The film received nods in key categories, while France's Oscar submission 'Les Misérables' also received mentions in the best first film and young actor categories.

France's Oscar submission Les Misérables on Tuesday led the Lumiere Award nominations, with seven including for best film, director and screenplay for first-time helmer Ladj Ly. The film topped the nomination numbers with two mentions in the best new actor category.

Roman Polanski's An Officer and a Spy earned five nods amidst calls from a coalition of film industry professionals and activists to rescind his European Film Award nominations. French feminists have called for a boycott of the pic and led protests at theaters around the country after actress Valentine Monnier came forward with a new accusation of rape in the newspaper Le Parisien just ahead of the film's release.

Despite the controversy, Spy received nominations for best film, director, screenplay and cinematography, as well as a best actor nod for Oscar winner Jean Dujardin.

The awards — often referred to as the Golden Globes of France — are awarded by the Lumiere Academy, which is made up of 100 journalists from 20 countries.

This year marks the first time the helmer of an animated film was nominated in the main category, with Jeremy Clapin getting a best director nod for I Lost My Body.

The awards are set to be held Jan. 27 at the Olympia theater in Paris and will air on pay-TV channel CanalPlus.

Below is a complete list of nominations.

• Best Film

  

  By the Grace of God, François Ozon
  An Officer and a Spy, Roman Polanski
  Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
  Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma
  Oh Mercy!, Arnaud Desplechin

• Best Director

  

  Jeremy Clapin, I Lost My Body
  Arnaud Desplechin, Oh Mercy!
  Ladj Ly, Les Misérables
  Roman Polanski, An Officer and a Spy
  Celine Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

• Best Actress

  

  Fanny Ardant, La Belle Epoque
  Anais Demoustier, Alice and the Mayor
  Eva Green, Proxima
  Noemie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Karin Viard, The Perfect Nanny
• Best Actor

  

  Swann Arlaud, By the Grace of God
  Daniel Auteuil, La Belle Epoque
  Jean Dujardin, An Officer and a Spy
  Fabrice Luchini, Alice and the Mayor
  Roschdy Zem, Oh Mercy!

• Best Screenplay

  

  Nicolas Bedos, La Belle Epoque
  Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini and Alexis Manenti, Les Misérables
  Francois Ozon, By the Grace of God
  Nicholas Pariser, Alice and the Mayor
  Roman Polanski and Robert Harris, An Officer and a Spy

• Best Cinematography

  

  Manuel Dacosse, By the Grace of God
  Pawel Edelman, An Officer and a Spy
  Irina Lubtchansky, Oh Mercy!
  Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
  Julien Poupard, Les Misérables
• Best First Film

  

  Atlantics, Mati Diop
  Conviction, Antoine Raimbault
  Les Misérables, Ladj Ly
  Nevada, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
  Perdirix, Erwan Le Duc

• Best Animated Film

  

  The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily, Lorenzo Mattotti
  Funan, Denis Do
  The Swallows of Kabul, Zabou Breitman et Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
  I Lost My Body, Jérémy Clapin
  Wardi, Mats Grorud

• Best New Actress

  

  Celeste Brunnquell, The Dazzled
  Mina Fardi, An Easy Girl
  Nina Meurisse, Camille
  Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
  Mama Sane, Atlantics
• Best New Actor

  

  Thomas Daloz, Particles
  Alexis Manenti, Les Misérables
  Tom Mercer, Synonyms
  Issa Perica, Les Misérables
  Timothée Robart, Burning Ghost

• Best International Co-Production

  

  Bacurau, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
  It Must Be Heaven, Elia Suleiman
  Young Ahmed, Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
  Lola, Laurent Micheli
  Papicha, Mounia Meddour

• Best Documentary

  

  Living and Knowing You're Alive, Alain Cavalier
  Lourdes, Thierry Demaizière et Alban Teurlai
  M, Yolande Zauberman
  Just Don't Think I'll Scream, Frank Beauvais
  68, Mon Pere et les Clous, Samuel Bigiaoui
• Best Music

  

  Fatima al Qadiri, Atlantics
  Christophe, Jeanette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
  Alexandre Desplat, Adults in the Room
  Evgueni Galperine and Sacha Galperine, By the Grace of God
  Dan Levy, I Lost My Body