07/01/2016 - Arnaud Desplechin's film has secured a total of seven nominations, thus outrunning Mustang, Summertime and Marguerite

Similar to the Golden Globes in that they are awarded to the best artists in French and French-language film by foreign journalists based in Paris, the 21st Lumières Awards will be handed out on 8 February 2016. Among the contenders is My Golden Days [+see also:
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interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
film profile] by Deniz Gamze Ergüven (with six nominations), Summertime [+see also:
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film profile] by Catherine Corsini (five) and Marguerite [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
film profile] by Xavier Giannoli (four). These four features will be duking it out for the title of Best Film of the Year, alongside Courted [+see also:
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film profile] by Jacques Audiard (the only filmmaker in the list of nominees to have already won the trophy). Interestingly, the competition promises to be wide open this year, as not one title stands out as a clear favourite.

The battle for the Best Actress statuette will be fought by Emmanuelle Bercot (Mon roi [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
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Featuring among the six hopefuls for the Lumière Award for Best Actor are Gérard Depardieu (Valley of Love), André Dussollier (21 Nights with Pattie [+see also:
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interview: Stéphane Brizé
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Here is the complete list of nominees:

Best Film
Summertime [+see also:
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Dheepan [+see also:
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Q&A: Jacques Audiard
film profile] - Jacques Audiard
Courted [+see also:
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Marguerite [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Giannoli
film profile] - Xavier Giannoli
Mustang [+see also:
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interview: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
film profile] - Deniz Gamze Ergüven
My Golden Days [+see also:
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Best Director
Jacques Audiard – Dheepan
Catherine Corsini - Summertime
Arnaud Desplechin – My Golden Days
Philippe Garrel – In the Shadow of Women [+see also:
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Xavier Giannoli – Marguerite
Maïwenn - Mon roi [+see also:
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Best Actress
Emmanuelle Bercot - Mon roi
Clotilde Courau – In the Shadow of Women
Catherine Frot – Marguerite
Izïa Higelin - Summertime
Isabelle Huppert - Valley of Love [+see also:
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Elsa Zylberstein - Un + une [+see also:
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Best Actor
Gérard Depardieu - Valley of Love
André Dussollier – 21 Nights with Pattie [+see also:
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Vincent Lindon –The Measure of a Man [+see also:
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interview: Stéphane Brizé
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Fabrice Luchini - Courted
Vincent Macaigne - Les deux amis [+see also:
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Jérémie Rénier – The Wakhan Front [+see also:
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Best Screenplay
Catherine Corsini and Laurette Polmanss - Summertime
Arnaud Desplechin and Julie Peyr – My Golden Days
Philippe Faucon – Fatima [+see also:
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interview: Philippe Faucon
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Deniz Gamze Ergüven and Alice Winocour – Mustang
Xavier Giannoli – Marguerite
Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu – 21 Nights with Pattie

Best Female Newcomer
Golshifteh Farahani - Les deux amis
Sara Giraudeau - Les bêtises [+see also:
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Baya Medhaffar – As I Open My Eyes [+see also:
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interview: Leyla Bouzid
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Lou Roy-Lecollinet – My Golden Days
Sophie Verbeeck – All About Them [+see also:
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Güneş Nezihe Şensoy, Doğa Zeynep Doğuşlu, Elit Işcan, Tuğba Sunguroğlu and Ilayda Akdoğan – Mustang

Best Male Newcomer
Stany Coppet – Pure Life [+see also:
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Quentin Dolmaire – My Golden Days
Alban Lenoir – French Blood [+see also:
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Félix Moati – All About Them
Harmandeep Palminder – Young Tiger [+see also:
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Rod Paradot – Standing Tall [+see also:
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interview: Emmanuelle Bercot
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Best Debut Film
Young Tiger - Cyprien Vial
Les deux amis - Louis Garrel
Mustang - Deniz Gamze Ergüven
The Wakhan Front - Clément Cogitore
Pure Life - Jérémy Banster
Vincent [+see also:
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Best Cinematography
David Chizallet - Mustang, Les Anarchistes [+see also:
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interview: Laurent Larivière
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Matias Boucard - SK1 [+see also:
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Irina Lubtchansky – My Golden Days
Claire Mathon – The Last Hammer Blow [+see also:
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Arnaud Potier - Cowboys [+see also:
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Sylvain Verdet – The Wakhan Front

Best Score
Bruno Coulais – Diary of a Chambermaid
Warren Ellis – Mustang
Grégoire Hetzel - Summertime and My Golden Days
Mike Lévy, aka Gesaffelstein – Disorder [+see also:
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interview: Alice Winocour
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Béatrice Thiriet - Astragalus [+see also:
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Jean-Claude Vannier - Microbe et Gasoil [+see also:
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Best Documentary
The Pearl Button [+see also:
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Tomorrow [+see also:
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Human [+see also:
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Sud Eau Nord Déplacer [+see also:
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The Missing Picture [+see also:
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film profile] - Rithy Panh
We Come as Friends [+see also:
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film profile] - Hubert Sauper

Best French-language Film (outside France)
As I Open My Eyes - Leyla Bouzid (Tunisia, Belgium, France)
L’année prochaine [+see also:
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Much Loved [+see also:
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The Rooftops [+see also:
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interview: Merzak Allouache
film profile] - Merzak Allouache (France, Algeria)
The Brand New Testament [+see also:
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interview: Jaco van Dormael
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Vanity [+see also:
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interview: Lionel Baier
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(Translated from French)