# 22nd Lumière Awards

The 22nd Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held at the Théâtre de la Madeleine in Paris on 30 January 2017 to honour the best in French films of 2016. The nominations were announced on 16 December 2016.
Elle won three awards, including Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film Elle The Death of Louis XIV Nocturama Les Ogres Staying Vertical A Woman's Life | Best Director Paul Verhoeven — Elle Bertrand Bonello — Nocturama Stéphane Brizé — A Woman's Life Léa Fehner — Les Ogres Alain Guiraudie — Staying Vertical Albert Serra — The Death of Louis XIV |
| Best Actor Jean-Pierre Léaud — The Death of Louis XIV Pierre Deladonchamps — Le Fils de Jean Gérard Depardieu — The End Nicolas Duvauchelle — A Decent Man Omar Sy and James Thiérrée — Chocolat Gaspard Ulliel — It's Only the End of the World | Best Actress Isabelle Huppert — Elle Judith Chemla — A Woman's Life Marion Cotillard — From the Land of the Moon Virginie Efira — In Bed with Victoria Sidse Babett Knudsen — 150 Milligrams Soko — The Dancer |
| Best Male Revelation Damien Bonnard — Staying Vertical Corentin Fila and Kacey Mottet Klein — Being 17 Finnegan Oldfield — Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) Toki Pilioko — Mercenary Sadek — Tour de France Niels Schneider — Dark Inclusion | Best Female Revelation Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena — Divines Paula Beer — Frantz Lily-Rose Depp — The Dancer Manal Issa — Parisienne Naomi Amarger and Noémie Merlant — Heaven Will Wait Raph — Slack Bay |
| Best First Film Divines Apnea (Apnée) Dark Inclusion Still Life The Dancer Mercenary | Best Screenplay My Life as a Courgette — Céline Sciamma Elle — David Birke Les Ogres — Léa Fehner, Catherine Paillé and Brigitte Sy Heaven Will Wait — Emilie Frèche and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar Staying Vertical — Alain Guiraudie Frantz — François Ozon |
| Best Cinematography Jonathan Ricquebourg — The Death of Louis XIV Christophe Beaucarne — From the Land of the Moon Benoît Debie — The Dancer Antoine Héberlé — A Woman's Life Léo Hinstin — Nocturama Pascal Marti — Frantz | Best Music Ibrahim Maalouf — In the Forests of Siberia Sophie Hunger — My Life as a Courgette Laurent Perez del Mar — The Red Turtle Robin Coudert — Planetarium Philippe Rombi — Frantz Gabriel Yared — It's Only the End of the World |
| Best Documentary My Journey Through French Cinema — Bertrand Tavernier Latest News from the Cosmos Merci Patron! La Sociologue et l'Ourson Swagger The Woods Dreams Are Made Of | Best Animated Film My Life as a Courgette The Girl Without Hands Louise by the Shore Long Way North The Red Turtle |
| Best French-Language Film Hedi Belgica The Unknown Girl It's Only the End of the World Mimosas The First, the Last |
| Honorary Lumières Thierry Frémaux Marion Cotillard ||

## Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Film |
| 4 | Elle |
| 4 | The Death of Louis XIV |
| 4 | Staying Vertical |
| 4 | A Woman's Life |
| 4 | The Dancer |
| 4 | Frantz |
| 3 | Nocturama |
| 3 | Les Ogres |
| 3 | It's Only the End of the World |
| 3 | My Life as a Courgette |
| 2 |
| 2 | From the Land of the Moon |
| 2 | Divines |
| 2 | Mercenary |
| 2 | Heaven Will Wait |
| 2 | Dark Inclusion |
| 2 | The Red Turtle |
The following films received multiple awards:
| Awards | Film |
| 3 | Elle |
| 2 | The Death of Louis XIV |
| 2 | Divines |
| 2 | My Life as a Courgette |