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The Lumière festival wishes to thank the public, the invited artists, the professionals, the participating venues and the volunteers for making Lumière 2021 a memorable and joyful celebration of cinema for all.

The essential resource to find your way around the festival. Featuring write-ups, tips, interviews and more.

Jane Campion is an artist of firsts. Highlights of her vibrant conversation with the audience in Lyon…

Jane Campion directed the traditional remake of Leaving the Lumière Factories.

Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona has placed his work in the realm of the imaginary. He gives us details.

It is Jane Campion's most celebrated film, a magnificent story of female emancipation shot in breathtaking landscapes. Here are some of the secrets behind The Piano.

One day, one volunteer : A portrait of Marc Ella, singer-songwriter

They Were Five is a great classic of French and worldwide cinema.

You won't see these three films on the big screen any time soon! It is your last opportunity to take a journey to the land of Gilles Grangier, the great filmmaker of the people.

Eisenstein's first film is revolutionary in every sense of the word.

This year, Clint Eastwood celebrates his fiftieth anniversary as a filmmaker, directing forty movies in all.

One day, one volunteer : A portrait of Patrick Pailler.

A regular at the Lumière festival, Gaspar Noé delivers a powerful film about couples and old age.

It was by devouring fantasy films, including the first Jurassic Park, that the Catalan Juan Antonio Bayona became a master of the genre. But will he ever end up surpassing it?

A hard-hitting yet luminous and entertaining work about the ills of our society and in particular those of the hospital system. Highlights…

Invitation to an understated and elegant figure of auteur cinema, who starred in works by Rivette, Schroeder, Duras, Buñel, Téchiné, Lelouch, Garrel, Chabrol…

The composer has accompanied five decades of French films, contributing some of the most moving and emblematic scores to the cinema.

Special host of the Jurassic All-nighter at the Halle Tony Garnier, Juan Antonio Bayona will welcome the public and discuss his incredible adventures of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and the Hollywood experience.

An excursion into the nocturnal New York of the 1980s. A cult film for cinephiles from around the world, to discover in its restored print at Lumière 2021.

A selection of the most recent restorations of the year, allowing viewers to rediscover masterpieces of uncover real cinema gems.

Faced with the challenges of Haiti, Freda wants to believe in a future for her country. The promising début film by a young female Haitian director.

Philippe Sarde, an extraordinary character and a brilliant creator of cinema music, will be honoured at this year’s Lumière festival.

The director of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will host the Jurassic All-nighter at the Halle Tony Garnier and will hold a master class the same day at the Comédie Odéon.

The Lumière festival will celebrate the anniversary, featuring the brand-new restoration by Criterion of Sweet Sweetback, the hot-flame flick by the late Melvin Van Peebles. To go along with it, three screenings of Shaft!

In Lyon, she will introduce The Salamander by Alain Tanner, Celine and Julie Go Boating by Jacques Rivette, and Mistress by Barbet Schroeder. She will also give a master class at the Comédie Odéon on Thursday, October 14 at 3:15pm.

The 400 Blows, Antoine and Colette, Stolen Kisses, Bed & Board and Love on the Run in restored prints, screened as world-premieres at the Lumière festival.

On October 10 and 11, screenings of his films will be introduced by his actors & actresses. A special evening will pay homage on Sunday, October 10 at the Auditorium of Lyon.

A celebration of the filmmaker through feature films and shorts, including The Power of the Dog, premiering at Lumière on the big screen.

A director from the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. A retrospective in collaboration with Carlotta Films.

Retour sur une certaine histoire de l’Amérique en compagnie d’un de ses plus grands portraitistes.

Working in genres from comedy to film noir, his filmography displays the realism of an era, a people, a country.

A selection of the most recent restorations of the year, allowing the public to see masterpieces again or discover real gems.

‘Treasures & curiosities’ reminds us of the importance of plunging into cinema works that are often little-known and yet so essential.

A selection of monumental films in the history of cinema that deserve to be experienced on the big screen. 

A spectacular and extravagant saga in the version restored by the Cinémathèque française. Music by the National Orchestra of Lyon, conducted by Günter Buchwald.

The first feature film by Sergei Eisenstein, in its restored version and accompanied on the organ by Samuel Liègeon.

The fantastic and dizzying last film of the actor-director, presented as part of the ‘Linder Project’.

Invitation to an understated and elegant figure of auteur cinema, who starred in works by Rivette, Schroeder, Duras, Buñel, Téchiné, Lelouch, Garrel, Chabrol…

A virtuoso, the director of a filmography infused with audacity and wicked humour. He makes a comeback to the Lumière festival to introduce his new film, The Hand of God.

The composer has accompanied five decades of French films, contributing some of the most moving and emblematic scores to the cinema.

The philosopher, who turned 100 years old this summer, was one of the first illustrious post-war intellectuals to show an interest in the cinema.

A joyful and melancholic dandy at the same time, Édouard Baer is a man who blasts words in the air and excels at creative communication!

He will welcome the public to discuss his incredible adventures of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and the Hollywood experience.

Encounters with the festival guests. A host of directors will be in Lyon to introduce their films.

Because Lumière also means premieres with directors, cast and crew in attendance!

On October 10 and 11, screenings of his films will be introduced by his actors & actresses. A special evening will pay homage on Sunday, October 10 at the Auditorium of Lyon.

In 2021, Gian Luca Farinelli, director of the Cineteca di Bologna and the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival, will receive the Raymond Chirat prize.

Le Prix Fabienne Vonier est attribué à une femme de l’industrie du cinéma. Brigitte Maccioni est productrice, distributrice et présidente directrice générale d’UGC.

This year, the Bernard Chardère Prize will be attributed to Thierry Lounas, editorial director of the monthly magazine So Film, producer and distributor at Capricci.

Show your support for a unique cultural event.

Middle school workshops, High school prize, kids’ movie at the Halle Tony Garnier… Film buffs of tomorrow have their own program.

Make your arrival and stay in the capital of gastronomy easy as pie.

Feel like taking advantage of the festival to explore Lyon’s monuments, recommended spots, hidden & secret corners? Head toward your office of tourism.

Lumière encourages public transportation. On festival Saturdays, get 40% off tickets, while kids ride free.