Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film
| Lumière Award for Best Foreign film | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Presented by | Académie des Lumières |
| First award | 1996–2002 |
| Website | academiedeslumieres |
The Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film (French: Lumière du meilleur film étranger) was presented annually by the Académie des Lumières from 1996 and 2002.[1][2] 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,[3] 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.[4]
Winners
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 (1st)[1] |
Underground | Emir Kusturica | Yugoslavia (Serbia), Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary | |
| 1997 (2nd) |
The Postman | Il postino | Michael Radford | Italy, France, Belgium |
| 1998 (3rd)[5] |
Brassed Off | Mark Herman | United Kingdom | |
| 1999 (4th) |
Life Is Beautiful | La vita è bella | Roberto Benigni | Italy |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (5th)[6] |
All About My Mother | Todo sobre mi madre | Pedro Almodóvar | Spain, France |
| 2001 (6th) |
American Beauty | Sam Mendes | United States | |
| 2002 (7th)[2] |
Billy Elliot | Stephen Daldry | United Kingdom | |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Les premiers « Lumières de Paris » ont été décernés". Le Monde (in French). 1 February 1996. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ^ a b James, Alison (10 January 2002). "Lumiere Awards shine three times on 'Amelie'". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (16 February 2003). "Amen shines at France's Lumieres". Screen International. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (3 December 2019). "'Les Misérables' leads nominations in France's Lumière awards". Screen International. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ Williams, Michael (14 December 1997). "'Marius' makes grade". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Williams, Michael (30 January 2000). "'Arc' sails to win at Lumieres". Variety. Retrieved 21 May 2025.