18th Lumières Awards
# 18th Lumières Awards

The 18th Lumières Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 18 January 2013, at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Victoria Abril. Amour won three awards including Best Film.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

| Best Film | Best Director |
| - | - |
| Amour Rust and Bone Farewell, My Queen Camille Rewinds Holy Motors | Jacques Audiard — Rust and Bone Noémie Lvovsky — Camille Rewinds Michael Haneke — Amour Leos Carax — Holy Motors Cyril Mennegun — Louise Wimmer |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jean-Louis Trintignant — Amour Denis Lavant — Holy Motors Guillaume Canet — A Better Life Jérémie Renier — My Way Matthias Schoenaerts — Rust and Bone | Emmanuelle Riva — Amour Catherine Frot — Haute Cuisine Noémie Lvovsky — Camille Rewinds Marion Cotillard — Rust and Bone Corinne Masiero — Louise Wimmer |
| Most Promising Actor | Most Promising Actress |
| Ernst Umhauer — In the House Stephane Soo Mongo — Hold Back Pierre Niney — Comme des frères Mahmud Shalaby — A Bottle in the Gaza Sea Clément Métayer — Something in the Air | Julia Faure, Judith Chemla & India Hair — Camille Rewinds Agathe Bonitzer — A Bottle in the Gaza Sea Stéphanie Sokolinski — Augustine Sofiia Manousha — Le Noir (Te) Vous Va Si Bien Izïa Higelin — Bad Girl |
| Best Screenplay | Best French-Language Film |
| Rust and Bone — Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain A Bottle in the Gaza Sea — Thierry Binisti and Valérie Zenatti Farewell, My Queen — Benoît Jacquot and Gilles Taurand Camille Rewinds — Florence Seyvos, Maud Ameline and Pierre-Olivier Mattei Holy Motors — Leos Carax | The Pirogue Monsieur Lazhar Laurence Anyways Sister Our Children |
| Special Jury Prize | Best Cinematography |
| Camille Rewinds — Noémie Lvovsky | Antoine Heberlé — Inheritance & A Few Hours of Spring |
| Honorary Lumières Award ||
| Claudia Cardinale ||
