Louis Garrel for The Innocent
Vincent Macaigne for Diary of a Fleeting Affair
Benoît Magimel for Pacification
Denis Ménochet for Peter von Kant

Judith Chemla for The Sixth Child
Anaïs Demoustier for November
Anouk Grinberg for The Innocent
Lyna Khoudri for November
Noémie Merland for The Innocent

Best Supporting Actor
François Civil for Rise
Bouli Lanners for The Night of the 12th
Micha Lescot for Forever Young
Pio Marmaï for Rise
Roschdy Zem for The Innocent

Best Female Newcomer
Marion Barbeau for Rise
Guslagie Malanda for Saint Omer
Rebecca Marder for A Radiant Girl
Nadia Tereszkiewicz for Forever Young
Mallory Wanecque for The Worst Ones

Best Male Newcomer
Bastien Bouillon for The Night of the 12th
Stefan Crepon for Peter von Kant
Dimitri Doré for Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer
Paul Kircher for Winter Boy
Aliocha Reinert for Softie

Best Original Screenplay
Éric Grave for Full Time
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Noémie Lvovsky, Agnès de Sacy for Forever Young
Cédric Klapisch, Santiago Amigorena for Rise
Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel, Naïla Guiguet for The Innocent
Alice Diop, Amrita David, Marie Ndiaye for Saint Omer

Best Adapted Screenplay
Michel Hazanavicius for Final Cut
Thierry de Perett, Jeanne Aptekman for Undercover
Gilles Marchand, Dominik Moll for The Night of the 12th

Best Foreign Film
The Beasts, dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Close, dir. Lukas Dhont
The Cairo Conspiracy, dir. Tarik Saleh
EO, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Triangle of Sadness, dir. Ruben Östlund

Best Animated Film
Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, dirs. Jean-Christophe Roger, Julien Chheng producers: Damien Brunner, Didier Brunner
My Sunny Maad, dir. Michaela Pavlatova
Little Nicolas — Happy As Can Be, dir. Amandine Fredon, Benjamin Massoubre producer: Aton Soumache

Best Documentary
Rookies, dirs. Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai
producers: Stéphanie Schorter, Thierry Demaizière, Alban Teurlai, Romain Icard
The Super 8 Years, dirs. Annie Ernaux, David Ernaux-Briot producers: David Thion, Philippe Martin
Heart of Oak, dirs. Laurent Charbonnier, Michel Seydoux producers: Barthélémy Fougea, Michel Seydoux
Jane by Charlotte, dir. Charlotte Gainsbourg producers: Mathieu Ageron, Maxime Delauney, Athieu Ageron, Maxime Delauney, Romain Rousseau, Charlotte Gainsbourg
Returning to Reims [Fragments], dir. Jean-Gabriel Périot producer: Marie-Ange Luciani

Best First Film

Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer, dir. Vincent Le Port, producers: Thierry Lounas, Roy Arida, Pierre-Emmanuel Urcun
Falcon Lake, dir. Charlotte le Bon producers: David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Jean-Luc Ormieres, Jalil Lespert
The Worst Ones, dir. Lise Akoka, Romane Gueret producers: Marine Alaric, Frédéric Jouve
Saint Omer, dir. Alice Diop, producers: Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
The Sixth Child, dir. Léopold Legrand producers: Frédéic Brillion, Gilles Legrand

Best Score
Irène Drésel for Full Time
Alexandre Desplat for Final Cut
Grégoire Hetzel for The Innocent
Olivier Marguerit for The Night of the 12th
Marc Verdaguer, Joe Robinson for Pacification
Anton Sanko for The Passengers of the Night

Best Sound
Cyril Moisson, Nicolas Moreau, Cyril Holtz for Rise
Laurent Benaïm, Alexis Meynet, Olivier Guillaume for The Innocent
Cédric Delouche, Alexis Place, Gwennolé Le Borgne, Marc Doisne for November
François Maurel, Olivier Mortier, Luc Thomas for The Night of the 12th
Jordi Ribas, Benjamin Laurent, Brunno Tarrière for Pacification

Julien Poupard for Forever Young
Alexis Kavyrchine for Rise
Patrick Ghiringhelli for The Night of the 12th
Artur Tort for Pacification
Claire Mathon for Saint Omer

Best Editing
Mathilde van de Moortel for Full Time
Anne-Sophie Bion for Rise
Pierre Deschamps for The Innocent
Laure Gardette for November
Laurent Rouan for The Night of the 12th

Best Costumes
Caroline de Vivaise for Forever Young
Pierre-Jean Larroque for Couleurs de L’incendie
Emmanuelle Youchnovski for Waiting for Bojangles
Corrine Bruand for The Innocent
Praxedes de Vilallonga for Pacification
Gigi Lepage for Simone: Woman of the Century

Best Set Design
Emmanuelle Duplay for Forever Young
Sebastian Birchler for Couleurs de L’incendie
Michel Barthélémy for The Night of the 12th
Sebastian Vogler for Pacification
Christian Marti for Simone: Woman of the Century

Best Visual Effects
Guillaume Marien for The Five Devils
Sébastien Rame for Smoking Causes Coughing
Tousser Laurens Ehrmann for Notre-Dame on Fire
Mikaël Tanguy for November
Marco Del Bianco for Pacification