Prix Lumières 2013 – nominations

The Académie des Lumières du Cinéma have announced the nominations for the 18th Prix Lumières. Leading with five nominations each were De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) by Jacques Audiard and Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds) by Noémie Lvovsky. Both films' nomininations included Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress (Marion Cotillard for Rust and Bone and Noémie Lvovsky for Camille Rewinds) respectively.

Next with four nominations were the award-winning films Amour by Michael Haneke and Holy Motors by Leos Carax. Both were nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. The fifth nominee for Best Film was Benoît Jacquot's Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen).

Two Canadian films are in the running for the Best Foreign Language French Film. The candiates for the awards were Laurence Anyways by Xavier Dolan and last year's Oscar nominated Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau. They compete against A perdre la raison (Our Children) by Joachim Lafosse, La Pirogue by Moussa Touré, and Ursula Meier's L'Enfant d'en haut (Sister).

The Académie des Lumières consists of over 200 members of the international press based in Paris, and is equivalent to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who present the Golden Globe Awards.

The ceremony for the 18th Prix Lumières will take place on January 18, 2013.


Complete nominations for the 18th Prix Lumières

Best Film
Amour, Michael Haneke
De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone), Jacques Audiard
Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds), Noémie Lvovsky
Holy Motors, Leos Carax
Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen), Benoît Jacquot

Best Director
Jacques Audiard for De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone)
Leos Carax for Holy Motors
Michael Haneke for Amour
Noémie Lvovsky for Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds)
Cyril Mennegun for Louise Wimmer

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain for De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone)
Leos Carax for Holy Motors
Benoit Jacquot, Gilles Taurand for Les Adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen)
Noémie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattei, Florence Seyvos for Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds)
Valérie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti for Une bouteille à la mer (A Bottle in the Gaza Sea)

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard pour De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone)
Catherine Frot for Les saveurs du palais (Haute Cuisine)
Noémie Lvovsky for Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds)
Corinne Masiero for Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva for Amour

Best Actor
Guillaume Canet for Une vie meilleure (A Better Life)
Denis Lavant for Holy Motors
Jérémie Renier for Cloclo (My Way)
Mathias Schoenaerts pour De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone)
Jean-Louis Trintignant for Amour

Best Female Newcomer
Agathe Bonitzer for Une bouteille à la mer (A Bottle in the Gaza Sea)
Judith Chemla, Julia Faure, India Hair for Camille redouble (Camille Rewinds)
Izia Higelin for Mauvaise fille (Bad Girl)
Sofiia Manousha for Le noir (te) vous va si bien
Soko for Augustine

Best Male Newcomer
Clément Métayer for Après mai (Something in the Air)
Stéphane Soo Mongo for Rengaine
Pierre Niney for Comme des frères (Like Brothers)
Mahmoud Shalaby for Une bouteille à la mer (A Bottle in the Gaza Sea)
Ernst Umhauer for Dans la maison (Dans la maison)

Best Foreign Francophone Film
A perdre la raison (Our Children), Joachim Lafosse
Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan
La Pirogue, Moussa Touré
L'Enfant d'en haut (Sister), Ursula Meier
Monsieur Lazhar, Philippe Falardeau