Father Geek here at the Geek Headquarters Compound in Austin, Texas with the results of the 28th edition of the French Academy Awards... To cut to the chase for those of you interested only in the bottom line for USA interests "The Pianist" was the BIG winner with 7 Awards, Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" won the Award for Best Foreign Film, and Meryl Streep & Spike Lee each received Special Awards... here's also a link to see the entire show on vidéo (when you're on the page, click on the image LA CEREMONIE on the right of the screen).

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Watch the speech of Michael Moore, it's great. (You can go straight to it if you so desire)

Now here's the complete list (My French isn't the best, sooooo I didn't translate what I didn't know for sure, sorry its my Texas education... heavy on Spanish)

Best Film:

The Pianist by Roman Polanski

Best Actor:

Adrian Brody for The Pianist

Best Actress:

Isabelle Carré for Se souvenir des belles choses (Beautiful Memories)

Best Supporting Actor:

Bernard Le Coq for Se souvenir des belles choses (Beautiful Memories)

Best Supporting Actress:

Karin Viard for Embrassez qui vous voudrez (See How They Run)

Meilleur espoir masculin :

Jean-Paul Rouve for Monsieur Batignole

Meilleur espoir féminin :

Cécile de France for L'Auberge espagnole

Best Director:

Roman Polanski for The Pianist

Meilleure première oeuvre de fiction :

Se souvenir des belles choses (Beautiful Memories) by Zabou Breitman

Meilleur scénario original ou adaptation :

Costa-Gavras et Jean-Claude Grumberg pour Amen

Best Foreign Film:

Bowling for Columbine by Michael Moore

Best Film from l'Union Européenne:

Talk to Her by Pedro Almodovar

Best Music written for Film:

Wojciech Kilar for The Pianist

Cinematography:

Pawel Edelman for The Pianist

Art Direction:

Allan Starski for The Pianist

Meilleur son :

Jean-Marie Blondel, Gérard Hardy et Dean Humphreys for The Pianist

Best Editing:

Nicolas Philibert for Etre et avoir

Best Costumes:

Philippe Guillotel, Tanino Liberatore et Florence Sadaune for Astérix et Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre

Meilleur court métrage :

Peau de vache de Gérard Hustache-Mathieu

The Special Césares d'honneur:

Meryl Streep

Spike Lee

Bernadette Lafont