27th Lumière Awards

27th Lumière Awards
Date	17 January 2022
Hosted by	Laurie Cholewa
Highlights
Most awards	Annette (3)
Most nominations	Lost Illusions (5)
Television coverage
Network	Canal+

The 27th Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, took place on 17 January 2022 to honour the best in French-speaking cinema of 2021.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Laurie Cholewa for the fourth time.

Drama film Happening won the Best Film.[2] Musical psychological drama film Annette garnered the most trophies with three awards.[3]

Winners and nominees

Leos Carax, winner of Best Director award

The nominations were announced on 10 December 2021. Drama film Lost Illusions led the nominees with five nominations.[4] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Best Film Happening – Produced by Edouard Weil and Alice Girard; Directed by Audrey Diwan‡ Annette – Produced by Charles Gillibert, Paul-Dominique Win Vacharasinthu, and Adam Driver; Directed by Leos Carax Lost Illusions – Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Sidonie Dumas; Directed by Xavier Giannoli Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Produced by Nicolas Anthomé; Directed by Arthur Harari Peaceful – Produced by Denis Pineau-Valencienne and François Kraus; Directed by Emmanuelle Bercot	Best Director Leos Carax – Annette‡ Jacques Audiard – Paris, 13th District Audrey Diwan – Happening Xavier Giannoli – Lost Illusions Arthur Harari – Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
Best Actor Benoît Magimel – Peaceful as Benjamin‡ Damien Bonnard – The Restless as Damien André Dussollier – Everything Went Fine as André Vincent Lindon – Titane as Vincent Benjamin Voisin – Lost Illusions as Lucien de Rupembré	Best Actress Anamaria Vartolomei – Happening as Anne‡ Suliane Brahim – The Swarm as Virginie Virginie Efira – Benedetta as Benedetta Carlini Valérie Lemercier – Aline as Aline Dieu Sophie Marceau – Everything Went Fine as Emmanuèle
Best Male Revelation Thimotée Robart – Magnetic Beats as Philippe‡ Alseni Bathily – Gagarine as Youri Abdel Bendaher – Ibrahim as Ibrahim Sami Outalbali – A Tale of Love and Desire as Ahmed Makita Samba – Paris, 13th District as Camille	Best Female Revelation Agathe Rousselle – Titane as Alexia/Adrien‡ Zbeida Belhajamor – A Tale of Love and Desire as Farah Aïssatou Diallo Sagna – The Divide as Kim Daphné Patakia – Benedetta as Bartolomea Lucie Zhang – Paris, 13th District as Émilie
Best First Film Gagarine – Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh‡ Ibrahim – Samir Guesmi Magnetic Beats – Vincent Maël Cardona The Swarm – Just Philippot Skies of Lebanon – Chloé Mazlo	Best Screenplay Lost Illusions – Xavier Giannoli‡ The Divide – Catherine Corsini Madeleine Collins – Antoine Barraud Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Arthur Harari and Vincent Poymiro A Tale of Love and Desire – Leyla Bouzid
Best Cinematography Annette – Caroline Champetier‡ Happening – Laurent Tangy Lost Illusions – Christophe Beaucarne Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle – Tom Harari The Swarm – Romain Carcanade	Best Music Annette – Ron Mael and Russell Mael‡ Gagarine – Amine Bouhafa, Evgueni and Sacha Galperine The Summit of the Gods – Amine Bouhafa Titane – Jim Williams The Velvet Queen – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Best Documentary The Velvet Queen – Marie Amiguet [fr] and Vincent Munier‡ 9 Days in Raqqa – Xavier de Lauzanne Delphine and Carole – Callisto Mc Nulty Gallent Indies – Philippe Béziat Le Kiosque – Alexandra Pianelli	Best Animated Film The Summit of the Gods – Patrick Imbert‡ Around the World in 80 Days – Samuel Tourneux The Crossing – Florence Miailhe Pil's Adventures – Julien Fournet Princess Dragon – Anthony Roux and Jean-Jacques Denis
Best International Co-Production The Worst Person in the World ( / / / ) – Joachim Trier The Father ( / ) – Florian Zeller February ( / ) – Kamen Kalev Petrov's Flu ( / / / ) – Kirill Serebrennikov The Restless ( / / ) – Joachim Lafosse

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Lost Illusions
4	Annette
	Happening
	Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
3	Gagarine
	Paris, 13th District
	The Swarm
	A Tale of Love and Desire
	Titane
2	Benedetta
	The Divide
	Everything Went Fine
	Ibrahim
	Magnetic Beats
	Peaceful
	The Restless
	The Summit of the Gods
	The Velvet Queen

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Film
3	Annette
2	Happening

See also

• 47th César Awards
• 11th Magritte Awards

References

1. Keslassy, Elsa (18 January 2022). "Audrey Diwan's 'Happening,' Leos Carax's 'Annette' Win France's Lumière Awards". Variety. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
2. Bergeson, Samantha (18 January 2022). "Lumière Awards 2022: 'Happening' and 'Annette' Among France's Top Prize Winners". IndieWire. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
3. Grater, Tom (18 January 2022). "'Happening' & 'Annette' Win Big At France's Lumiere Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
4. Goodfellow, Melanie (10 December 2021). "'Lost Illusions', 'Happening' lead the nominations for France's Lumière awards". Screen Daily. Retrieved 30 January 2022.

External links

• Official website