The 37th César Awards ceremony, presented by the French Academy of Cinema Arts and Techniques (Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma), was held on 24 February 2012, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

[1] The Artist won six out of its ten nominations, including Best Film, Best Director (Michel Hazanavicius), Best Actress (Bérénice Bejo), and Best Cinematography (Guillaume Schiffman).

The ceremony was chaired by Guillaume Canet, with Antoine de Caunes as master of ceremonies.

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

The Artist Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist Omar Sy, The Intouchables Bérénice Bejo, The Artist Michel Blanc, The Minister Carmen Maura, The Women on the 6th Floor (Les Femmes du 6e étage) Grégory Gadebois, Angel & Tony (tie) Naidra Ayadi, Polisse and Clotilde Hesme, Angel & Tony When Pigs Have Wings The Minister (L'exercice de l'État), Pierre Schoeller The Artist, Guillaume Schiffman Carnage, Roman Polanski and Yasmina Reza Polisse, Laure Gardette and Yann Dedet The Minister (L'Exercice de l'État), Olivier Hespel, Julie Brenta and Jean-Pierre Laforce The Artist, Ludovic Bource House of Tolerance (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Anaïs Romand The Artist, Laurence Bennett Tous au Larzac The Rabbi's Cat (Le Chat du rabbin) L'Accordeur A Separation (Jodái-e Náder az Simin) ( Iran), Asghar Farhadi Kate Winslet, English actress and singer The show was followed by 3.9 million viewers.