20/12/2012 - Jacques Audiard's film receives the most nominations along with Camille Rewinds, only just ahead of Love and Holy Motors

Awarded like the Golden Globes to French and French-language cinema's best artists by foreign correspondents based in Paris, the 18th Lumière Awards are to be handed out on January 18. The following films shine among the nominees: Jacques Audiard's Rust & Bone [+see also:
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Marion Cotillard (Rust & Bone), Catherine Frot (Haute Cuisine), Noémie Lvovsky (Camille Rewinds), Corinne Masiero (Louise Wimmer) and Emmanuelle Riva (Love) are to compete for the honour of Best Actress.

Guillaume Canet (A Better Life [+see also:
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List of nominees:

Best Film
Love - Michael Haneke
Rust & Bone - Jacques Audiard
Camille Rewinds - Noémie Lvovsky
Holy Motors - Leos Carax
Farewell, My Queen - Benoît Jacquot 

Best Director
Jacques Audiard - Rust & Bone
Leos Carax - Holy Motors
Michael Haneke - Love
Noémie Lvovsky - Camille Rewinds
Cyril Mennegun - Louise Wimmer

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain - Rust & Bone
Leos Carax - Holy Motors
Benoît Jacquot, Gilles Taurand - Farewell, My Queen
Noémie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattei, Florence Seyvos - Camille Rewinds
Valérie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti - Une bouteille à la mer

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard - Rust & Bone
Catherine Frot - Haute Cuisine directed by Christian Vincent
Noémie Lvovsky - Camille Rewinds
Corinne Masiero - Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva - Love

Best Actor
Guillaume Canet - A Better Life directed by Cédric Kahn
Denis Lavant - Holy Motors
Jérémie Renier - My Way directed by Florent Emilio Siri
Mathias Schoenaerts - Rust & Bone
Jean-Louis Trintignant - Love 

Best Female Newcomer
Agathe Bonitzer - Une bouteille à la mer
Judith Chemla, Julia Faure, India Hair - Camille Rewinds
Izia Higelin - Mauvaise fille [+see also:
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Sofiia Manousha - Le noir (te) vous va si bien [+see also:
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Soko - Augustine [+see also:
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Best Male Newcomer
Clément Métayer - Something in the Air [+see also:
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Stéphane Soo Mongo - Hold Back [+see also:
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Pierre Niney - Comme des frères [+see also:
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Mahmoud Shalaby - Une bouteille à la mer
Ernst Umhauer - In the House [+see also:
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Best Film in the French Language (outside France)
Our Children [+see also:
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Laurence Anyways [+see also:
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The Pirogue [+see also:
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Sister [+see also:
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Monsieur Lazhar - Philippe Falardeau 

(Translated from French)