François Ozon’s black-and-white Albert Camus adaptation The Stranger received Greatest Movie at France’s thirty first Lumière Awards in Paris on Sunday night.
The movie, which premiered in Venice final September, was the frontrunner within the contest on the nomination stage making it into six classes. Benjamin Voisin received Greatest Actor for his efficiency because the novel’s nihilist protagonist Meursault.
Manuel Dacosse, who was beforehand feted for his work on Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution, received Greatest Cinematography for his work on the movie, which was shot in shade however offered in black and white.
France’s equal of the Golden Globes, the Lumières are targeted on French-language cinema and are voted on by members of the worldwide press primarily based in France and hailing from 36 nations.
The opposite prime winner of the evening was Richard Linklater who scooped Greatest Director for Nouvelle Obscure, whereas Guillaume Marbeck received Greatest Male Revelation for his efficiency as Jean-Luc Godard within the ode to the French New Wave.
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent – which is coproduced by Brazil’s CinemaScópio, France’s mk2 Productions, Germany’s One Two Movies, and the Netherlands’ Lemming Movie – received Greatest Worldwide Coproduction.
The award continues a prize-winning streak for the Brazilian Oscar entry, which received Greatest Non-English Language Movie and Greatest Actor for Wagner Moura on the Golden Globes final week.
Ugo Bienvenu’s Arco, one other scorching awards season title, scooped Greatest Animated Function. The win adopted scorching on the heels of its triumph on the European Movie Awards in Berlin on Saturday night, the place it was feted with Greatest European Animated Function Movie.
The Lumière Awards ceremony occurred within the French capital on Sunday night, coinciding with the press junket of Unifrance’s Rendez-Vous in Paris internet hosting some 120 journalists from 40 territories.
The Full Record of 2026 Lumière Winners
Greatest Movie
The Stranger, François Ozon
Greatest Course
Richard Linklater for Nouvelle Obscure
Greatest Screenplay
Stéphane Demoustier for The Nice Arch
Greatest Documentary
Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Stroll, Sepideh Farsi
Greatest Animation
Arco, Ugo Bienvenu
Greatest Actress
Léa Drucker for Case 137
Greatest Actor
Benjamin Voisin for The Stranger
Feminine Revelation
Nadia Melliti for The Little Sister
Male Revelation
Guillaume Marbeck for Nouvelle Obscure
Greatest First Movie
Nino for Pauline Loquès
Greatest Worldwide Coproduction
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Cinematography
Manuel Dacosse for The Stranger
Greatest Music
Warren Ellis, Dom La Nena et Rosemary Standley for Whispers within the Woods
