# Lumière Awards

The Lumière Awards (French: Prix Lumières), 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 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 Lumière Award

### Discontinued categories

* World Audience Award
* Special Jury Prize
* Best Foreign Film
* Best French-Language Film

## Ceremonies

| Edition | Date | President(s) | Best Film |
| 1st Lumière Awards | 29 January 1996 | Isabella Rossellini | La Haine |
| 2nd Lumière Awards | 13 January 1997 | Philippe Noiret | Ridicule |
| 3rd Lumière Awards | 15 December 1998 | Fanny Ardant | Marius and Jeannette |
| 4th Lumière Awards | 16 January 1999 | Jean Reno | The Dreamlife of Angels |
| 5th Lumière Awards | 2 February 2000 | Claudia Cardinale | The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc |
| 6th Lumière Awards | 24 January 2001 | Frédéric Lopez | The Taste of Others |
| 7th Lumière Awards | 25 February 2002 | | Amélie |
| 8th Lumière Awards | 14 February 2003 | Carole Laure | Amen. |
| 9th Lumière Awards | 17 February 2004 | Patrice Chéreau | The Triplets of Belleville |
| 10th Lumière Awards | 16 February 2005 | Alain Corneau | The Chorus |
| 11th Lumière Awards | 21 February 2006 | Claudia Cardinale | The Beat That My Heart Skipped |
| 12th Lumière Awards | 5 February 2007 | Isabelle Mergault | Tell No One |
| 13th Lumière Awards | 13 January 2008 | Claude Lelouch | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly |
| 14th Lumière Awards | 19 January 2009 | Jeanne Balibar | The Class |
| 15th Lumière Awards | 15 January 2010 | Régis Wargnier | Welcome |
| 16th Lumière Awards | 14 January 2011 | François Berléand | Of Gods and Men |
| 17th Lumière Awards | 13 January 2012 | Catherine Jacob | The Artist |
| 18th Lumière Awards | 18 January 2013 | Victoria Abril | Amour |
| 19th Lumière Awards | 20 January 2014 | Carole Bouquet | Blue Is the Warmest Colour |
| 20th Lumière Awards | 2 February 2015 | Claudia Cardinale, Victoria Abril Carole Laure, Catherine Jacob and Isabelle Mergault | Timbuktu |
| 21st Lumière Awards | 8 February 2016 | | Mustang |
| 22nd Lumière Awards | 30 January 2017 | | Elle |
| 23rd Lumière Awards | 5 February 2018 | Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monica Bellucci | BPM (Beats per Minute) |
| 24th Lumière Awards | 4 February 2019 | Claude Lelouch and Anouk Aimée for the film A Man and a Woman (1966); Jane Birkin | The Sisters Brothers |
| 25th Lumière Awards | 27 January 2020 | | Les Misérables |
| 26th Lumière Awards | 19 January 2021 | | Love Affair(s) |
| 27th Lumière Awards | 17 January 2022 | | Happening |
| 28th Lumière Awards | 16 January 2023 | | The Night of the 12th |
| 29th Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | | Anatomy of a Fall |
| 30th Lumière Awards | 20 January 2025 | | Pending |