22nd Lumières Awards

The 22nd Lumières Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held at the Théâtre de la Madeleine in Paris on 30 January 2017 to honour the best in French films of 2016. The nominations were announced on 16 December 2016.^[1][2][3][4]

22nd Lumières Awards
Official poster
Date	30 January 2017
Site	Théâtre de la Madeleine, Paris, France
Hosted by	Pierre Zéni and Laurie Cholewa
Highlights
Best Film	Elle
Best Director	Paul Verhoeven
Best Actor	Jean-Pierre Léaud
Best Actress	Isabelle Huppert
Most awards	Elle (3)
Most nominations	Elle, A Woman's Life, Staying Vertical, The Death of Louis XIV, The Dancer and Frantz (4)
Television coverage
Network	Ciné+
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Elle won three awards, including Best Film.^[5][6]

Winners and nominees

Best Film Elle The Death of Louis XIV Nocturama Les Ogres Staying Vertical A Woman's Life	Best Director Paul Verhoeven — Elle Bertrand Bonello — Nocturama Stéphane Brizé — A Woman's Life Léa Fehner — Les Ogres Alain Guiraudie — Staying Vertical Albert Serra — The Death of Louis XIV
Best Actor Jean-Pierre Léaud — The Death of Louis XIV Pierre Deladonchamps — Le Fils de Jean Gérard Depardieu — The End Nicolas Duvauchelle — A Decent Man Omar Sy and James Thiérrée — Chocolat Gaspard Ulliel — It's Only the End of the World	Best Actress Isabelle Huppert — Elle Judith Chemla — A Woman's Life Marion Cotillard — From the Land of the Moon Virginie Efira — In Bed with Victoria Sidse Babett Knudsen — 150 Milligrams Soko — The Dancer
Best Male Revelation Damien Bonnard — Staying Vertical Corentin Fila and Kacey Mottet Klein — Being 17 Finnegan Oldfield — Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) Toki Pilioko — Mercenary Sadek — Tour de France Niels Schneider — Dark Inclusion	Best Female Revelation Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena — Divines Paula Beer — Frantz Lily-Rose Depp — The Dancer Manal Issa — Parisienne Naomi Amarger and Noémie Merlant — Heaven Will Wait Raph — Slack Bay
Best First Film Divines Apnea (Apnée) Dark Inclusion Still Life The Dancer Mercenary	Best Screenplay My Life as a Courgette — Céline Sciamma Elle — David Birke Les Ogres — Léa Fehner, Catherine Paillé and Brigitte Sy Heaven Will Wait — Emilie Frèche and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar Staying Vertical — Alain Guiraudie Frantz — François Ozon
Best Cinematography Jonathan Ricquebourg — The Death of Louis XIV Christophe Beaucarne — From the Land of the Moon Benoît Debie — The Dancer Antoine Héberlé — A Woman's Life Léo Hinstin — Nocturama Pascal Marti — Frantz	Best Music Ibrahim Maalouf — In the Forests of Siberia Sophie Hunger — My Life as a Courgette Laurent Perez del Mar — The Red Turtle Robin Coudert — Planetarium Philippe Rombi — Frantz Gabriel Yared — It's Only the End of the World
Best Documentary My Journey Through French Cinema — Bertrand Tavernier Latest News from the Cosmos Merci Patron! La Sociologue et l'Ourson Swagger The Woods Dreams Are Made Of	Best Animated Film My Life as a Courgette The Girl Without Hands Louise by the Shore Long Way North The Red Turtle
Best French-Language Film Hedi Belgica The Unknown Girl It's Only the End of the World Mimosas The First, the Last
Honorary Lumières Thierry Frémaux Marion Cotillard

Films with multiple nominations and awards

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
4	Elle
	The Death of Louis XIV
	Staying Vertical
	A Woman's Life
	The Dancer
	Frantz
3	Nocturama
	Les Ogres
	It's Only the End of the World
	My Life as a Courgette
2
	From the Land of the Moon
	Divines
	Mercenary
	Heaven Will Wait
	Dark Inclusion
	The Red Turtle

The following films received multiple awards:

Awards	Film
3	Elle
2	The Death of Louis XIV
	Divines
	My Life as a Courgette

See also

• 42nd César Awards
• 7th Magritte Awards

References

1. "Nominations aux Lumières 2017". Ciné+. 16 December 2016.
2. "Balanced nominations for the Lumières". Cineuropa. 16 December 2016.
3. "France's Lumiere Awards Nominations Unveiled". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 December 2016.
4. "Lumières 2017 : "Elle" et "Une vie" en tête des nominations". LCI. 16 December 2016.
5. "Cérémonie des Lumières 2017 - Le palmarès". Ciné+. 30 January 2017.
6. "Lumiere Awards: 'Elle,' 'My Life as a Zucchini' Take Top Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. 30 January 2017.

External links

• Official website
• 22nd Lumières Awards at IMDb
• Lumières Awards at AlloCiné