31st Prix Lumières Nominations

Yesterday, December 12, 2025, the Académie des Lumières announced the nominations for the 2026 edition of these awards given by its members that are international media correspondents from 36 countries. The awards honors French and French-language cinema from France and abroad.

L’étranger by François Ozon leads with 6 nominations followed by Nouvelle Vague by Richard Linklater with 5 plus Dossier 137 by Dominik Moll and l'Inconnu de la Grande Arche by Stéphane Demoustier with 4 nominations each and with 3 nominations Mektoub my love: Canto Due by Abdellatif Kechiche, Nino by Pauline Loquès and le chant des forêts by Vincent Munier. Perhaps the most notorious snub is for the film that recently won the prestigious Louis Delluc prize, La Petite Dernière by Hafsia Herzi.

The award ceremony will be on January 18 at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Thirteen categories will be honored, each with one Lumière trophy creation of Monnaie de Paris by Joaquín Jiménez.

The Nominations

Best Film
Dossier 137 (Case 137), Dominik Moll, France
L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France
L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Great Arch), Stéphane Demoustier, France
Mektoub my love: Canto Due, Abdellatif Kechiche, France
Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA

Best First Film
L'Engloutie (The Girl in the Snow), Louise Hémon, France
Little Jaffna, Lawrence Valin, France
Nino, Pauline Loquès, France
La Pampa (Block Pass), Antoine Chevrollier, France and USA
Le Rendez-vous de l’été (That Summer in Paris), Valentine Cadic, France

Best International Coproduction
Affeksjonsverdi (Sentimental Value), Joachim Trier, Norway, France, Denmark, and Germany
O Agente Secreto (The Secret Agent), Kleber Mendonça Filho, Brazil, France, Netherlands, Germany
Sawt Hind Rajab (The Voice of Hind Rajab), Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia, France, USA, UK, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Cyprus
Tardes de soledad (Afternoons of Solitude), Albert Serra, Spain, France and Portugal
Un Simple Accident (It Was Just An Accident), Jafar Panahi, France, Iran and Luxembourg

Best Animated Film
Amélie et la métaphysique des tubes (Little Amélie or the Character of Rain), Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang and Maïlys Vallade, France and Belgium
Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, France
La vie de château, mon enfance à Versailles, Nathaniel h'limi et Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat, France and Luxembourg 
Marcel et Monsieur Pagnol (A Magnificent Life), Sylvain Chomet, France, Belgium and Luxembourg 
Slocum et moi, Jean-François Laguionie, France and Luxembourg

Best Documentary
Le chant des forêts, Vincent Munier, France 
Dites-lui que je l'aime (Tell Her That I Love Her), Romane Bohringer, France 
Lumière ! l'aventure continue, Thierry Frémaux, France
Personne n'y comprend rien (Sarkozy-Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals), Yannick Kergoat, France 
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,  Sepideh Farsi, France, Palestine and Iran 

Best Director
Stéphane Demoustier for L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Great Arch), Stéphane Demoustier, France
Abdellatif Kechiche for Mektoub my love: Canto Due, Abdellatif Kechiche, France
Richard Linklater for Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA l'etr
Dominik Moll for Dossier 137 (Case 137), Dominik Moll, France
François Ozon for L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France

Best Screenplay
Stéphane Demoustier for L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Great Arch), Stéphane Demoustier, France
Holly Gent, Vince Palmo and Michèle Halberstadt for Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA l'etr
Pauline Loquès for Nino, Pauline Loquès, France
Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand for Dossier 137 (Case 137), Dominik Moll, France
François Ozon for L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France

Best Actress
Léa Drucker in Dossier 137 (Case 137), Dominik Moll, France
Jodie Foster in Vie privée (A Private Life), Rebecca Zlotowski, France
Isabelle Huppert in La femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Thierry Klifa, France and Belgium
Vicky Krieps in Love me tender, Anna Cazenave Cambet, France and Luxembourg
Mélanie Thierry in La chambre de Mariana (Mariana's Room), Emmanuel Finkiel, France, Israel, Hungary and Belgium

Most Promising Actress
Manon Clavel in Kika, Alexe Poukine, France 
Bella Kim in Hiver à Sokcho (Winter in Sokcho), Koya Kamura, France and South Korea
Nadia Melliti in La petite dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, France and Germany
Jessica Pennington in Mektoub my love: Canto Due, Abdellatif Kechiche, France
Anja Verderosa in L'épreuve du feu (Hearts on Fire), Aurélien Peyre, France

Best Actor
Swann Arlaud in La Condition, Jérôme Bonnell, France
Claes Bang in L'inconnu de la Grande Arche (The Great Arch), Stéphane Demoustier, France
Laurent Lafitte in La femme la plus riche du monde (The Richest Woman in the World), Thierry Klifa, France and Belgium
Alexis Manenti in Le Mohican, Frédéric Farrucci, France
Benjamin Voisin in L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France

Most Promising Actor
Idir Azougli in Météors (Meteors), Hubert Charuel and Claude Le Pape, France
Younès Boucif in La petite cuisine de Mehdi, Amine Adjina, France
Guillaume Marbeck in Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA
Théodore Pellerin in Nino, Pauline Loquès, France
Eloy Pohu in Enzo, Robin Campillo, France, Italy and Belgium 

Best Cinematographer
Marine Atlan for L'Engloutie (The Girl in the Snow), Louise Hémon, France
David Chambille for Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, France and USA
Manu Dacosse for L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France
Pascal Lagriffoul for La Condition, Jérôme Bonnell, France
Vincent Munier, Antoine Lavorel et Laurent Joffrion for Le chant des forêts, Vincent Munier, France

Best Music
Fatima Al Qadiri for L’Étranger (The Stranger), François Ozon, France
Amine Bouhafa for La petite dernière (The Little Sister), Hafsia Herzi, France and Germany
Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena et Rosemary Standley for Le chant des forêts, Vincent Munier, France
Rob for Vie privée (A Private Life), Rebecca Zlotowski, France
Arnaud Toulon for Arco, Ugo Bienvenu, France

To check nominatios at official site go here, available on pdf file and only in French.