PARIS - Denis Villeneuve's wartorn family drama "Incendies" is still hot.
The Quebec movie has been named best foreign film in the French language by the Lumiere Awards in Paris.
The awards are considered France's counterpart to the Golden Globes, which are voted on by foreign press correspondents.
Villeneuve, whose film was nominated for an Oscar last year in the best foreign language category, had been up against fellow Canuck Denis Cote, who was nominated for "Curling."
"Incendies," about Montreal twins who explore their mother's dark past in the Middle East, is also in the running for a British Academy Film Award nomination.
The U.K. prize -- commonly referred to as the BAFTA Film Awards or the British Oscars -- put "Incendies" on a longlist for best film not in the English language. Nominees will be announced on Tuesday.
The Lumieres often serve as a harbinger for what might unfold at France's prestigious Cesar awards ceremony, which take place Feb. 24.
