Long live Lumière 2024!

Delon knew, more than anyone else, what he owed to this brilliant picture... and to its director: “The film, which went around the world, paved the way for my career”.

The actress, laureate of the 2024 Lumière Award, took her very first steps as director. Giving free rein to her imagination, she drew inspiration from a trip to Australia...

« Occasionally, a single scene illuminates a film to the point of encapsulating its entirety » - Aurélien Ferenczi

Ahead of hosting the ‘Trip to the Ends of Horror’ all-nighter at the Halle Tony Garnier, Alexandre Aja reexamined his greatest fears. 

Actor, writer, tarot card reader, magician, director, the 95-year-old Chilean is at Lumière, full of new revelations. Master class …

Visit to an exhibition of extraordinary faces. 

Rachida Dati, the French Minister of Culture, made her first visit to the Lumière film festival to announce the second volet of a major distribution plan focusing on heritage works and film libraries.

A small, quiet man living in a family-run guesthouse in Argentina finds himself at the heart of a romantic affair revolving around the mysterious and sublime Rosaura.

“Integrate, learn French and get involved as a volunteer”. For Daoud Hariri, it is a matter of principle to devote time to others,

A standing ovation, a constellation of stars and declarations of love accompanied by song... On Friday evening, in an electric atmosphere, actress Isabelle Huppert received the 16th Lumière Award at the Amphitheatre 3000.

Prix Lumière 2024, Isabelle Huppert est venue à la rencontre des Lyonnais à l’occasion de la traditionnelle master class du Théâtre des Célestins.

Eight hours without a wink of sleep! That's what awaits audiences at the Halle Tony-Garnier

Vice President of Mastering and Archives at NBC Universal, Cassandra Moore, redefines the concept of restoration.

An interview with Pascal Fèvre, Regional Director of BNP Paribas Commercial Banking in France's Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region.

In Łódź, in 19th-century Poland, three young men of different backgrounds strive to make their fortune in the textile industry. 

Gaud, a young Breton woman, is deeply in love with Yann, a fisherman whose destiny leads him to spend long periods on the treacherous seas.

Walter Murch commenting on the documentary by Howard Berry, Her Name Was Moviola

The students of the vocational High School Sainte-Marie came to see After Death, a silent film by Hungarian director Alfréd Deésy.

Jeanine Manceau, a young retiree from the civil service, has been a volunteer since this year.

Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Love

I don't know how one “directs” Isabelle Huppert, I can only try to describe the process we implemented during our two collaborations.

An intriguing historical breakdown of a screenplay and its filming experience, fully worthy of its own novel!

A portrait of the spontaneous filmmaker.

At the MIFC, Richard Patry participates in a round table discussion on cinemas and the public's renewed interest in heritage films.

The 12th edition of the International Classic Film Market welcomes Lithuania as its guest country. Report.

Alfonso Cuarón introduces his limited series, Disclaimer and Anna Marsh receive The Fabienne Vonier Prize.

She will be one of the volunteers pampering festivalgoers with a delicious breakfast during the 'Trip to the Ends of Horror’ all-nighter.

Maxime Iffour, director-programmer at Saint-Renan in the Finistère, is attending the International Classic Film Market (MIFC).

Lebanon, Colombia, Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, Congo. 

From her first roles to her collaboration with Ken Loach, actress-director Icíar Bollaín shares her story with the public. Highlights. 

Filmmaker-screenwriter Justine Triet, singling out some choice morsels, reveals the secrets (and depth) of her cinephilia.

Huppert was the vehicle by which Chabrol explored the female condition as never before. Together they made seven films, including a pair of comedies between 1978 and 2006. 

The Bernard Chardère prize, which recognises a film journalist, is awarded to Marie Sauvion, Deputy Editor-in-chief of Cinema at Télérama.

Arnaud Brun, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Adéquat Group, talks about their 10-year commitment to the Lumière film festival. 

The dreamlike masterpiece by Carl Theodor Dreyer has regained all its melodic mystery thanks to the restoration work of Timothy Brock, conductor of the National Orchestra of Lyon. 

The Mexican filmmaker, a regular presence at the festival, is back this year to screen his limited series, Disclaimer.

Duck is the king of truck drivers, a free, independent man who keeps to himself.

Jaguar is a young man from the shantytowns of the Philippines of the late 1970s. 

A moving profile of a desperate comic actor.

A childhood spent in Tunisia, then nursing studies in Nancy, obtaining a BTS in communications and then a switch to the cultural sector in Lyon... At just 23, Nina Delaunay is a globetrotter with an atypical path.

As part of the event “Chaplin the Eternal”, Lumière is screening The Great Dictator in a restored print.

She doesn't believe that cinema can change the world but is convinced that a film can change the way we look at things. The portrait of a woman who defends her values. 

The director behind Anatomy of a Fall kicks off our new series of the festival, an encounter based on the cinephilia of a personality.

The 68 year-old Italian screenwriter and director, best known for his masterpiece Cinema Paradiso (1988), takes a closer look at the origins of making the film.

With a dynamic mix between gentleness and accelerations, documentary filmmaker Eugénie Grandval retraces the career of a cinema idol who remains fiercely independent: Bulle Ogier. 

A woman whose husband was assassinated by the E.T.A. is confronted with the tragedy from her past when, eleven years later, one of the terrorists resurfaces. 

A supporter of the festival since its inception, the actor has come to introduce the film A Lover’s Return on Tuesday at the Senior home of Tête d'Or run by the UNIVI group.

In Lithuania of the 1960's, ten-year-old Andrius takes in Yana, a Czech girl his age.

Icíar Bollaín, Laure de Boissard, and Jean Becker introducing screenings...

A regular at the MIFC, Jean-Fabrice Janaudy talks about the multi-faceted nature of his job as a cinema operator and distributer.

Drive, Nicolas Winding Refn's film of certified cult status, still resonates as powerfully as ever through its mystery, its artful chase choreography - somewhere between grand silence and extreme violence.

Nelly Sereau has been a volunteer for two years. She discovered the festival in 2022: “I came to see one of my favourite directors, Tim Burton.

“For me”, claimed Fred Zinnemann, “the character of Manuel is a modern-day Don Quixote.

Lumière pays homage to a pioneer of Mexican cinema as part of the Permanent History of Women Filmmakers series. Portrait of a fighter.

The French director originally from Greece, auteur of Z and The Confession, received a special Lumière Award at the festival's Opening Ceremony. He talks to us about his vision of cinema.

A guest of honour of the festival, Benicio del Toro was on hand to deliver an intense and powerful master class. Highlights.

Extraits.A discussion with Xavier Dolan and the two stars of Mommy, Anne Dorval and Antoine-Olivier Pilon.

Director of a sensitive oeuvre, Yannick Bellon would have turned 100 this year. 

The International Classic Film Market (MIFC) opens today and runs until 18 October, boasting a host of special features for this 12th edition.

At the Hangar of the Institut Lumière, Jacques Audiard introduced his film, Read My Lips, restored by the team at Pathé.

In Italy of the 1970s, a young bourgeois girl is raped and murdered. Instructed by the editor-in-chief of a major daily newspaper, the police arrest a young communist activist. But is he guilty? 

On Sunday, 20 October at 3pm at the Halle Tony-Garnier, the closing ceremony presents an extraordinary opportunity to discover Purple Noon in XXL format.

Sylvie Damon is volunteering for the festival for a second year because she loves “seeing all the happy people in the theatres”.

A distinguished filmmaker, he was always interested in the truth of tormented individuals. Here are seven key dates in his career.

The actress and singer revisits her fondest memories of filming.

A packed house and a standing ovation: filmmaker Xavier Dolan is not only a festival darling, but he also holds a special place in the hearts of Lyon moviegoers.

An atypical Western and an authentic masterpiece, is High Noon a blistering political critique of McCarthyism? Let’s investigate.

In the early 1980s, a young man who believes his country of Czechoslovakia is on the brink of collapse

Monica Bellucci returns to Lyon to introduce her latest movie,

Discover the man who transformed Korean cinema: an eloquent and serene journey. 

A young man rescues a young woman in the depths of amorous despair and immediately falls passionately in love with her.

Mireille Duvernay has been a volunteer since the very first edition of the festival, making her an ‘O.G."! 

Giuseppe Tornatore is one of the guests of honour at this 16th edition. Cinema Paradiso, considered his masterpiece, is a magnificent melodrama about the bond between an old man and a child. Let’s see what you know about it.

A special Lumière Award to Costa-Gavras!

The actor reinvents the art of documentary portraiture.

He's arriving in Lyon for a masterclass, a book launch, and a special evening.

Annually, for the past six years, the Lumière film festival has held the DVD and Physical publishing Fair, a medium as relevant as ever for heritage cinema.

Just as charismatic and impressive as Alain Delon, with whom he starred in Red Sun, Toshiro Mifune, born in 1920, is still the most famous Japanese actor in the world.

A lesser-known masterpiece by the Powell-Pressburger duo, is steeped in an incredible humanity.

The actress, guest of honour at this year’s edition of Lumière, reflects on the importance of the artistic partnership between the House of Chanel and the festival.

Originally from Doubs, Pascal Brunetti discovered the festival as a spectator.

This popular comedy is one of the biggest hits in the filmography of Vanessa Paradis, who is being honoured at this year's festival. Released in 2010, how well do you remember the details of Heartbreaker?

In 2009, it all kicked off. Twice, even.

This year, Lumière pays homage to a director/citizen of the world. In a few films that have gained a cult following today, Costa-Gavras has awakened our collective conscience. 

The graceful star has led her career with strength, earning a special place on both screen and stage. Lumière will pay tribute to her this week.

A dear friend and a visitor to the festival since its very inception, Lumière has chosen to pay tribute to him this year, celebrating both his monumental filmography and his global cinephilia.

Yasuzo Masumara is the filmmaker of great disruptions...

Fred Zinnemann never ceased to inject realism into the Hollywood machine...

Nourished by popular films, he knew how to share his passion. Lumière shines a spotlight on a man in the shadows of French cinema.

Fittingly, the festival celebrates its 15th anniversary with a film set in Lyon. This masterpiece of tender irony owes much to its screenwriter who was adored by Bertrand Tavernier: Henri Jeanson.

"We've always worked toward building a special relationship with the cinema."

This year, to celebrate Lumière screening his 8th feature, test your knowledge of the essential film, Django Unchained (2012)!