The Lumières Award (sometimes called the Prix Lumière or Lumière Award) is a Frenchfilm award presented by the Académie des Lumières to honor the best in the French-speaking cinema of the previous year. The awards ceremony is organized by the Académie des Lumières which consists of over 200 representatives of the international press based in Paris. Today it is regarded as one of the most prestigious French film industry awards, equivalent to the Golden Globes Awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.