L’Académie des Lumières announced their nominations for the Lumières awards yesterday – these could be called the French Golden Globes as they’re given out by the foreign press. ‘Rust and Bone‘ (De rouille et d’os) is dominating the list:

Best film
Les Adieux à La Reine, Benoît Jacquot
Amour, Michael Haneke
Camille Redouble, Noémie Lvovsky
Holy Motors, Leos Carax
De Rouille Et D’Os, Jacques Audiard

Best Director
Jacques Audiard, De Rouille Et D’Os
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Michael Haneke, Amour
Noémie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Cyril Mennegun, Louise Wimmer

Best Screenplay
Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, De Rouille Et D’Os
Leos Carax, Holy Motors
Benoit Jacquot, Gilles Taurand, Les Adieux à La Reine
Noémie Lvovsky, Maud Ameline, Pierre-Olivier Mattéi, Florence Seyvos, Camille Redouble
Valerie Zenatti, Thierry Binisti, Une Bouteille à La Mer

Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, De Rouille Et D’Os
Catherine Frot, Les Saveurs Du Palais
Noemie Lvovsky, Camille Redouble
Corinne Masiero, Louise Wimmer
Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Best Actor
Guillaume Canet, Une Vie Meilleure
Denis Lavant, Holy Motors
Jérémie Rénier, Cloclo
Mathias Schoenaerts, De Rouille Et D’Os
Jean Louis Trintignant, Amour

The 18èmes Trophées Des Lumières 2013 ceremony will be held on January 18 at the Gaîté lyrique in Paris.

The other major French awards, the Césars – the French Oscars – will announce their nominations on January 25 and the winners on February 22.

• London Critics’ Circle Awards Nomination, posted on December 18, 2012
• “Vous N’avez encore rien vu” & “Rust and Bone” to screen at Cannes, posted on April 19, 2012
• Marion wins award at Etoiles d’Or, posted on February 19, 2013
• Own ‘Rust and Bone’ on DVD & Blu-ray, posted on March 15, 2013
• Matthias Schoenarts about working with Marion, posted on October 3, 2011

I saw this while visiting Wikipedia and had no idea of what it was. I’m happy for her, Mattias and the movie, they totally deserve it