Lumière Awards


The Lumière Awards, officially the Lumières de la presse internationale, are French film awards 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 they are regarded as one of the most prestigious French film industry awards, and are considered France's equivalent to the Golden Globe Awards.

History

The Lumière Awards were 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, which were presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The Lumière Awards is usually presented a month before the César Awards, the French national film award. Le Figaro described the Lumières as "one of the barometers of the French awards season and are a good indication of the films that will be acclaimed by the César Awards, when they are nominated in January".

Directing Board

The president of the Academy is Lisa Nesselson, the vice-presidents are Pamela Bienzobas and José [Maria Ribeiro da Cunha|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

Discontinued categories

Ceremonies

EditionDatePresidentBest Film
1st Lumière Awards29 January 1996Isabella RosselliniLa Haine
2nd Lumière Awards13 January 1997Philippe NoiretRidicule
3rd Lumière Awards15 December 1998Fanny ArdantMarius and Jeannette
4th Lumière Awards16 January 1999Jean RenoThe Dreamlife of Angels
5th Lumière Awards2 February 2000Claudia CardinaleThe Messenger: [The Story of Joan of Arc]
6th Lumière Awards24 January 2001Frédéric LopezThe Taste of Others
7th Lumière Awards25 February 2002Amélie
8th Lumière Awards14 February 2003Carole LaureAmen.
9th Lumière Awards17 February 2004Patrice ChéreauThe Triplets of Belleville
10th Lumière Awards16 February 2005Alain CorneauThe Chorus
11th Lumière Awards21 February 2006Claudia CardinaleThe Beat That My Heart Skipped
12th Lumière Awards5 February 2007Isabelle MergaultTell No One
13th Lumière Awards13 January 2008Claude LelouchThe [Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]
14th Lumière Awards19 January 2009Jeanne BalibarThe Class
15th Lumière Awards15 January 2010Régis WargnierWelcome
16th Lumière Awards14 January 2011François BerléandOf Gods and Men
17th Lumière Awards13 January 2012Catherine JacobThe Artist
18th Lumière Awards18 January 2013Victoria AbrilAmour
19th Lumière Awards20 January 2014Carole BouquetBlue Is the Warmest Colour
20th Lumière Awards2 February 2015Claudia Cardinale, Victoria Abril, Jeanne Balibar, and Catherine JacobTimbuktu
21st Lumière Awards8 February 2016Mustang
22nd Lumière Awards30 January 2017Elle
23rd Lumière Awards5 February 2018BPM (Beats per Minute)
24th Lumière Awards4 February 2019The Sisters Brothers
25th Lumière Awards27 January 2020Les Misérables
26th Lumière Awards19 January 2021Love Affair(s)
27th Lumière Awards17 January 2022Happening
28th Lumière Awards16 January 2023The Night of the 12th
29th Lumière Awards22 January 2024Anatomy of a Fall
30th Lumière Awards20 January 2025Emilia Pérez