Nominees and winners
Nominees and winners are: [3] [6]
The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, [1] to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. [2] Abenaki documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin was also selected as the recipient of the Iris Tribute at the unanimous recommendation of Québec Cinéma's Comité de représentation professionnelle. [3]
Following the ceremony's cancellation, Québec Cinéma announced that on 10 June, most winners would be announced by webcast by Radio-Canada and ARTV, with the webcast hosted by Élise Guilbault, Guillaume Lambert and Mani Soleymanlou; following this, Jean-Philippe Wauthier hosted his show Bonsoir Bonsoir! where the winners for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and the Public Prize were announced. [1]
And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) received thirteen nominations, the most of the ceremony, and became the fifth film to receive a nomination in all four acting categories (not including Revelation of the Year). It won three awards, including two acting awards: Andrée Lachapelle posthumously won Best Actress while Gilbert Sicotte became the fourth person to receive three acting award and the first actor to win Best Actor three times.
Antigone was the night's big winner, winning six awards from eight nominations, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Revelation of the Year for Nahéma Ricci. [4]
Mafia Inc. received ten nominations and won Best Supporting Actor for Sergio Castellitto, while The Twentieth Century received nine nominations and won four awards. Other winners include Matthias & Maxime who took home three awards from seven nominations, including Best Supporting Actress for Micheline Bernard, and Sympathy for the Devil who won three awards from six nominations.
Robin Aubert became the sixth performer to receive two acting nominations during the same ceremony, for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, but he didn't win either award.
Although the awards were ordinated as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards at the time of presentation, due to their presentation as a livestream rather than a traditional award ceremony Québec Cinéma opted to also enumerate its 2021 ceremony as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd; however, the awards in 2022 were numbered as the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd, indicating that the 2021 awards are now considered the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards. [5]
Nominees and winners are: [3] [6]
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 13 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) |
| 11 | A Brother's Love (La femme de mon frère) |
| 10 | Mafia Inc. |
| 9 | The Twentieth Century |
| 8 | Antigone |
| 7 | Kuessipan |
| Matthias & Maxime | |
| 6 | Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) |
| Young Juliette (Jeune Juliette) | |
| 5 | Fabulous (Fabuleuses) |
| 4 | Alexander Odyssey (Alexandre le fou) |
| The Song of Names | |
| 3 | 14 Days, 12 Nights (14 jours 12 nuits) |
| Compulsive Liar (Menteur) | |
| Dark Suns (Soleils noirs) | |
| Jouliks | |
| Mad Dog and the Butcher (Les derniers vilains) | |
| 2 | Havana, from on High (Sur les toits Havane) |
| Laughter (Le rire) | |
| Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout) | |
| A Woman, My Mother (Une femme, ma mère) | |
| Xalko | |
| Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah (Ziva Postec: La monteuse derrière le film Shoah) | |
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 6 | Antigone |
| 4 | The Twentieth Century |
| 3 | And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) |
| Matthias & Maxime | |
| Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) | |
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra, but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of Yves Lever's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children.
Gilbert Sicotte, is a Canadian actor.
Claude La Haye is a Canadian production sound mixer, best known internationally as the sound mixer of Arrival (2016), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Sound and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing. He has been sound mixer/recordist/engineer on many prominent films shot in the province of Quebec including The Red Violin (1998), The Human Stain (2003), Taking Lives (2004), My Internship in Canada (2015), Brooklyn (2015), and Race (2016).
The Prix Iris for Best Film is an annual film award presented Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best film made within the Cinema of Quebec.
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.
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.
Nahéma Ricci, also known as Nahéma Ricci-Sahabi, is a Canadian actress.
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Mathieu Laverdière is a Canadian cinematographer, who won the Prix Iris for Best Cinematography at the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 for Underground (Souterrain).
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 Screenplay is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best screenplay in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Iris Tribute Award is an annual award presented by Québec Cinéma, as part of its Prix Iris program, as a lifetime achievement award for distinguished accomplishments in the Cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best documentary film made within the cinema of Quebec.
The Prix Iris for Best First Film is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best debut film made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020. A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than a traditional award gala, with nominees present in the theatre but seated in a way that maintained social distancing requirements. The awards were initially numbered as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards gala, despite being the 23rd time the awards have been presented overall, as the presentation of the 2020 awards was done by livestream instead of a traditional award ceremony; however, the awards in 2022 were numbered as the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd, indicating that the 2021 awards are now considered the 23rd.
The 24th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 5, 2022, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2021. The ceremony was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt.
