Lumières Award for Best Documentary
| Lumières Award for Best Documentary | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First awarded | 2016 |
| Currently held by | Four Daughters (2024) |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumières Award for Best Documentary (French: Lumière du meilleur documentaire) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2016.
Winners and nominees
[edit]2010s
[edit]| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 (21st)[1][2] |
The Pearl Button | Le Bouton de nacre | Patricio Guzmán |
| The Missing Picture | L'Image manquante | Rithy Panh | |
| Human | Yann Arthus-Bertrand | ||
| South to North | Sud eau nord déplacer | Antoine Boutet | |
| Tomorrow | Demain | Cyril Dion and Mélanie Laurent | |
| We Come as Friends | Nous venons en amis | Hubert Sauper | |
| 2017 (22nd)[3][4] |
My Journey Through French Cinema | Voyage à travers le cinéma français | Bertrand Tavernier |
| Latest News from the Cosmos | Dernières Nouvelles du cosmos | Julie Bertuccelli | |
| Merci Patron! | François Ruffin | ||
| La Sociologue et l'Ourson | Étienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry | ||
| Swagger | Olivier Babinet | ||
| The Woods Dreams Are Made Of | Le Bois dont les rêves sont faits | Claire Simon | |
| 2018 (23rd)[5][6] |
Faces Places | Visages, villages | Agnès Varda and JR |
| Lumière! | Lumière ! L'aventure commence | Thierry Frémaux | |
| Makala | Emmanuel Gras | ||
| No Farewells | Sans adieu | Christophe Agou | |
| Plot 35 | Carré 35 | Éric Caravaca | |
| The Venerable W. | Le Vénérable W. | Barbet Schroeder | |
| 2019 (24th)[7][8] |
Samouni Road | Stefano Savona | |
| Cassandro the Exotico! | Marie Losier | ||
| Each and Every Moment | De chaque instant | Nicolas Philibert | |
| No Man Is an Island | Nul homme n'est une île | Dominique Marchais | |
| Young Solitude | Premières solitudes | Claire Simon | |
2020s
[edit]| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (25th)[9][10] |
M | Yolande Zauberman | |
| 68, mon père et les clous | Samuel Bigiaoui | ||
| Just Don't Think I'll Scream | Ne croyez surtout pas que je hurle | Frank Beauvais | |
| Living and Knowing You're Alive | Être vivant et le savoir | Alain Cavalier | |
| Lourdes | Thierry Demaizière and Alban Teurlai | ||
| 2021 (26th)[11][12] |
The Monopoly of Violence | Un pays qui se tient sage | David Dufresne |
| Adolescents | Adolescentes | Sébastien Lifshitz | |
| If It Were Love | Si c'était de l'amour | Patric Chiha | |
| Kongo | Hadrien La Vapeur and Corto Vaclav | ||
| The Tie | La Cravate | Étienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry | |
| 2022 (27th)[13][14] |
The Velvet Queen | La Panthère des neiges | Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier |
| 9 Days in Raqqa | 9 Jours à Raqqa | Xavier de Lauzanne | |
| Delphine and Carole | Delphine et Carole, insoumuses | Callisto McNulty | |
| Gallant Indies | Indes galantes | Philippe Béziat | |
| The Kiosk | Le Kiosque | Alexandra Pianelli | |
| 2023 (28th)[15][16] |
We | Nous | Alice Diop |
| La Combattante | Camille Ponsin | ||
| H6 | Ye Ye | ||
| Returning to Reims (Fragments) | Retour à Reims (Fragments) | Jean-Gabriel Périot | |
| The Super 8 Years | Les années super 8 | Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot | |
| 2024 (29th)[17][18] |
Four Daughters | Les Filles d'Olfa | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| Little Girl Blue | Mona Achache | ||
| On the Adamant | Sur l'Adamant | Nicolas Philibert | |
| Our Body | Notre corps | Claire Simon | |
| La Rivière | Dominique Marchais | ||
See also
[edit]- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
- BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
- César Award for Best Documentary Film
- European Film Award for Best Documentary
- Goya Award for Best Documentary
References
[edit]- ^ "Prix Lumières 2016 : Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse et Mustang en tête des nominations". AlloCiné (in French). 4 January 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Hopewell, John (9 February 2016). "Oscar-Shortlisted 'Mustang' Tops France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Lemercier, Fabien (16 December 2016). "Balanced nominations for the Lumières". Cineuropa. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (30 January 2017). "Lumiere Awards: 'Elle,' 'My Life as a Zucchini' Take Top Prizes". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (11 December 2017). "Robin Campillo's 'BPM (Beats Per Minute)' Leads France's 2017 Lumieres Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (5 February 2018). "'120 BPM' Tops France's Lumiere Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Billet-Garin, Quentin (17 December 2018). "Prix Lumières 2019 : une liste de nominations décevante". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Richford, Rhonda (4 February 2019). "Lumiere Awards: Jacques Audiard's 'Sisters Brothers' Takes Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ ""Les Misérables" de Ladj Ly décroche 7 nominations aux Lumières de la presse internationale". La Dépêche (in French). Relaxnews. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (27 January 2020). "France's Lumiere Awards: 'Les Misérables' Wins Best Film, Roman Polanski Tapped as Best Director". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Baronnet, Brigitte (14 December 2020). "Nominations Lumières 2021 : Deux, Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait en tête". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Les choses qu'on dit, les choses qu'on fait sacré meilleur film par les Lumières du cinéma". Le Figaro (in French). Agence France-Presse. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (10 December 2021). "'Lost Illusions', 'Happening' lead the nominations for France's Lumière awards". Screen International. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (18 January 2022). "Audrey Diwan's 'Happening,' Leos Carax's 'Annette' Win France's Lumière Awards". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Lumières 2023 : "La Nuit du 12", "Pacifiction", "Saint Omer" et "Les Enfants des autres" en tête des nominations". franceinfo Culture (in French). France Télévisions. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (16 January 2023). "Dominik Moll's 'The Night Of The 12th' & Albert Serra's 'Pacification' Lead Prizes At French Lumière Awards". Deadline. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (14 December 2023). "'Anatomy of a Fall' Leads France's Lumiere Award Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (22 January 2024). "'Anatomy of a Fall' Wins Best Film, Actress, Screenplay at France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 1 February 2024.