Lumière Award for Best First Film

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Lumière Award for Best First Film
CountryFrance
Presented byAcadémie des Lumières
First award2014
Currently held byHoly Cow (2025)
Websiteacademiedeslumieres.com

The Lumière Award for Best First Film (French: Lumière du meilleur premier film) is an award presented annually by the Académie des Lumières since 2014. It was previously known as the Heike Hurst Award for Best First Film,[1] in honour of the film critic.[2]

Winners and nominees

In the following lists, the titles and names with a blue background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees.

2010s

Year English title Original title Director (s)
2014
(19th)		 Me, Myself and Mum Les Garçons et Guillaume, à table ! Guillaume Gallienne
Little Lion Comme un lion Samuel Collardey
Turning Tide En solitaire Christophe Offenstein
Headfirst La Tête la première Amélie van Elmbt
Nous irons vivre ailleurs Nicolas Karolszyk
Beyond the Blood Au-delà du sang Guillaume Tauveron
2015
(20th)		 Love at First Fight Les Combattants Thomas Cailley
Party Girl Marie Amachoukeli, Claire Burger and Samuel Theis
Elle l'adore Jeanne Herry
We Did It on a Song Chante ton bac d'abord David André
May Allah Bless France! Qu'Allah bénisse la France Abd al Malik
Fool Circle Tristesse Club Vincent Mariette
2016
(21st)
Mustang Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Young Tiger Bébé Tigre Cyprien Vial
Two Friends Les Deux Amis Louis Garrel
The Wakhan Front Ni le ciel ni la terre Clément Cogitore
La Vie pure Jeremy Banster
Vincent Vincent n'a pas d'écailles Thomas Salvador
2017
(22nd)
Divines Houda Benyamina
Apnea Apnée Jean-Christophe Meurisse
Dark Inclusion Diamant noir Arthur Harari
Still Life Gorge cœur ventre Maud Alpi
The Dancer La Danseuse Stéphanie di Giusto
Mercenary Mercenaire Sacha Wolff
2018
(23rd)
Until the Birds Return En attendant les hirondelles Karim Moussaoui
Les Bienheureux Sofia Djama
Raw Grave Julia Ducournau
Montparnasse Bienvenue Jeune femme Léonor Serraille
Patients Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir
Bloody Milk Petit paysan Hubert Charuel
2019
(24th)
Custody Jusqu'à la garde Xavier Legrand
Little Tickles Les Chatouilles Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer
The Wild Boys Les Garçons sauvages Bertrand Mandico
Sauvage Camille Vidal-Naquet
Shéhérazade Jean-Bernard Marlin

2020s

Year English title Original title Director (s)
2020
(25th)
The Mustang Nevada Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Atlantics Atlantique Mati Diop
Conviction Une intime conviction Antoine Raimbault
Les Misérables Ladj Ly
The Bare Necessity Perdrix Erwan Le Duc
2021
(26th)
Two of Us Deux Filippo Meneghetti
Arab Blues Un divan à Tunis Manele Labidi
Cuties Mignonnes Maïmouna Doucouré
Slalom Charlène Favier
Simply Black Tout simplement noir Jean-Pascal Zadi and John Wax
2022
(27th)
Gagarine Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh
Ibrahim Samir Guesmi
Magnetic Beats Les Magnétiques Vincent Maël Cardona
The Swarm La Nuée Just Philippot
Skies of Lebanon Sous le ciel d'Alice Chloé Mazlo
2023
(28th)
The Sixth Child Le Sixième Enfant Léopold Legrand
Bruno Reidal, Confessions of a Murderer Bruno Reidal Vincent Le Port
Harka Lotfy Nathan
The Worst Ones Les Pires Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret
Everybody Loves Jeanne Tout le monde aime Jeanne Céline Devaux
2024
(29th)
The Rapture Le Ravissement Iris Kaltenbäck
Bernadette Léa Domenach
Junkyard Dog Chien de la casse Jean-Baptiste Durand
Disco Boy Giacomo Abbruzzese
Vincent Must Die Vincent doit mourir Stéphan Castang
2025
(30th)
Holy Cow Vingt Dieux Louise Courvoisier
Ghost Trail Les Fantômes Jonathan Millet
The Kingdom Le Royaume Julien Colonna
Rabia Mareike Engelhardt
Wild Diamond Diamant brut Agathe Riedinger

See also

References

  1. ^ Hopewell, John (9 February 2016). "Oscar-Shortlisted 'Mustang' Tops France's Lumiere Awards". Variety. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ Péron, Didier (6 December 2012). "Heike Hurst, la femme aux cheveux rouges" [Heike Hurst, the woman with red hair]. Libération (in French). Retrieved 7 May 2023.