Jacques Audiard’s musical film Emilia Pérez is the frontrunner at the nomination stage for the 30th edition of France’s Lumière awards.
The prizes, which are regarded as the French equivalent of the Golden Globes, will be voted on by members of the international press hailing from 38 countries this year.
They cover 13 categories spanning film, direction, screenplay, actress, actor, female revelation, male revelation, first film, animation, documentary, international co-production, cinematography and music.
Audiard’s Cannes Jury Prize winner Emilia Pérez has clinched six nominations, followed by Boris Lojkine’s Souleymane’s Story, which won the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize this year, and Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia, with five nominations each.
Other frontrunners with four nominations each, include François Ozon’s When Fall Is Coming and Jonathan Millet’s Ghost Trail.
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at the Forum des images in Paris on January 20, 2025.
The full list of nominations:
Best Film
All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia
Emilia Pérez by Jacques Audiard
Jim’s Story by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu
Souleymane’s Story by Boris Lojkine
Misericordia by Alain Guiraudie
Best Director
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Alain Guiraudie for Misericordia
Boris Lojkine for Souleymane’s Story
François Ozon for When Fall Is Coming
Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez
Alain Guiraudie for Misericordia
Boris Lojkine and Delphine Agut for Souleymane’s Story
Jonathan Millet and Florence Rochat for Ghost Trail
François Ozon for When Fall Is Coming
Best Documentary
Bye Bye Tiberias by Lina Soualem
Dahomey by Mati Diop
Madame Hofmann by Sébastien Lifshitz
Orlando, My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado
Journey into Gaza by Piero Usberti
Best Animation
Into The Wonderwoods by Vincent Paronnaud and Alexis Ducord
Flow by Gints Zilbalodis
The Most Precious Of Cargoes by Michel Hazanavicius
Maya, Donne-Moi Un Titre by Michel Gondry
Savages by Claude Barras
Best Actress
Karla Sofía Gascón for Emilia Pérez
Hafsia Herzi for Borgo
Agnès Jaoui for This Life Of Mine
Anamaria Vartolomei for Maria
Hélène Vincent for When Fall Is Coming
Best Actor
Adam Bessa for Ghost Trail
Paul Kircher for And Their Children After Them
Karim Leklou for Jim’s Story
Pierre Niney for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Abou Sangare for Souleymane’s Story
Female Revelation
Maïwène Barthélemy for Holy Cow
Ghjuvanna Benedetti for The Kingdom
Malou Khebizi for Wild Diamond
Clara-Maria Laredo for In His Image
Megan Northam for Rabia
Male Revelation
Sayyid El Alami for And Their Children After Them
Clément Faveau for Holy Cow
Félix Kysyl for Misericordia
Pierre Lottin for When Fall Is Coming
Malik Frikah for Beating Hearts
Best First Film
Wild Diamond by Agathe Riedinger
Ghost Trail by Jonathan Millet
The Kingdom by Julien Colonna
Rabia by Mareike Engelhardt
Holy Cow by Louise Courvoisier
Best International Co-Production
Puan by Maria Alché and Benjamín Naishtat
Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes
Green Border by Agnieszka Holland
The Seed Of The Sacred Fig by Mohammad Rasoulof
The Other Way Around by Jonás Trueba
Best Cinematography
Nicolas Bolduc for The Count Of Monte-Cristo
Josée Deshaies for The Beast
Tristan Galand for Souleymane’s Story
Paul Guilhaume for Emilia Pérez
Claire Mathon for Misericordia
Best Music
Bertrand Bonello and Anna Bonello for The Beast
Camille et Clément Ducol for Emilia Pérez
Amaury Chabauty for And Their Children After Them
Alexandre Desplat for The Most Precious Of Cargoes
Yuksek for Ghost Trail
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