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.
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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