14th Lumières Awards

The 14th Lumières Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 19 January 2009. The ceremony was presided by Jeanne Balibar. The Class won the award for Best Film.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

Best Film	Best Director
The Class Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One A Christmas Tale Séraphine With a Little Help from Myself	'François Dupeyron — With a Little Help from Myself Arnaud Desplechin — A Christmas Tale Laurent Cantet — The Class Jean-Francois Richet — Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One Martin Provost — Séraphine
Best Actor	Best Actress
Vincent Cassel — Mesrine: Killer Instinct & Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One André Dussollier — Cortex Claude Rich — With a Little Help from Myself Albert Dupontel — Love Me No More Kad Merad — Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis Guillaume Depardieu — Versailles	Yolande Moreau — Séraphine Catherine Frot — Mark of an Angel Felicite Wouassi — With a Little Help from Myself Kristin Scott Thomas — I've Loved You So Long Sylvie Testud — Sagan
Most Promising Actor	Most Promising Actress
Mohamed Bouchaïb — Masquerades Emile Berling — Behind the Walls François Civil — Dying or Feeling Better Anton Balekdjian — Un monde à nous Marco Cortes — Khamsa	Nora Arnezeder — Paris 36 Bertille Noël-Bruneau — The Fox and the Child Karina Testa — Dolls and Angels Leïla Bekhti — Dolls and Angels Léa Seydoux — The Beautiful Person Sara Reguigue — Masquerades
Best Screenplay	Best French-Language Film
I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster — Samuel Benchetrit The Class — François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo and Laurent Cantet Séraphine — Marc Abdelnour and Martin Provost Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis — Dany Boon, Alexandre Charlot and Franck Magnier Louise Hires a Contract Killer — Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern	Lorna's Silence Johnny Mad Dog Home Rumba Faro: Goddess of the Waters
Best Cinematography	World Audience Award (presented by TV5Monde)
Agnès Godard — Home	The Class — Laurent Cantet