31st César Awards

The 31st César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best films of 2005 in France and took place on 25 February 2006 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The ceremony was chaired by Carole Bouquet and hosted by Valérie Lemercier.

The ceremony was marred by demonstrations by the intermittents (film industry workers), who lobbied for greater rights for temporary contract workers after running onto the stage before the start.

The police had to evacuate the protesters, which ultimately led to a 23-minute delay to the start of the proceedings.

Winners are highlighted in bold: The Beat That My Heart Skipped Jacques Audiard – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Michel Bouquet – The Last Mitterrand Nathalie Baye – The Young Lieutenant Niels Arestrup – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Cécile de France – Russian Dolls Louis Garrel – Regular Lovers Linh Dan Pham – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Live and Become – Alain-Michel Blanc and Radu Mihaileanu The Beat That My Heart Skipped – Jacques Audiard and Tonino Benacquista Darwin's Nightmare Stéphane Fontaine – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Juliette Welfling – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Laurent Quaglio and Gérard Lamps – March of the Penguins Alexandre Desplat – The Beat That My Heart Skipped Caroline de Vivaise – Gabrielle Olivier Radot – Gabrielle After Shave Million Dollar Baby Hugh Grant[1] Pierre Richard The show was followed by 2.5 million viewers.