'Timbuktu' sweeps France's Cesar Awards
(AGI) Paris, Feb 21 - A triumph for 'Timbuktu' at the 40thCesar Awards, the Oscars of French cinema. The film on jihadismwon seven awards, including one for best director forAbderrahmane Sissako, making the Franco-Mauritanian the firstAfrican director to win the award. Another first was forKristen Stewart, who was the first American to win a Cesar asbest supporting actress, alongside Juliette Binoche in "SilsMaria". Timbuktu, applauded but not awarded in Cannes and inthe running for an Oscar for best foreign film which will beawarded on the night between Sunday and Monday, was