The Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film () was presented annually by the Académie des Lumières from 1996 and 2002.
History It was given to a non-French film released in France in the previous year. It was replaced by the Lumière Award for Best French-Language Film, which was awarded from 2003 to 2019 to a French-language film made outside France, then by the Lumière Award for Best International Co-Production, which has been awarded since 2020 to an international co-production financed by a French company and released in France in the previous year.
Winners
1990s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country 1996(1st) Underground Emir Kusturica Yugoslavia (Serbia), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary 1997(2nd) The Postman Il postino Michael Radford Italy, France, Belgium 1998(3rd) Brassed Off Mark Herman United Kingdom 1999(4th) Life Is Beautiful La vita è bella Roberto Benigni Italy
2000s YearEnglish titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Country 2000(5th) All About My Mother Todo sobre mi madre Pedro Almodóvar Spain, France 2001(6th) American Beauty Sam Mendes United States 2002(7th) Billy Elliot Stephen Daldry United Kingdom
See also César Award for Best Foreign Film
References
External links Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film at AlloCiné