Overview
- The Folies Bergère ceremony, televised Monday on France 2, named Le Procès d’une Vie best private theatre production and I Will Survive best public theatre show.
- Muriel Robin received an honorary Molière and used her speech to oppose a justice bill that would allow plea deals for grave crimes, saying, "A rape is not negotiated, it is judged."
- Organisers dropped the CGT union’s customary speaking slot, announced by communiqué hours before the broadcast, drawing protests over budget cuts and reductions to FONPEPS, a national fund that supports stable jobs in the performing arts.
- Laurent Lafitte won best actor in public theatre for La Cage aux Folles, Elsa Lepoivre won best actress in public theatre, Josiane Balasko and Jérôme Kircher took the private theatre acting prizes, Joël Pommerat won best public director, and Alex Lutz won the humour award.
- Le Procès d’une Vie finished with three trophies including best author and a supporting actress win, in a year that saw the industry’s voting academy of more than 3,000 professionals spotlight work with strong social themes.