César Award

French motion-picture award

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The C\u00e9sar Award is the French motion-picture award, comparable to the American Academy Awards. It was commissioned by the French film industry in 1975 and designed by the French sculptor C\u00e9sar. The award itself is a gold statuette in a compression style, distinct from the Oscar. C\u00e9sar, the artist, was a prominent figure in the New Realism movement, known for his sculptures made from compressed automobiles, discarded metal, and foam.12

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…design its annual award, the César, a compression-styled gold statuette quite distinct from its older American cousin, the Oscar. He became an officer of the French Legion of Honour in 1993, and in 1996 he received the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for sculpture.
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…design its annual award, the César, a compression-styled gold statuette quite distinct from its older American cousin, the Oscar. He became an officer of the French Legion of Honour in 1993, and in 1996 he received the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale prize for sculpture.
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