2023 Lumières Award nominations: La Nuit du 12 takes the lead

Which French films will dominate the awards season? Like every year, the Académie des Lumières opens the ball of predictions, by revealing its list of nominees. While waiting to know those of the Césars (the nominations will be announced at the end of January 2023), the Académie des Lumières, made up of journalists from the foreign press (130 correspondents from the international press, representing 40 nationalities from all continents), gives a first overview of the most noticed and appreciated French films of the year.

With 6 nominations, The Night of 12 by Dominik Moll is in the lead, ahead of Pacifiction – Torment on the Islands by Albert Serra (5 nominations), Saint Omer by Alice Diop and The Children of Others by Rebecca Zlotowski (4 nominations each) . These four feature films will be in the running for the Lumière Award for Best Film along with Revoir Paris by Alice Winocour. We also note 4 nominations for L’innocent by Louis Garrel and 3 for Vortex by Gaspar Noé.

The winners will be announced on Monday January 16, 2023. The 28th ceremony, organized by the Académie des Lumières, will be an opportunity to award its 13 prizes (film, director, actress, actor, female revelation, male revelation, first film, animation, documentary, international co-production, image and music).

Check out the full list of nominees below:

BEST FILM

• THE CHILDREN OF OTHERS by Rebecca Zlotowski

• THE NIGHT OF 12 by Dominik Moll

• PACIFICTION – TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS by Albert Serra

• REVOIR PARIS by Alice Winocour

BEST DIRECTION

• Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi for THE ALMOND TREES

• Dominik Moll for THE NIGHT OF THE 12

• Albert Serra for PACIFICTION – TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS

• Rebecca Zlotowski for OTHERS’ CHILDREN

BEST SCENARIO

• Alice Diop, Marie NDiaye, Amrita David for SAINT OMER

• Louis Garrel, Tanguy Viel for THE INNOCENT

• Christophe Honoré for THE LYCÉEN

• Dominik Moll, Gilles Marchand for LA NUIT DU 12

• Rebecca Zlotowski for OTHERS’ CHILDREN

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• THE SUPER 8 YEARS of Annie Ernaux & David Ernaux-Briot

• THE FIGHTER by Camille Ponsin

• RETURN TO REIMS (FRAGMENTS) by Jean-Gabriel Périot

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• ERNEST AND CELESTINE: Journey to Charabie by Julien Chheng & Jean-Christophe Roger

• LITTLE NICOLAS, what are we waiting for to be happy? by Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre

• THE PHARAOH, THE SAVAGE AND THE PRINCESS by Michel Ocelot

• THE SECRETS OF MY FATHER by Véra Belmont

• THE NEIGHBORS OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE MY NEIGHBORS by Anne-Laure Daffis & Léo Marchand

BEST ACTRESS

• Juliette BINOCHE for OUISTREHAM by Emmanuel Carrère

• Laure CALAMY for À PLEIN TEMPS by Éric Gravel

• Virginie EFIRA for THE CHILDREN OF OTHERS by Rebecca Zlotowski

• Françoise LEBRUN for VORTEX by Gaspar Noé

• Noémie MERLANT for THE INNOCENT by Louis Garrel

BEST ACTOR

• Bastien BOUILLON for THE NIGHT OF 12 by Dominik Moll

• Louis GARREL for THE INNOCENT by Louis Garrel

• Vincent MACAIGNE for CHRONICLE OF A PASSING LIAISON by Emmanuel Mouret

• Benoît MAGIMEL for PACIFICTION – TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS by Albert Serra

• Denis MÉNOCHET for AS BESTAS by Rodrigo Sorogoyen

FEMININE REVELATION

• Marion BARBEAU for EN CORPS by Cédric Klapisch

• Hélène LAMBERT for OUISTREHAM by Emmanuel Carrère

• Guslagie MALANDA for SAINT OMER by Alice Diop

• Rebecca MARDER for A YOUNG GIRL WHO IS WELL by Sandrine Kiberlain

• Nadia TERESZKIEWICZ for THE ALMOND TREES by Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi

MALE REVELATION

• Adam BESSA for HARKA by Lotfy Nathan

• Stefan CREPON for PETER VON KANT by François Ozon

• Dimitri DORÉ for BRUNO REIDAL by Vincent Le Port

• Paul KIRCHER for LE LYCÉEN by Christophe Honoré

• Aliocha REINERT for PETITE NATURE by Samuel Theis

BEST FIRST FILM

• BRUNO REIDAL by Vincent Le Port

• THE WORST by Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret

• THE SIXTH CHILD by Léopold Legrand

• EVERYBODY LOVES JEANNE by Céline Devaux

BEST INTERNATIONAL CO-PRODUCTION

• AS BESTAS by Rodrigo Sorogoyen

• THE CAIRO CONSPIRACY by Tarik Saleh

• FLEE by Jonas Poher Rasmussen

• FUCKING UP by Emmanuel Marre & Julie Lecoustre

BEST PICTURE

• Sébastien BUCHMANN for PASSENGERS OF THE NIGHT by Mikhaël Hers

• Benoît DEBIE for VORTEX by Gaspar Noé

• Patrick GHIRINGHELLI for THE NIGHT OF 12 by Dominik Moll

• Claire MATHON for SAINT OMER by Alice Diop

• Artur TORT for PACIFICTION – TORMENT ON THE ISLANDS by Albert Serra

BEST MUSIC

• Benjamin BIOLAY for AND I LOVE A LA FUREUR by André Bonzel

• Irène DRESEL for À PLEIN TEMPS by Éric Gravel

• Grégoire HETZEL for THE INNOCENT by Louis Garrel

• Olivier MARGUERIT for THE NIGHT OF 12 by Dominik Moll