Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film
| Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film (outside France) | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First awarded | 2003 |
| Currently held by | Insyriated (2018) |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film francophone (hors de France)) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2003. It rewards the best French language film made outside France each year. It replaced the Lumières Award for Best Foreign Film (French: Prix Lumières du meilleur film étranger) that was awarded from 1996 to 2002.
Winners and nominees
In the following lists, the titles and names with a blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 (8th) |
The Son | Le Fils | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| 2004 (9th) |
The Barbarian Invasions | Les Invasions barbares | Denys Arcand |
| 2005 (10th) |
Tomorrow We Move | Demain on déménage | Chantal Akerman |
| 2006 (11th) |
L'Enfant | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne | |
| 2007 (12th) |
Bamako | Abderrahmane Sissako | |
| Les Etats-Unis d'Albert | André Forcier | ||
| C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée | ||
| Bunker Paradise | Stefan Liberski | ||
| Barakat! | Djamila Sahraoui | ||
| 2008 (13th) |
Délice Paloma | Nadir Moknèche | |
| Cowboy | Benoît Mariage | ||
| Gone for a Dance | J'aurais voulu être un danseur | Alain Berliner | |
| In the Arms of My Enemy | Voleurs de chevaux | Micha Wald | |
| Days of Darkness | L'Age des ténèbres | Denys Arcand | |
| Africa Paradis | Sylvestre Amoussou | ||
| 2009 (14th) |
Lorna's Silence | Le Silence de Lorna | Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne |
| Johnny Mad Dog | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | ||
| Home | Ursula Meier | ||
| Rumba | Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, Bruno Romy | ||
| Faro: Goddess of the Waters | Faro, la reine des eaux | Salif Traore | |