Prix Lumière 2016: The Press Pay Tribute to French Cinema

On the 8th of February, 2016, in the Espace Pierre Cardin in Paris, the Académie des Lumières presented an awards ceremony honoring the best French films of the year. The Académie Lumières is made up of more than 200 members of the international press, all of whom are based in Paris. Their General Delegate is José Maria Riba, who has collaborated with both the Cannes Film Festival and FICM. The Lumières awards are the French equivalent of the Golden Globes, which are awarded annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

This year, at the 21st edition of the award ceremony, the Académie des Lumières paid tribute to the extraordinary French actress Isabelle Huppert, Guest of Honor at the 13th FICM. Daniela Michel, Director of FICM, was also present at the ceremony to celebrate the career of this icon of international cinema.

Isabelle Huppert. Prix lumières 2016 © - crédits photos: Marcel Christian

The winning films at the 2016 Prix Lumières were:

• Best Film: Mustang, by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Best Director: Arnaud Desplechin for Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse
• Best Script: Philippe Faucon for Fatima (dir. Philippe Faucon)
• Best Actress: Catherine Frot for Marguerite (dir. Xavier Giannoli)
• Best Actor: Victor Lindon for La loi du marché et Journal d’une femme de chamber (dir. Stéphane Brizé)
• Best Female Newcomer: Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit İşcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu y İlayda Akdoğan for Mustang (dir. Deniz Gamze Ergüven)
• Best Male Newcomer: Rod Paradot for La tête haute (dir. Emmanuelle Bercot)
• Heike Hurst Award for Best First Film: Mustang, by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
• Best French Language Film: Much Loved, by Nabil Ayouch (Morocco and France)
• Best Photography: David Chizallet for Mustang, Les Anarchistes (dir. Elie Wajeman), Je suis un soldad (dir. Laurent Larivière)
• Best Music: Grégoire Hetzel for La belle saison (dir. Catherine Corsini), Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse
• Best Documentary (ex aqeuo): Le couton de nacre, by Patricio Guzmán / The Missing Image, by Rithy Panh

Below, we include a link to watch the full awards ceremony. The homage to Isabelle Huppert begins at minute 30:

For more information about the Prix Lumière 2016 visit their official site: www.academiedeslumieres.com