31st Lumière Awards

31st Lumière Awards
31st Lumière Awards
Date	18 January 2026
Site	Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Hosted by	Eve Jackson; Pascal Thoreau
Highlights
Best Film	The Stranger
Best Actor	Benjamin Voisin; The Stranger
Best Actress	Léa Drucker; Case 137
Most awards	The Stranger (3)
Most nominations	The Stranger (6)

The 31st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, took place on 18 January 2026 to honour the best in French-speaking cinema of 2025.^[1]

The Stranger led the nominations with six, followed by Nouvelle Vague with five. The Stranger won the most awards with three prizes, including Best Film.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 12 December 2025.^[3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface:

Best Film The Stranger – François Ozon Case 137 – Dominik Moll The Great Arch – Stéphane Demoustier Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater	Best Director Richard Linklater – Nouvelle Vague Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Abdellatif Kechiche – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Dominik Moll – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger
Best Actor *Benjamin Voisin – The Stranger* as Meursault** 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	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 *Guillaume Marbeck – Nouvelle Vague* as Jean-Luc Godard** Idir Azougli – Meteors as Daniel Mezziani Younès Boucif – La Petite Cuisine De Mehdi as Mehdi Théodore Pellerin – Nino as Nino Eloy Pohu – Enzo as Enzo	Best Female Revelation *Nadia Melliti – The Little Sister* as Fatima** Manon Clavel – Kika as Kika Bella Kim – Winter in Sokcho as Sooha Jessica Pennington – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due as Jessica Patterson Anja Verderosa – Hearts on Fire as Queen
Best First Film Nino – Pauline Loquès Block Pass – Antoine Chevrollier The Girl in the Snow – Louise Hémon Little Jaffna – Lawrence Valin 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 Manuel Dacosse – The Stranger Marine Atlan – The Girl in the Snow David Chambille – Nouvelle Vague Pascal Lagriffoul – The Condition Vincent Munier, Antoine Lavorel and Laurent Joffrion – Whispers in the Woods	Best Music Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena and Rosemary Standley – Whispers in the Woods Fatima Al Qadiri – The Stranger Amine Bouhafa – The Little Sister Robin Rob Coudert – A Private Life Arnaud Toulon – Arco
Best Documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi Lumière!, The Adventure Continues – Thierry Frémaux 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 Arco – Ugo Bienvenu A Boat In The Garden – Jean-François Laguionie A Magnificent Life – Sylvain Chomet 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 The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
6	The Stranger
5	Nouvelle Vague
4	Case 137
4	The Great Arch
3	Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
2	Nino
	The Girl in the Snow
	Whispers in the Woods

Films with multiple wins
Wins	Film
3	The Stranger
2	Nouvelle Vague

References

^ Lemercier, Fabien (12 December 2025). "L'Étranger domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (18 January 2026). "François Ozon's The Stranger' & Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' Scoop Top Prizes At France's Lumière Awards – Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
^ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 December 2025). "Lumière Awards: François Ozon's 'The Stranger' Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running". Deadline. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

External links

Official website

[1] Lemercier, Fabien (12 December 2025). "L'Étranger domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2026.

[2] Goodfellow, Melanie (18 January 2026). "François Ozon's The Stranger' & Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' Scoop Top Prizes At France's Lumière Awards – Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

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

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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
Award ceremonies	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

See also

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