The 8th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best French films of 1982 and took place on 26 February 1983 at Le Grand Rex in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Catherine Deneuve and hosted by Jean-Claude Brialy. La Balance won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

The winners are highlighted in bold: Victor Victoria, directed by Blake Edwards E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed by Steven Spielberg The French Lieutenant's Woman, directed by Karel Reisz Yol, directed by Serif Gören, Yılmaz Güney Gérard Lanvin, for Tir groupé Stéphane Audran, for Paradis pour tous Danielle Darrieux, for Une chambre en ville Christophe Malavoy, for Family Rock Jean-Paul Comart, for La Balance Tchéky Karyo, for La Balance Dominique Pinon, for The Return of Martin Guerre Sophie Marceau, for La Boum 2 Souad Amidou, for Le Grand frère Fabienne Guyon, for Une chambre en ville Julie Jézéquel, for L'Étoile du Nord Jean-Claude Carrière, Daniel Vigne, for The Return of Martin Guerre Mathieu Fabiani, Bob Swaim, for La Balance Éric Rohmer, for Le Beau Mariage Élie Chouraqui, for Qu'est-ce qui fait courir David? Henri Alekan, for La Truite Edmond Richard, for Les Misérables Raoul Coutard, for Passion Jean Penzer, for Une chambre en ville Piotr Zawadzki, Dominique Hennequin, Jean-Pierre Ruh, for Danton Pierre Gamet, Jacques Maumont, for Les Quarantièmes rugissants Gérard Lamps, André Hervée, for Une chambre en ville Françoise Javet, for La Balance Henri Lanoë, for Les Quarantièmes rugissants Armand Psenny, for Tir groupé Jean Ravel, for L'Étoile du Nord Michel Portal, for The Return of Martin Guerre Vladimir Cosma, for La Boum 2 Georges Delerue, for La Passante du Sans-Souci Michel Colombier, for Une chambre en ville Alain Nègre, for The Return of Martin Guerre François de Lamothe, for Les Misérables Alexandre Trauner, for La Truite Bernard Evein, for Une chambre en ville Los Montes, directed by José Martin Sarmiento Sculptures sonores, directed by Jacques Barsac