16th Lumières Awards

16th Lumières Awards
Date	14 January 2011
Site	Hôtel de Ville, Paris, France
Highlights
Best Film	Of Gods and Men
Best Actor	Michael Lonsdale
Best Actress	Kristin Scott Thomas

The 16th Lumières Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 14 January 2011. The ceremony was presided by François Berléand. Of Gods and Men won the award for Best Film.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
Of Gods and Men The Illusionist The Ghost Writer Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Carlos	Roman Polanski — The Ghost Writer Xavier Beauvois — Of Gods and Men Olivier Assayas — Carlos Mathieu Amalric — On Tour Joann Sfar — Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Best Actor	Best Actress
Michael Lonsdale — Of Gods and Men Lambert Wilson — Of Gods and Men & The Princess of Montpensier Romain Duris — The Big Picture & Heartbreaker Éric Elmosnino — Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life Édgar Ramírez — Carlos	Kristin Scott Thomas — Sarah's Key Catherine Deneuve — Potiche Juliette Binoche — Certified Copy Isabelle Carré — Romantics Anonymous Ludivine Sagnier — Lily Sometimes
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Antonin Chalon — No et moi Aymen Saïdi — Top Floor, Left Wing Nahuel Perez Biscayart — Deep in the Woods Emile Berling — The Clink of Ice Jules Pelissier — Lights Out	Yahima Torres — Black Venus Lolita Chammah — Copacabana Marie Féret — Mozart's Sister Nina Rodriguez — No et moi Linda Doudaeva — Hands Up
Best Screenplay	Best French-Language Film
The Ghost Writer — Robert Harris and Roman Polanski Outside the Law — Rachid Bouchareb and Olivier Lorelle Tout ce qui brille — Hervé Mimran and Géraldine Nakache The Tree — Julie Bertuccelli The Names of Love — Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc	A Screaming Man Orly Amer Illegal Private Lessons Heartbeats
Best Cinematography	World Audience Award (presented by TV5Monde)
Caroline Champetier — Of Gods and Men	Illegal — Olivier Masset-Depasse
Honorary Lumières Award
Roman Polanski

See also

• 36th César Awards

External links

• Official website
• 16th Lumières Awards at IMDb
• 16th Lumières Awards at AlloCiné