12/01/2015 - Bertrand Bonello’s film picks up four nominations like 3 Hearts and La Famille Bélier

Awarded to the best French and Francophone cinema artists by foreign journalists working in Paris - in a similar vein to the Golden Globes - the 20^th Lumières Awards will be given out on 2 February 2015. Amongst the contenders, Cannes competitor Saint Laurent [+see also:
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Q&A: Bertrand Bonello
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interview: Benoît Jacquot
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making of
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interview: Céline Sciamma
film profile] by Céline Sciamma (three nominations), Not my Type [+see also:
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interview: Lucas Belvaux
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The Award for Best Actress will be contended by Karin Viard (La Famille Bélier and Lulu, in the nude [+see also:
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interview: Olivier Assayas
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interview: Thomas Cailley
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Among the six nominees to the Lumière for Best Actor are Guillaume Canet (La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur [+see also:
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interview: Jalil Lespert
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List of nominees:

Best film
Girlhood - Céline Sciamma
La Famille Bélier - Eric Lartigau
Not my Type - Lucas Belvaux
Saint Laurent - Bertrand Bonello
Timbuktu - Abderrahmane Sissako
3 Hearts - Benoît Jacquot 

Best Director
Lucas Belvaux – Not my Type
Bertrand Bonello - Saint Laurent
Benoît Jacquot - 3 Hearts
Cédric Kahn – Wild Life
Céline Sciamma - Girlhood
Abderrahmane Sissako - Timbuktu 

Best screenplay
Thomas Lilti, Julien Lilti, Baya Kasmi, Pierre Chosson - Hippocrates [+see also:
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Philippe de Chauveron, Guy Laurent – Serial (Bad) Weddings [+see also:
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Audrey Diwan, Cédric Jimenez – The Connection [+see also:
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Jeanne Harry, Gaëlle Macé - Elle l’adore
Thomas Bidegain, Bertrand Bonello - Saint Laurent
Stanislas Carre de Malberg, Victoria Bedos - La famille Bélier 

Best Actress
Juliette Binoche – Clouds of Sils Maria
Emilie Dequenne – Not my Type
Charlotte Gainsbourg- 3 Hearts and Samba
Adèle Haenel – Love at First Fight and In the Name of my Daughter
Sandrine Kiberlain - Elle l’adore
Karin Viard - La Famille Bélier and Lulu, in the Nude 

Best Actor
Guillaume Canet - La prochaine fois je viserai le cœur and In the Name of my Daughter
Romain Duris – The New Girlfriend
Mathieu Kassovitz – Wild Life
Pierre Niney - Yves Saint Laurent
Benoît Poelvoorde - 3 Hearts
Gaspard Ulliel - Saint Laurent 

Most Promising Actress
Louane Emera - La Famille Bélier
Joséphine Japy and Lou de Laâge - Breathe [+see also:
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Alice Isaaz - Smartass [+see also:
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Ariane Labed - Fidelio, Alice’s Journey [+see also:
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Karidja Touré - Girlhood
Ana Girardot – High Society [+see also:
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Most Promising Actor
Kévin Azaïs – Love at First Fight
Thomas Blumenthal and Jean-Baptiste Lafarge - Smartass
Bastien Bouillon – High Society
Didier Michon - Fevers [+see also:
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Pierre Rochefort - Un beau dimanche [+see also:
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Marc Zinga - Qu’Allah bénisse la France ! [+see also:
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Best First Film
Love at First Fight - Thomas Cailley
Party Girl [+see also:
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Elle l’adore - Jeanne Herry
Chante ton Bac d’abord  - David André
Qu’Allah bénisse la France - Abd Al Malik
Fool Circle [+see also:
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Best French-language film (outside France)
They Are The Dogs [+see also:
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Two Days, One Night [+see also:
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interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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Fevers - Hicham Ayouch (France - Morocco)
L’Oranais [+see also:
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Mommy - Xavier Dolan (Canada)
Run [+see also:
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(Translated from French)