31st Lumière Awards

31st Lumière Awards
31st Lumière Awards
Date	18 January 2026
Site	Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Hosted by	Eve Jackson; Pascal Thoreau
Highlights
Best Film	The Stranger
Best Actor	Benjamin Voisin; The Stranger
Best Actress	Léa Drucker; Case 137
Most awards	The Stranger (3)
Most nominations	The Stranger (6)
	← 30th; Lumière Awards; 32nd →;

The 31st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, took place on 18 January 2026 to honour the best in French-speaking cinema of 2025.^[1]

The Stranger led the nominations with six, followed by Nouvelle Vague with five. The Stranger won the most awards with three prizes, including Best Film.^[2]

Winners and nominees

Guillaume Marbeck, Best Male Revelation winner

Nadia Melliti, Best Female Revelation winner

The nominations were announced on 12 December 2025.^[3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface:

Best Film The Stranger – François Ozon Case 137 – Dominik Moll The Great Arch – Stéphane Demoustier Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater	Best Director Richard Linklater – Nouvelle Vague Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Abdellatif Kechiche – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Dominik Moll – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger
Best Actor *Benjamin Voisin – The Stranger* as Meursault** Swann Arlaud – La Condition as André de Boisvaillant Claes Bang – The Great Arch as Otto von Spreckelsen Laurent Lafitte – The Richest Woman in the World as Pierre-Alain Fantin Alexis Manenti – The Mohican as Joseph Cardelli	Best Actress *Léa Drucker – Case 137* as Stéphanie Bertrand** Jodie Foster – A Private Life as Lilian Steiner Isabelle Huppert – The Richest Woman in the World as Marianne Farrère Vicky Krieps – Love Me Tender as Clémence Mélanie Thierry – Mariana's Room as Mariana
Best Male Revelation *Guillaume Marbeck – Nouvelle Vague* as Jean-Luc Godard** Idir Azougli – Meteors as Daniel Mezziani Younès Boucif – La Petite Cuisine De Mehdi as Mehdi Théodore Pellerin – Nino as Nino Eloy Pohu – Enzo as Enzo	Best Female Revelation *Nadia Melliti – The Little Sister* as Fatima** Manon Clavel – Kika as Kika Bella Kim – Winter in Sokcho as Sooha Jessica Pennington – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due as Jessica Patterson Anja Verderosa – Hearts on Fire as Queen
Best First Film Nino – Pauline Loquès Block Pass – Antoine Chevrollier The Girl in the Snow – Louise Hémon Little Jaffna – Lawrence Valin That Summer in Paris – Valentine Cadic	Best Screenplay Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Holly Gent, Vince Palmo and Michèle Halberstadt – Nouvelle Vague Pauline Loquès – Nino Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger
Best Cinematography Manuel Dacosse – The Stranger Marine Atlan – The Girl in the Snow David Chambille – Nouvelle Vague Pascal Lagriffoul – The Condition Vincent Munier, Antoine Lavorel and Laurent Joffrion – Whispers in the Woods	Best Music Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena and Rosemary Standley – Whispers in the Woods Fatima Al Qadiri – The Stranger Amine Bouhafa – The Little Sister Robin Rob Coudert – A Private Life Arnaud Toulon – Arco
Best Documentary Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi Lumière!, The Adventure Continues – Thierry Frémaux Sarkozy – Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals – Yannick Kergoat Tell Her That I Love Her – Romane Bohringer Whispers in the Woods – Vincent Munier	Best Animated Film Arco – Ugo Bienvenu A Boat In The Garden – Jean-François Laguionie A Magnificent Life – Sylvain Chomet Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Liane-Cho Han and Mailys Vallade My Life In Versailles – Nathaniel H'Limi and Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
Best International Co-Production The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
6	The Stranger
5	Nouvelle Vague
4	Case 137
4	The Great Arch
3	Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
2	Nino
	The Girl in the Snow
	Whispers in the Woods

Films with multiple wins
Wins	Film
3	The Stranger
2	Nouvelle Vague

References

↑ Lemercier, Fabien (12 December 2025). "L'Étranger domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2026.
↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (18 January 2026). "François Ozon's The Stranger' & Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' Scoop Top Prizes At France's Lumière Awards – Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (12 December 2025). "Lumière Awards: François Ozon's 'The Stranger' Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running". Deadline. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

External links

Official website

[1] Lemercier, Fabien (12 December 2025). "L'Étranger domine les nominations pour les Lumières". Cineuropa (in French). Retrieved 19 January 2026.

[2] Goodfellow, Melanie (18 January 2026). "François Ozon's The Stranger' & Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague' Scoop Top Prizes At France's Lumière Awards – Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 19 January 2026.

[3] Goodfellow, Melanie (12 December 2025). "Lumière Awards: François Ozon's 'The Stranger' Leads Nominations; Jodie Foster Up For Best Actress & Natalie Portman Animation Also In Running". Deadline. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

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Contents

Winners and nominees

Films with multiple nominations and awards

See also

References

External links