Similar to the Golden Globes, in that they are handed out to the best artists in French and French-language cinema by foreign journalists working in Paris, the 24th Lumières Awards will be handed out on 4 February 2019 at a ceremony set to be held at the Arab World Institute. 

Among the hopefuls are three titles that have racked up four nominations each and will be duking it out for the Award for Best French Film of the Year: In Safe Hands [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
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intervista: Emmanuel Mouret
scheda film] by Emmanuel Mouret. In this, the most important category, they will be going head to head with Alex Lutz’s Guy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mikhaël Hers
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Receiving nominations for the Best Actress gong are Elodie Bouchez (for In Safe Hands), who is the only one to have already won the prize (in 1999, for The Dreamlife of Angels), Cécile de France (Mademoiselle de Joncquières), Léa Drucker (Custody), Virginie Efira (An Impossible Love [+leggi anche:
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Among the five hopefuls for the Lumière Award for Best Actor are two former winners: Vincent Lindon (running with At War [+leggi anche:
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Here is the full list of nominees:

Best Film
Amanda [+leggi anche:
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The Sisters Brothers [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jacques Audiard
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Guy [+leggi anche:
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Mademoiselle de Joncquières [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Mouret
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In Safe Hands [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Jacques Audiard - The Sisters Brothers 
Jeanne Herry – In Safe Hands
Xavier Legrand – Custody [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Legrand
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Gaspar Noé – Climax [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Souheila Yacoub
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Pierre Salvadori – The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Salvadori
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Best Actress
Elodie Bouchez – In Safe Hands
Cécile de France – Mademoiselle de Joncquières
Léa Drucker – Custody 
Virginie Efira – An Impossible Love [+leggi anche:
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Mélanie Thierry – Memoir of War [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emmanuel Finkiel
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Best Actor
Romain Duris – Our Struggles [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Guillaume Senez
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Vincent Lacoste – Amanda
Vincent Lindon – At War [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stéphane Brizé
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Alex Lutz – Guy
Denis Ménochet – Custody 

Best Screenplay
Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer – Little Tickles [+leggi anche:
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Jeanne Herry – In Safe Hands
Thomas Lilti – The Freshmen [+leggi anche:
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Emmanuel Mouret – Mademoiselle de Joncquières
Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin and Benjamin Charbit – The Trouble With You

Best Cinematography
Benoît Debie – Climax
Benoît Debie – The Sisters Brothers 
Laurent Desmet – Mademoiselle de Joncquières
Julien Hirsch – One Nation, One King [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Pierre Schoeller
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David Ungaro – To the Ends of the World [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Guillaume Nicloux
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Best New Actor 
Anthony Bajon – The Prayer [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Cédric Kahn
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William Lebghil – The Freshmen 
Andranic Manet – A Paris Education [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Jean-Paul Civeyrac
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Félix Maritaud – Sauvage [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Camille Vidal-Naquet
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Dylan Robert – Shéhérazade [+leggi anche:
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Best New Actress 
Ophélie Bau – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno [+leggi anche:
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Galatéa Bellugi – The Apparition [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Xavier Giannoli
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Andréa Bescond – Little Tickles 
Jeanne Cohendy – Head Above Water [+leggi anche:
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Kenza Fortas – Shéhérazade 

Best Debut Film
Little Tickles - Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer
The Wild Boys [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bertrand Mandico
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Custody - Xavier Legrand
Sauvage - Camille Vidal-Naquet
Shéhérazade - Jean-Bernard Marlin

Best Film from a French-speaking Country
Capernaum [+leggi anche:
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Chris the Swiss [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anja Kofmel
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Girl [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lukas Dhont
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The Insult [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ziad Doueiri
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Our Struggles - Guillaume Senez 

Best Animated Film
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion [+leggi anche:
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Dilili in Paris [+leggi anche:
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Mutafukaz [+leggi anche:
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Pachamama [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary
Cassandro the Exotico! [+leggi anche:
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Each and Every Moment [+leggi anche:
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No Man Is an Island [+leggi anche:
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Young Solitude [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Claire Simon
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Samouni Road [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stefano Savona
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Best Music
Camille Bazbaz – The Trouble With You
Vincent Blanchard and Romain Greffe – Guy
Alexandre Desplat – The Sisters Brothers 
Pierre Desprats – The Wild Boys 
Grégoire Hetzel – An Impossible Love