Lumières Award


The Lumières Award 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.

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. The Lumières Award is usually presented a month before César Award, the French national film award.

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

EditionDatePresidentBest Film
1st Lumières Awards29 January 1996Isabella RosselliniLa Haine
2nd Lumières Awards13 February 1997Philippe NoiretRidicule
3rd Lumières Awards15 December 1998Fanny ArdantMarius and Jeannette
4th Lumières Awards16 January 1999Jean Reno The Dreamlife of Angels
5th Lumières Awards2 February 2000Claudia Cardinale
6th Lumières Awards24 January 2001Frédéric LopezThe Taste of Others
7th Lumières Awards25 February 2002Amélie
8th Lumières Awards14 February 2003Carole LaureAmen.
9th Lumières Awards17 February 2004Patrice ChéreauThe Triplets of Belleville
10th Lumières Awards16 February 2005Alain CorneauThe Chorus
11th Lumières Awards21 February 2006Claudia Cardinale The Beat That My Heart Skipped
12th Lumières Awards5 February 2007Isabelle MergaultTell No One
13th Lumières Awards13 January 2008Claude LelouchThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
14th Lumières Awards19 January 2009Jeanne BalibarThe Class
15th Lumières Awards15 January 2010Régis WargnierWelcome
16th Lumières Awards14 January 2011François BerléandOf Gods and Men
17th Lumières Awards13 January 2012Catherine JacobThe Artist
18th Lumières Awards18 January 2013Victoria AbrilAmour
19th Lumières Awards20 January 2014Carole BouquetBlue Is the Warmest Colour
20th Lumières Awards2 February 2015Claudia Cardinale, Victoria Abril
Carole Laure, Catherine Jacob and Isabelle Mergault		Timbuktu
21st Lumières Awards8 February 2016Mustang
22nd Lumières Awards30 January 2017Elle
23rd Lumières Awards5 February 2018Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monica BellucciBPM
24th Lumières Awards4 February 2019Claude Lelouch and Anouk Aimée for the movie A Man and a Woman ; Jane BirkinThe Sisters Brothers