Nominations for the 2017 César Awards, France’s national film awards, have been announced. The Césars are considered France’s equivalent to the Oscars. This Academy actually recognized the existence of films helmed by women, and honored their excellence, which is heartening considering how few female filmmakers are among this year’s recently announced Oscar nominees.

Seven directors are up for Best Director, and three of them are women: Houda Benyamina (“Divines”), Anne Fontaine (“The Innocents”), and Nicole Garcia (“From The Land Of the Moon”). The last time a woman was nominated for a Best Director Oscar was in 2013, when Kathryn Bigelow won for “The Hurt Locker.” She’s the only woman in history to win an Academy Award for Best Director.

Two of the seven films in the running for Best Picture at the Césars are women-directed: Cannes hit “Divines” and WWII drama “The Innocents.” Of nine films in contention for Best Picture at the Oscars, zero are helmed by women.

The Best Short Film category is also a pleasant surprise. Four of the five films nominated for Best Short at the César Awards are directed or co-directed by women, including Chabname Zariab’s “Au Bruit des Clochettes” and Maïmouna Doucouré’s “Mamans.”

While a female cinematographer has never been nominated for an Oscar,
Caroline Champetier scored a César nod for her work on “The Innocents.”

Only one female screenwriter is up for an Oscar this year: “Hidden Figures” co-writer and former NASA intern Allison Schroeder, who is in contention for Best Adapted Screenplay. Seven of the ten films nominated for César Screenwriting awards are written or co-written by women, including Céline Sciamma for “My Life as a Zucchini.”

The female acting nominees at the César Awards are notably less inclusive than this year’s group of Oscar acting nominees. Of 15 actresses up for César Awards, only two are women of color, and both appear in the same movie: “Divines.” Debroah Lukumuena is in the race for Best Supporting Actress and Oulaya Amamra is up for Best New Actress.

The French Academy made headlines for their terrible decision to honor Roman Polanski, who pleaded guilty to statutory rape in 1977, but has avoided sentencing since. He was named as President of this year’s edition of the awards, but protests from feminist organizations led to Polanski renouncing the position.

Check out all of the female César nominees below. List adapted from The Playlist. The ceremony will take place on February 24.

Best Film
Divines — Directed by Houda Benyamina
The Innocents — Directed by Anne Fontaine
From The Land Of the Moon — Directed by Nicole Garcia

Best Director
Houda Benyamina for Divines
Anne Fontaine for The Innocents
Nicole Garcia for From The Land Of the Moon

Best Actress
Judith Chemla for A Woman’s Life
Marion Cotillard for From The Land Of The Moon
Virginie Efira for Victoria
Marina Fois for Faultless
Isabelle Huppert for Elle
Sidse Babett Knudsen for 150 Milligrams

Best Supporting Actress
Nathalie Baye for It’s Only The End Of The World
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for Slack Bay
Anne Consigny for Elle
Debroah Lukumuena for Divines
Melanie Thierry for The Dancer

Best New Actress
Oulaya Amamra for Divines
Paula Beer for Frantz
Lily-Rose Depp for The Dancer
Noémie Merlant for Heaven Will Wait
Raph for Slack Bay

Best Foreign Film
Toni Erdmann by Maren Ade (Germany)

Best Original Screenplay
Romain Compingt, Houda Benyamina, and Malik Rumeau for Divines
Sabrina Karine, Alice Vial, Pascal Bonitzer, and Anne Fontaine for The Innocents
Justine Triet for Victoria

Best Adapted Screenplay
Severine Bosschem, Emmanuelle Bercot for 150 Milligrams
Céline Sciamma for My Life as a Zucchini
Nicole Garcia, Jacquest Fieschi for From The Land Of the Moon
Katell Quillevere, Gille Taurand for Heal The Living

Best Documentary Film
Derniers Nouvelles du Cosmos by Julie Bertucelli

Best First Film
The Fabulous Patars by Sophie Reine
The Dancer by Stephanie di Guisto
Divines by Houda Benyamina

Best Original Score
Anne Dudley for Elle
Sophie Hunger for My Life as a Zucchini

Best Sound
Brigitte Taillandier, Vincent Guillon, Stephane Thiebaut for Chocolat
Jean-Paul Mugel, Alexis Place, Cyril Holtz, Damie Lazzerini for Elle

Best Editing
Laure Gardette for Frantz

Best Cinematography
Caroline Champetier for The Innocents

Best Costumes
Anais Romand for The Dancer
Pascaline Chavanne for Frantz
Catherine Leterrier for From The Land Of The Moon
Madeline Fontain for A Woman’s Life

Best Animated Short Film
Cafe Froid — Co-Directed by Stéphanie Lansaque

Best Short Film
Au Bruit des Clochettes — Directed by Chabname Zariab
Chasse Royale — Co-Directed by Lisa Akoka
Mamans — Directed by Maïmouna Doucouré
Vers la Tendresse — Directed by Alice Diop