# 21st Lumière Awards

The 21st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 8 February 2016, at the Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris to honour the best in French films of 2015. Nominees were announced on 4 January 2016. My Golden Days garnered the most nominations, with a total of seven.
Mustang won four awards, out of its six nominations, including Best Film and Best First Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Mustang Summertime Dheepan Courted Marguerite My Golden Days | Best Director Arnaud Desplechin — My Golden Days Jacques Audiard — Dheepan Catherine Corsini — Summertime Philippe Garrel — In the Shadow of Women Xavier Giannoli — Marguerite Maïwenn — Mon roi |
| Best Actor Vincent Lindon — The Measure of a Man & Diary of a Chambermaid Gérard Depardieu — Valley of Love André Dussollier — 21 Nights with Pattie Fabrice Luchini — Courted Vincent Macaigne — Two Friends Jérémie Renier — The Wakhan Front | Best Actress Catherine Frot — Marguerite Emmanuelle Bercot — Mon roi Clotilde Courau — In the Shadow of Women Izïa Higelin — Summertime Isabelle Huppert — Valley of Love Elsa Zylberstein — Un plus une |
| Best Male Revelation Rod Paradot — Standing Tall Stany Coppet — La Vie pure Quentin Dolmaire — My Golden Days Alban Lenoir — French Blood Félix Moati — All About Them Harmandeep Palminder — Young Tiger | Best Female Revelation Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit Işcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu & Ilayda Akdoğan — Mustang Golshifteh Farahani — Two Friends Sara Giraudeau — Les Bêtises Baya Medhaffar — As I Open My Eyes Lou Roy-Lecollinet — My Golden Days Sophie Verbeeck — All About Them |
| Best First Film Mustang Young Tiger Two Friends The Wakhan Front La Vie pure Vincent | Best Screenplay Fatima — Philippe Faucon Summertime — Catherine Corsini and Laurette Polmanss My Golden Days — Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr Mustang — Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour Marguerite — Xavier Giannoli 21 Nights with Pattie — Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| Best Cinematography David Chizallet — Mustang, The Anarchists & I Am a Soldier Matias Boucard — L'Affaire SK1 Irina Lubtchansky — My Golden Days Claire Mathon — The Last Hammer Blow, Mon roi & Two Friends Arnaud Potier — Cowboys Sylvain Verdet — The Wakhan Front | Best Music Grégoire Hetzel — Summertime & My Golden Days Bruno Coulais — Diary of a Chambermaid Warren Ellis — Mustang Gesaffelstein — Disorder Béatrice Thiriet — L'Astragale Jean-Claude Vannier — Microbe & Gasoline |
| Best Documentary (Tie) The Pearl Button & The Missing Picture Human South to North Tomorrow We Come as Friends | Best French-Language Film Much Loved As I Open My Eyes Next Year The Rooftops The Brand New Testament La Vanité |
| Honorary Lumières Isabelle Huppert ||

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 7 | My Golden Days |
| 6 | Mustang |
| 5 | Summertime |
| 4 | Marguerite |
| 4 | Two Friends |
| 3 | Mon roi |
| 3 | The Wakhan Front |
| 2 |
| 2 | Dheepan |
| 2 | Courted |
| 2 | In the Shadow of Women |
| 2 | 21 Nights with Pattie |
| 2 | Valley of Love |
| 2 | Diary of a Chambermaid |
| 2 | La Vie pure |
| 2 | As I Open My Eyes |
| 2 | All About Them |
| 2 | Young Tiger |
The following films received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Mustang |
| 2 | My Golden Days |