'Elle,' 'Divines' and 'My Life as a Zucchini' are among the films nominated for the French foreign press academy prizes.

Paul Verhoeven’s Elle, Albert Serra’s The Death of Louis XIV, Alain Guiraudie’s Staying Vertical and Stephane Brize’s surprise Louis Delluc Prize-winner A Woman’s Life lead this year’s Lumiere nominations with four nominations each in the main categories.

All are in the running for best film and best director, with additional mentions in the acting categories.

Stephanie di Giusto’s The Dancer also scored four nominations in various acting and cinematography categories as well as a best first film nom, while Bertrand Bonello’s terrorism drama Nocturama and Lea Fehner’s acting troupe comedy Les Ogres scored three each.

Divines, which was nominated for a Golden Globe in the best foreign-language category, was recognized here in the best first film category, as director Houda Benyamina’s first feature. She won the Camera d'Or in Cannes for the film.

The Golden Globe-nominated animated feature My Life as a Zucchini also was nominated in that category here, which is a new addition to the awards roster.

The best animated film will be awarded for the first time this year after the academy added best music and documentary categories at last year's ceremony.

While the awards — often referred to as the Golden Globes of France — were founded in 1995, they have been growing quickly both in scope and prestige in the last few years.

The Lumiere Academy is made up of 100 journalists from 20 countries.

The awards will be held on Jan. 30 at the Madeline Theater in Paris.

The following is a complete list of the nominations:

• Best Film

  

  Elle by Paul Verhoeven
  The Death of Louis XIV by Albert Serra
  Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello
  Les Ogres by Lea Fehner
  Staying Vertical by Alain Guiraudie
  A Woman’s Life by Stephane Brize

• Best Director

  Bertrand Bonello for Nocturama
  Stephane Brize for A Woman’s Life
  Lea Fehner for Les Ogres
  Alain Guiraudie for Staying Vertical
  Albert Serra for The Death of Louis XIV
  Paul Verhoeven for Elle

• Best Actress

  Judith Chemla for A Woman’s Life
  Marion Cotillard for From the Land of the Moon
  Virginie Efira for In Bed With Victoria
  Isabelle Huppert for Elle
  Sidse Babett Knudsen for 150 Milligrams
  Soko for The Dancer
• Best Actor

  Pierre Deladonchamps for The Son of John
  Gerard Depardieu for The End
  Nicolas Duvauchelle for A Decent Man
  Jean-Pierre Leaud for The Death of Louis XIV
  Omar Sy and James Thierree for Chocolat
  Gaspard Ulliel for Just the End of the World

• Best Screenplay

  Celine Sciamma for My Life as a Zucchini
  David Birke for Elle
  Lea Fehner, Catherine Paille and Brigitte Sy for Les Ogres
  Emilie Freche and Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar for Heaven Will Wait
  Alain Guiraudie for Staying Vertical
  Francois Ozon for Frantz

• Best Cinematography

  Christophe Beaucarne for From the Land of the Moon
  Benoit Debie for The Dancer
  Antoine Heberle for A Woman’s Life
  Leo Hinstin for Nocturama
  Pascal Marti for Frantz
  Jonathan Ricquebourg for The Death of Louis XIV
• "Revelation" Performance by a Young Actress

  Oulaya Amamra and Déborah Lukumuena for Divines
  Paula Beer for Frantz
  Lily Rose Depp for The Dancer
  Manal Issa for Parisienne
  Naomi Amarger and Noemie Merlant for Heaven Will Wait
  Raph for Slack Bay

• "Revelation" Performance by a Young Actor

  Damien Bonnard for Staying Vertical
  Corentin Fila and Kacey Mottet Klein for Being 17
  Finnegan Oldfield for Bang Gang
  Toki Pilioko for Mercenary
  Sadek for Tour de France
  Niels Schneider for Dark Inclusion

• Best First Film

  Apnee by Jean-Christophe Meurisse
  The Dancer by Stephanie di Giusto
  Dark Inclusion by Arthur Harari
  Divines by Houda Benyamina
  Still Life by Maud Alpi
  Mercenary by Sacha Wolff
• Best French-Language Foreign Film

  Belgica by Felix van Groeningen (Belgium)
  The Unkown Girl by Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium)
  Hedi by Mohammed Ben Attia (Tunisia)
  Just the End of the World by Xavier Dolan (Canada)
  Mimosas by Oliver Laxe (Morocco)
  The First, The Last by Bouli Lanners (Belgium)

• Best Animated Film

  The Girl Without Hands by Sébastien Laudenbach
  Louise by the Shore by Jean-François Laguionie
  My Life as a Zucchini by Claude Barras
  The Red Turtle by Michael Dudok de Wit
  Long Way North by Remi Chaye

• Best Documentary

  The Woods by Claire Simon
  Dernieres Nouvelles du Cosmos (The Latest News From the Cosmos) by Julie Bertuccelli
  Thanks Boss! by Francois Ruffin
  La sociologue et l’ourson (The Sociologist and the Bear) by Etienne Chaillou and Mathias Théry
  Swagger by Olivier Babinet
  A Journey Through French Cinema by Bertrand Tavernier
• Best Music

  Sophie Hunger for My Life as a Zucchini
  Ibrahim Maalouf for Dans les forets de Siberie (In the Forests of Siberia)
  Laurent Perez del Mar for The Red Turtle
  ROB for Planetarium
  Philippe Rombi for Frantz
  Gabriel Yared for Just the End of the World