Of Gods and Men leads Lumière nominations

by Fabien Lemercier

21/12/2010 - Awarded, rather like the Golden Globes, to the best artists of French and Francophone cinema by foreign journalists based in Paris, the 16th Lumière Awards will be presented on January 14.

Standing out among the nominees are Xavier Beauvois’s Of Gods and Men [trailer, film focus] (four nominations), Olivier Assayas’s Carlos [trailer] (three nominations), Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer [trailer] (three nominations) and Joann Sfar’s Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus [trailer] (three nominations), which will all compete for Best Film alongside Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist [trailer, film focus].

Vying for the Best Actress crown are Juliette Binoche (Certified Copy [trailer]), Isabelle Carré (Les Emotifs Anonymes [trailer]), Catherine Deneuve (Potiche [trailer]), Ludivine Sagnier (Lily Sometimes [trailer]) and Kristin Scott Thomas (Her Name Was Sarah [trailer]).

Battling it out for the Best Actor Lumière are Eric Elmosnino (Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus), Michael Lonsdale (Of Gods and Men) and Edgar Ramírez (Carlos), alongside two actors nominated for two films each: Romain Duris (Heartbreaker [trailer] and The Big Picture [trailer]) and Lambert Wilson (Of Gods and Men and The Princess of Montpensier [trailer]).

List of nominees:

Best Film
Carlos - Olivier Assayas
Of Gods and Men - Xavier Beauvois
Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus - Joann Sfar
The Ghost Writer - Roman Polanski
The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet

Best Director
Mathieu Amalric - On Tour [trailer, film focus]
Olivier Assayas - Carlos
Xavier Beauvois - Of Gods and Men
Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer
Joann Sfar - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus

Best Screenplay
Julie Bertuccelli - The Tree [trailer, film focus]
Olivier Lorelle, Rachid Bouchareb - Outside the Law [trailer]
Robert Harris, Roman Polanski - The Ghost Writer
Michel Leclerc, Baya Kasmi - The Names of Love [trailer]
Géraldine Nakache, Hervé Mimran - All That Glitters [trailer]

Best Actress
Juliette Binoche - Certified Copy
Isabelle Carré - Les Emotifs Anonymes
Catherine Deneuve - Potiche
Ludivine Sagnier - Lily Sometimes
Kristin Scott Thomas - Her Name Was Sarah

Best Actor
Romain Duris - Heartbreaker and The Big Picture
Eric Elmosnino - Je T’Aime, Moi Non Plus
Michael Lonsdale - Of Gods and Men
Edgar Ramírez - Carlos
Lambert Wilson - Of Gods and Men and The Princess of Montpensier

Best Female Newcomer
Lolita Chammah - Copacabana [trailer]
Linda Doudaeva - Hands Up [trailer]
Marie Féret - Nannerl, Mozart’s Sister [trailer]
Nina Rodriguez – No and Me [trailer]
Yahima Torres - Black Venus [trailer, film focus]

Best Male Newcomer
Emile Berling - The Clink of Ice [trailer]
Nahuel Perez Biscayart - Deep In the Woods [trailer]
Antonin Chalon - No and Me
Jules Pelissier - Lights Out [trailer]
Aymen Saïdi - Top Floor, Left Wing [trailer]<

Best French-Language Film (from outside France)
Amer [trailer] - Hélène Cattet, Bruno Forzani (Belgium/France)
Heartbeats - Xavier Dolan (Quebec)
A Screaming Man [trailer] - Mahamat Saleh Haroun (France/Belgium/Chad)
Illegal [trailer, film focus] - Olivier Masset-Depasse (Belgium/Luxembourg/France)
Orly [trailer] - Angela Schanelec (Germany/France)

(Translated from French)