Winners and nominees
Nominees and winners are: [1] [2] [3]
The 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, the 21st overall ceremony in the history of the Quebec Cinema Awards, were held on June 2, 2019, in Montreal. [1] Cinematographer Pierre Mignot also received the Iris Tribute. [2]
The ceremony marked the first time that four films received ten nominations or more, with 1991 receiving sixteen nominations, a new record. The film won five awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress for Sandrine Bisson, who had previously won the same award for the same role for 1981 .
For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) followed with twelve nominations and won two competitive awards: Best Actor for Martin Dubreuil and Best Screenplay. It also won a third award for Best First Film which was announced during the ceremony. The category would become competitive with multiple nominees the following year.
La Bolduc received eleven nominations and won six awards, the most of the night, including Best Actress for Debbie Lynch-White. Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) was nominated for ten awards, but went home empty-handed.
A Colony (Une colonie) received nine nominations and won three awards, including two acting awards, becoming the first film to win both Best Supporting Actor for Robin Aubert and Revelation of the Year for Émilie Bierre. It also became the second film to receive three acting nominations in the same category, for Revelation of the Year, after Les Boys III received three nominations for Best Actor at the 4th Jutra Awards.
Nominees and winners are: [1] [2] [3]
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 16 | 1991 |
| 12 | For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) |
| 11 | La Bolduc |
| 10 | Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) |
| 9 | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| 8 | The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) |
| 6 | The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) |
| 5 | Genesis (Genèse) |
| 4 | Cielo |
| The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) | |
| 3 | Anote's Ark |
| The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) | |
| The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) | |
| Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique) | |
| Sashinka | |
| 2 | Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) |
| The Far Shore (Dérive) | |
| My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) | |
| Racetime (La course des tuques) | |
| A Sister's Song | |
| We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) | |
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 6 | La Bolduc |
| 5 | 1991 |
| 3 | A Colony (Une colonie) |
| For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) | |
The 18th Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony were held on March 20, 2016 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2015.
The 19th Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony was held on 4 June 2017, hosted by actors Guylaine Tremblay and Édith Cochrane, to recognize talent and achievement in the Cinema of Quebec. Formerly known as the Jutra Awards, the Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016. Several categories were also added this year, including for Casting, Visual Effects, Revelation and Documentary Editing and Cinematography, while the Billet d'or for straightforward box office performance was succeeded by the Prix du public, chosen by viewers' votes.
Martin Dubreuil is a Canadian actor and musician from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film For Those Who Don't Read Me , for which he won the Prix Iris for Best Actor at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.
1991 is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Ricardo Trogi and released in 2018. The third film in his semi-autobiographical series after 1981 and 1987, the film centres on Ricardo's 1991 trip to Italy to pursue a relationship with Marie-Ève.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actress to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
A Colony is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles and released in 2018. The film centres on Mylia, a young girl starting high school who is torn between her new friendships with Jacinthe, a bad influence who encourages her to experiment with sex and alcohol, and Jimmy, an artistic First Nations student. The film's cast also includes Irlande Côté as Mylia's younger sister Camille, and Noémie Godin-Vigneau and Robin Aubert as their parents.
Émilie Bierre is a French-Canadian actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance in the film A Colony , for which she won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.
The Subject is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Patrick Bouchard and released in 2018. An exploration of the creative process, the film features Bouchard performing a dissection on a model of his own body.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actor to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Supporting Actress to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
Québec Cinéma presents an annual award for Best Director to recognize the best in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Michel-Côté is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its annual Prix Iris, to honour the most popular film of the year among film audiences in Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Revelation of the Year is an annual award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the best performances by emerging actors in their first major film roles. The award is not separated by gender.
The Prix Iris for Best Editing is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best film editing in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Casting is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best casting in films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Sound in a Documentary is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best film sound in documentary films made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Sound is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best sound in feature films made within the Cinema of Quebec. Unlike some film awards, Québec Cinéma does not present separate awards for overall sound and sound editing, but instead honours the full sound team in a single category; however it does also present a distinct category for Best Sound in a Documentary.
Henri Picard, sometimes credited as Henri Richer-Picard, is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his supporting role as Marc in the film For Those Who Don't Read Me , for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019.
Philippe Brault is a Canadian record producer and film score composer from Montreal, Quebec. He is most noted as a two-time Prix Iris winner for Best Original Music, winning at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for The Fireflies Are Gone and at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022 for Drunken Birds .
