The Lumière Awards (), officially the Lumières de la presse internationale, are French film awards presented by the 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

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. Today they are regarded as one of the most prestigious French film industry awards, and are considered France's equivalent to the

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History

The Lumière Awards were initiated in 1995 by French producer Daniel Toscan du Plantier and American journalist and ex-

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'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

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, the French national film award. ''

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'' 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

References

External links

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