Ernest & Celestine, My Sunny Maad, Little Nicholas Score French Academy Csar Nominations [Video]

France’s 48th César Award nominations were announced on Wednesday. Winners will be announced on February 24 during a ceremony held at the Olympia concert hall in Paris.

Three films scored best animated feature nominations this year, Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger’s Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Michaela Pavlátová’s My Sunny Maad, and Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be.

A U.S. distributor for the Ernest & Celestine sequel hasn’t been announced yet, but it has been doing the rounds in France and Italy since early December and a 2023 North American release is planned. It’s produced by Folivari, France 3 Cinéma, and Les Armateurs, with Studio Canal handling international sales.

Both My Sunny Maad and Little Nicholas – Happy as Can Be boast strong festival resumes and won prizes at Annecy, the former winning a jury award in 2021 and the latter taking the Cristal for best feature in 2022.

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