The 44th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, took place on 22 February 2019, at the Salle Pleyel in Paris to honour the best French films of 2018.

The ceremony was dedicated to Charles Aznavour, who died the previous October.

For the first time the "César des Lycéens" will be awarded, in a separate ceremony on 13 March 2019, at the Sorbonne in Paris.

This award is to be conferred on one of the seven nominees for Best Film and is selected by the students of three high schools.

[2][3] Custody − Produced by Alexandre Gavras; Directed by Xavier Legrand Jacques Audiard − The Sisters Brothers Alex Lutz − Guy Léa Drucker − Custody Philippe Katerine − Sink or Swim Karin Viard − Little Tickles Dylan Robert − Shéhérazade Kenza Fortas − Shéhérazade Custody − Xavier Legrand Little Tickles − Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer Shéhérazade − Jean-Bernard Marlin The Sisters Brothers − Benoît Debie Custody − Yorgos Lamprinos The Sisters Brothers − Cyril Holtz Guy − Romain Greffe, Vincent Blanchard Pierre-Jean Larroque − Mademoiselle de Joncquières The Sisters Brothers − Michel Barthélémy So Help Me God − Jean Libon i Yves Hinant Dilili à Paris − Michel Ocelot Vilaine fille − Ayce Kartal Les Petites Mains − Rémi Allier Shoplifters (Japan) – Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Les Tuche 3 d'Olivier Baroux Robert Redford