Festival news

Yesterday, Marina Vlady drew to a close the ball of conversations between the honored festival guests and the public at the Comédie Odéon.

Recipient of the Lumière Award 2019, Francis Ford Coppola directed his remake of the of the first film in the history of cinema, Leaving the Lumière Factory.

A nuclear engineer-turned-real estate agent a year ago, former waiter and Lyon tourist guide: discover the volunteer of the day.

Yesterday, Coppola spoke with the public about his career, inspirations and choices, factors that made him a perfect choice for the Lumière Award 2019.

Alain Gomet is one of the emblematic figures of the Ciné Fair, which takes place this weekend on the Rue du Premier-Film.

With overwhelming enthusiasm, Samer Fallalah, 46, is a volunteer for the festival for the second year in a row.

We know Delon and René Clément. We know Delon in Italy. But Alain Delon, René Clément and Italy? Unprecedented…

Yesterday, Alan Chabat, Gérard Darmon and Monica Bellucci introduced Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra at the Halle Tony Garnier.

In great shape, Gael García Bernal shared his genial nature during his Master Class with the audience of the Comédie Odéon.

Yesterday, Gael García Bernal met with students from Jean Rostand middle school for the premiere of his film, “Chicuarotes.”

Lucien Jean-Baptiste was on hand at the Léon Bérard Center to introduce the Charlie Chaplin trilogy of short films to hospitalized children.

The committed filmmaker never gives up. His Master Class took the form of a dialogue with “France Insoumise” Deputy, Clémentine Autain.

One of her all-time favorite films is The Motorcycle Diaries by Walter Salles, starring Gael García Bernal, guest of honor of the festival.

Sandrine Plantier tells us about the partnership between the festival and the Lyon Clubhouse association.

Gael García Bernal invite les festivaliers à un tour du monde.

She selected the films to introduce at the Lumière festival, attesting to a rich and audacious career.

François Busnel, host of “La Grande Librairie” on France 5, shifts gears from literature to the cinema today to express his admiration for Jim Harrison.

« You’re going to have a killer evening! » Nathalie Baye.

During his master class, Marco Bellocchio discussed, with humility, his cinema methodology.

To her volunteer colleagues, she’s just “Marie-Jo,” but at the entrance of certain movie theaters, some festivalgoers still call her “Madame Pages.”

In 1969, Czech filmmaker Juraj Herz created a hallucinatory work, highlighting a character he transforms from mediocrity to madness: Karel Kopfrking.

He arrived to an ovation by an audience of 2,000 at the Auditorium of Lyon, an instantly-sold-out event for his return to the festival.

All week long, Bertrand Tavernier explains why the work of André Cayatte (1909-1989) deserves to be rediscovered.

For the first time, Fabiola became both a festivalgoer and a volunteer at this tenth anniversary of the festival.

As tradition dictates, the Ciné Fair of the festival will be set up this weekend on the Rue du Premier-Film.

All the news from Tuesday, October 15!

=The Bellocchio universe places itself at the heart of the family: either in the intimate circle or the more collective one, the people of a country, Italy.

Creator of the web magazine Blow up for Arte in 2010, Luc Lagier is the recipient of the Bernard Chardère Prize, which recognizes a critic, journalist or author.

The actress participated in a lively Q&A session on Monday that delighted the public.

It is Alexandra’s first Lumière festival as an attendee and as a volunteer.

Like all great filmmakers, Francis Ford Coppola has worked on certain cinematographic themes to the point of inspired obsession…

A painter, director, screenwriter and producer, Mitra Farahani pays tribute to an Iranian couple, filmmakers, Forough Farrokhzad and Ebrahim Golestan.

Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro return to the familiar and passionate source of the mafia.

Seeing Daniel Auteuil on the big screen or the theatre stage always inspires happiness.

News from the third day of the Lumière festival!

In ten world heritage films, the use of black and white revitalizes radiant worlds of contrast.

Once upon a time, there was Francis Ford Coppola, director of The Godfather.

Vincent Paul-Boncour, co-founder (with Jean-Pierre Gardelli) of distribution and publishing company Carlotta Films, is the laureate of this year’s Raymond Chirat Prize.

Actress Frances McDormand confided in the audience Sunday evening on her collaboration with filmmaker Martin McDonagh.

An explorer of genres, Jean Renoir was also a filmmaker of social realism.

“I used film clips to help my students learn and express themselves.”

Lionel Lacour pays homage to the nuanced work of the American director, Oscar winner in 1963 for To Kill a Mockingbird.

The Lumière kick-off 2019, 1st edition of the DVD Fair, The Wheel event…

“The Wheel is one of the biggest monuments in the history of cinema.”

Like every year, opening night of the festival got underway with a sold-out crowd packing La Halle, while the guests of honor took to the stage under bursts of warm applause.

At times astonishing, savage or downright unforgettable, women are the central focus of Pre-code films.

Nineteen-year-old Marceau Eyriey would not have missed this edition of the 2019 Lumière festival for anything in the world.

A passionate love story to discover in an exceptional film-concert at the Auditorium of Lyon.

A look at Lina Wertmüller, the director who adopted Italy as her second country.

We revisit the master of the genre, George A. Romero, ahead of the Trilogy of the Dead screening at the Institut Lumière.

The first guests arrive in Lyon… and other Lumière festival news.

A guest of honor and a legendary man of the cinema, Donald Sutherland has a penchant for Italy in general and Venise in particular.

Max Ophuls and Marco Ferreri are in favor of pleasure to excess, which is sure to delight festival audiences.