Justine Triets Palme dOr winning Anatomy of a Fall picked up top accolades at the 29th Lumiere Awards, Frances equivalent to the Golden Globes, at a ceremony held Monday at the Forum des Images in Paris.

While Triet lost the best director nod to Thomas Cailley for his supernatural family drama The Animal Kingdom, Anatomy of a Fall won best film, actress for Sandra Huller, and screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari. The movie is nominated for seven BAFTA awards, and won two Golden Globes (for screenplay and foreign-language film) earlier this month. While on stage to receive the best screenplay award, Triet and her partner Harari delivered the ceremonys highlight, debating whether theyre collaborate again on a project. Triet admitted that the writing process had been complicated and said, I dont think hes accept to work again with me but one time was already great.

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Harari, an actor (The Goldman Case) and director (Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle), said he would think about it, and joked that he had recently started working on insulating the attic near a window and he wondered if it was a good idea to pursue. It reminded me how fiction can have a strange effect on reality, said Harari, referring to the plot of Anatomy of a Fall which sees the husband of Sandra Hullers character dies in an apparentfallfrom an upperwindowof their chalet.

Kicking off Frances awards season, the Lumieres are handed out by France-based foreign journalists.

Another critically acclaimed French trial movie, Cdric Kahns The Goldman Case won one prize for Arieh Worthalter as best actor, while The Rapture by Iris Kaltenbck won best first film. Kaouther Ben Hanias Oscar shortlisted Four Daughters won best documentary, while Chiara Malta and Sbastien Laudenbachs Linda Wants Chicken! nabbed best animated film.

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The ceremony took a political turn when Ben Hania tearfully called for a ceasefire in Gaza in her speech. Shortly after, Harari said he was disgusted by what the Israeli government is doing in Gaza, prompting applauses from some guests, while others shouted release the hostages. Harari then said he was also shocked by the Oct. 7 attacks (perpetrated by Hamas) but argued that the responsibility to end the war in Gaza lies with the Israeli leadership.

The French film industrys next big show, the Cesar Awards, will unveil nominations on Jan. 24.

The full list of Lumiere prizes:

BEST FILM

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet

BEST DIRECTOR

Thomas Cailley, The Animal Kingdom

BEST SCREENPLAY

Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Chicken for Linda! Chiara Malta, Sbastien Laudenbach

BEST ACTRESS

Sandra Hller, Anatomy of a Fall

BEST ACTOR

Arieh Worthalter, The Goldman Case

MOST PROMISING FEMALE NEWCOMER

Ella Rumpf, Marguerites Theorem

MOST PROMISING MALE NEWCOMER

Raphal Quenard, Junkyard Dog

BEST FIRST FILM

The Rapture, Iris Kaltenbck

BEST INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION

Dry Grasses, Nuri Bilge Ceylan

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Jonathan Ricquebourg, The Taste of Things

BEST MUSICAL SCORE

Vitalic, Disco Boy

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