31st Lumière Awards

31st Lumière Awards
31st Lumière Awards
Date	18 January 2026
Site	Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Highlights
Most nominations	The Stranger (6)

The 31st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, will take place on 18 January 2026 to honour the best in French-speaking cinema of 2025.

The Stranger led the nominations with six, followed by Nouvelle Vague with five.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 12 December 2025.^[1]

Best Film Case 137 – Dominik Moll The Stranger – François Ozon The Great Arch – Stéphane Demoustier Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater	Best Director Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Abdellatif Kechiche – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Richard Linklater – Nouvelle Vague Dominik Moll – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger
Best Actor Swann Arlaud – La Condition as André de Boisvaillant Claes Bang – The Great Arch as Otto von Spreckelsen Laurent Lafitte – The Richest Woman in the World as Pierre-Alain Fantin Alexis Manenti – The Mohican as Joseph Cardelli Benjamin Voisin – The Stranger as Meursault	Best Actress Léa Drucker – Case 137 as Stéphanie Bertrand Jodie Foster – A Private Life as Lilian Steiner Isabelle Huppert – The Richest Woman in the World as Marianne Farrère Vicky Krieps – Love Me Tender as Clémence Mélanie Thierry – Mariana’s Room as Mariana
Best Male Revelation Idir Azougli – Meteors as Daniel Mezziani Younès Boucif – La Petite Cuisine De Mehdi as Mehdi Guillaume Marbeck – Nouvelle Vague as Jean-Luc Godard Théodore Pellerin – Nino as Nino Eloy Pohu – Enzo as Enzo	Best Female Revelation Manon Clavel – Kika as Kika Bella Kim – Winter in Sokcho as Sooha Nadia Melliti – The Little Sister as Fatima Jessica Pennington – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due as Jessica Patterson Anja Verderosa – Hearts on Fire as Queen
Best First Film Block Pass – Antoine Chevrollier The Girl in the Snow – Louise Hémon Little Jaffna – Lawrence Valin Nino – Pauline Loquès That Summer in Paris – Valentine Cadic	Best Screenplay Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Holly Gent, Vince Palmo and Michèle Halberstadt – Nouvelle Vague Pauline Loquès – Nino Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger
Best Cinematography Marine Atlan – The Girl in the Snow David Chambille – Nouvelle Vague Manuel Dacosse – The Stranger Pascal Lagriffoul – The Condition Vincent Munier, Antoine Lavorel and Laurent Joffrion – Whispers in the Woods	Best Music Fatima Al Qadiri – The Stranger Amine Bouhafa – The Little Sister Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena et Rosemary Standley – Whispers in the Woods Robin Rob Coudert – A Private Life Arnaud Toulon – Arco
Best Documentary Lumière!, The Adventure Continues – Thierry Frémaux Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi Sarkozy – Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals – Yannick Kergoat Tell Her That I Love Her – Romane Bohringer Whispers in the Woods – Vincent Munier	Best Animated Film A Boat In The Garden – Jean-François Laguionie A Magnificent Life – Sylvain Chomet Arco – Ugo Bienvenu Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Liane-Cho Han and Mailys Vallade My Life In Versailles – Nathaniel H’Limi and Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
Best International Co-Production Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania

References

^ Goodfellow, Melanie (2025-12-12). "Lumière Awards: François Ozon's 'The Stranger' Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-12-12.

External links

Official website

[1] Goodfellow, Melanie (2025-12-12). "Lumière Awards: François Ozon's 'The Stranger' Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-12-12.

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Lumière Awards
Current awards	Best Film Best Director Best Actor Best Actress Best Male Revelation Best Female Revelation Best Screenplay Best First Film Best Cinematography Best Music Best Documentary Best Animated Film Best International Co-Production Honorary Award
Retired awards	World Audience Award Special Jury Prize Best Foreign Film Best French-Language Film
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Winners and nominees

See also

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