The 31st Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, took place on 18 January 2026 to honour the best in French-speaking cinema of 2025.
The Stranger led the nominations with six, followed by Nouvelle Vague with five. The Stranger won the most awards with three prizes, including Best Film.
Winners and nominees
The nominations were announced on 12 December 2025. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface: The Stranger – François Ozon Case 137 – Dominik Moll The Great Arch – Stéphane Demoustier Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due – Abdellatif Kechiche Nouvelle Vague – Richard Linklater | valign="top" width="50%" | Richard Linklater – Nouvelle Vague Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Abdellatif Kechiche – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due Dominik Moll – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger Benjamin Voisin – The Stranger as Meursault Swann Arlaud – La Condition as André de Boisvaillant Claes Bang – The Great Arch as Otto von Spreckelsen Laurent Lafitte – The Richest Woman in the World as Pierre-Alain Fantin Alexis Manenti – The Mohican as Joseph Cardelli Léa Drucker – Case 137 as Stéphanie Bertrand Jodie Foster – A Private Life as Lilian Steiner Isabelle Huppert – The Richest Woman in the World as Marianne Farrère Vicky Krieps – Love Me Tender as Clémence Mélanie Thierry – Mariana's Room as Mariana Guillaume Marbeck – Nouvelle Vague as Jean-Luc Godard Idir Azougli – Meteors as Daniel Mezziani Younès Boucif – La Petite Cuisine De Mehdi as Mehdi Théodore Pellerin – Nino as Nino Eloy Pohu – Enzo as Enzo Nadia Melliti – The Little Sister as Fatima Manon Clavel – Kika as Kika Bella Kim – Winter in Sokcho as Sooha Jessica Pennington – Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due as Jessica Patterson Anja Verderosa – Hearts on Fire as Queen Nino – Pauline Loquès Block Pass – Antoine Chevrollier The Girl in the Snow – Louise Hémon Little Jaffna – Lawrence Valin That Summer in Paris – Valentine Cadic | valign="top" | Stéphane Demoustier – The Great Arch Holly Gent, Vince Palmo and Michèle Halberstadt – Nouvelle Vague Pauline Loquès – Nino Dominik Moll and Gilles Marchand – Case 137 François Ozon – The Stranger Manuel Dacosse – The Stranger Marine Atlan – The Girl in the Snow David Chambille – Nouvelle Vague Pascal Lagriffoul – The Condition Vincent Munier, Antoine Lavorel and Laurent Joffrion – Whispers in the Woods Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena and Rosemary Standley – Whispers in the Woods Fatima Al Qadiri – The Stranger Amine Bouhafa – The Little Sister Robin Rob Coudert – A Private Life Arnaud Toulon – Arco Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi Lumière!, The Adventure Continues – Thierry Frémaux Sarkozy – Gaddafi: the Scandal of Scandals – Yannick Kergoat Tell Her That I Love Her – Romane Bohringer Whispers in the Woods – Vincent Munier Arco – Ugo Bienvenu A Boat In The Garden – Jean-François Laguionie A Magnificent Life – Sylvain Chomet Little Amélie or the Character of Rain – Liane-Cho Han and Mailys Vallade My Life In Versailles – Nathaniel H'Limi and Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Afternoons of Solitude – Albert Serra It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi Sentimental Value – Joachim Trier The Voice of Hind Rajab – Kaouther Ben Hania
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+ Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 6 The Stranger 5 Nouvelle Vague4 Case 137 The Great Arch 3 Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due2 Nino The Girl in the Snow Whispers in the Woods
+ Films with multiple wins Wins Film 3 The Stranger 2 Nouvelle Vague
See also 98th Academy Awards 79th British Academy Film Awards 51st César Awards 71st David di Donatello 38th European Film Awards 83rd Golden Globe Awards 40th Goya Awards 15th Magritte Awards
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