Lumières Award
The Lumières Award (French: Lumières de la presse internationale) is a French film award presented by the Académie des Lumières to honor the best in the French-speaking cinema of the previous year. The awards ceremony is organized by the Académie des Lumières which consists of over 200 representatives of the international press based in Paris. Today it is regarded as one of the most prestigious French film industry awards, equivalent to the Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
| Lumières Award | |
|---|---|
| Current: 29th Lumières Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in Francophone cinema |
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First awarded | 1996 |
| Last awarded | 2023 |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
History
The Lumières Award was initiated in 1995 by French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier and American journalist and ex-Newsweek's Paris correspondent Edward Behr. Their idea was to replicate the Golden Globes given by the foreign press in Hollywood.[1] The Lumières Award is usually presented a month before the César Award, the French national film award.[2]
Directing Board
The president of the Academy is Lisa Nesselson, the vice-presidents are Pamela Bienzobas and José Maria Riba, the treasurer is Min Liu, the general secretary is Jacques Kermabon and the general delegate is Anne Guimet.
Award categories
Current categories
- Best Film: since 1996
- Best Director: since 1996
- Best Actor: since 1996
- Best Actress: since 1996
- Best Screenplay: since 1996
- Best Male Revelation: since 2000
- Best Female Revelation: since 2000
- Best First Film: since 2014
- Best Cinematography: since 2008
- Best Music: since 2016
- Best Documentary: since 2016
- Best Animated Film: since 2017
- Best International Co-Production: since 2020
- Honorary Lumières Award
Discontinued categories
- World Audience Award
- Special Jury Prize
- Best Foreign Film
- Best French-Language Film
Ceremonies
| Edition | Date | President(s) | Best Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Lumières Awards | 29 January 1996 | Isabella Rossellini | La Haine |
| 2nd Lumières Awards | 13 February 1997 | Philippe Noiret | Ridicule |
| 3rd Lumières Awards | 15 December 1998 | Fanny Ardant | Marius and Jeannette |
| 4th Lumières Awards | 16 January 1999 | Jean Reno | The Dreamlife of Angels |
| 5th Lumières Awards | 2 February 2000 | Claudia Cardinale | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc |
| 6th Lumières Awards | 24 January 2001 | Frédéric Lopez | The Taste of Others |
| 7th Lumières Awards | 25 February 2002 | Amélie | |
| 8th Lumières Awards | 14 February 2003 | Carole Laure | Amen. |
| 9th Lumières Awards | 17 February 2004 | Patrice Chéreau | The Triplets of Belleville |
| 10th Lumières Awards | 16 February 2005 | Alain Corneau | The Chorus |
| 11th Lumières Awards | 21 February 2006 | Claudia Cardinale | The Beat That My Heart Skipped |
| 12th Lumières Awards | 5 February 2007 | Isabelle Mergault | Tell No One |
| 13th Lumières Awards | 13 January 2008 | Claude Lelouch | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 14th Lumières Awards | 19 January 2009 | Jeanne Balibar | The Class |
| 15th Lumières Awards | 15 January 2010 | Régis Wargnier | Welcome |
| 16th Lumières Awards | 14 January 2011 | François Berléand | Of Gods and Men |
| 17th Lumières Awards | 13 January 2012 | Catherine Jacob | The Artist |
| 18th Lumières Awards | 18 January 2013 | Victoria Abril | Amour |
| 19th Lumières Awards | 20 January 2014 | Carole Bouquet | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| 20th Lumières Awards | 2 February 2015 | Claudia Cardinale, Victoria Abril Carole Laure, Catherine Jacob and Isabelle Mergault |
Timbuktu |
| 21st Lumières Awards | 8 February 2016 | Mustang | |
| 22nd Lumières Awards | 30 January 2017 | Elle | |
| 23rd Lumières Awards | 5 February 2018 | Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monica Bellucci | BPM (Beats per Minute) |
| 24th Lumières Awards | 4 February 2019 | Claude Lelouch and Anouk Aimée for the film A Man and a Woman (1966); Jane Birkin | The Sisters Brothers |
| 25th Lumières Awards | 27 January 2020 | Les Misérables | |
| 26th Lumières Awards | 19 January 2021 | Love Affair(s) | |
| 27th Lumières Awards | 17 January 2022 | Happening | |
| 28th Lumières Awards[3] | 16 January 2023 | The Night of the 12th | |
| 29th Lumières Awards[4] | 22 January 2024 | ||
See also
- César Award
- Louis Delluc Prize
- Magritte Award
- Golden Globe Award
References
- L'Académie des Lumières Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine "À l'image des Golden Globe Awards décernés chaque année par l'Association de la presse étrangère de Hollywood, l'Académie des Lumières veut souligner le grand intérêt que porte au cinéma français la presse internationale largement représentée à Paris."
- "Présentation". l'Académie des Lumières. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- Leffler, Rebecca (January 17, 2023). "Dominik Moll's 'The Night Of The 12th' scoops best film prize at France's Lumiere Awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- Lemercier, Fabien (14 December 2023). "Anatomie d'une chute domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2023.
