The 25th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on December 10, 2023, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2022 and 2023. [1] The ceremony was broadcast by Noovo, and hosted by Jay Du Temple. [2]
The awards were delayed from their traditional June scheduling after Ici Radio-Canada Télé, which had been the ceremony's broadcaster since 2003, announced in fall 2022 that due to declining ratings in recent years, it would not televise the 2023 awards, and was instead planning alternative ways to highlight Quebec film in its programming. [3]
In February 2023, Québec Cinéma indicated that it was in negotiations with other broadcasters to carry the 2023 awards. [4] In May 2023, by which time the nominees would ordinarily have been announced, the organization confirmed only that the ceremony would not take place in its usual June scheduling. [5] The broadcast deal with Noovo, and the awards' scheduling in December, were announced in July. [1]
Due to the scheduling change, the awards covered a longer qualifying period than usual, with films eligible for submission if they were released between March 6, 2022, and August 31, 2023. [2]
Nominees were announced on November 14. [6] It was the first time that four films received twelve or more nominations, with Viking receiving a leading eighteen nominations, a new record. For his performances in both Viking and Babysitter , Steve Laplante became the eighth performer and fifth actor to receive two acting nominations during the same ceremony. Luc Picard received his tenth acting nomination for his role in his film Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions), competing for Best Actor against his son Henri Picard for his role in The Dishwasher (Le plongeur).
The Iris Tribute was given to actor and host of the 1st and 15th Jutra Awards Rémy Girard. Girard had previously received two Best Actor and five Best Supporting Actor nominations, but had never won a competitive award, making him the actor with the most nominations without a win.
The artisans' gala, presenting the awards in technical and craft categories, was held on December 7 and hosted by actress Fabiola Nyrva Aladin. [7]
Viking won eleven awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Steve Laplante. It became only the second film to win more than ten awards after C.R.A.Z.Y. . Babysitter received fourteen nominations but went home empty handed, tying the record with The Rocket (Maurice Richard) for most nominations without a win.
Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) received thirteen nominations and won two acting awards: Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Babin and Revelation of the Year for Juliette Gariépy. The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) received twelve nominations and Charles-Aubey Houde won Best Supporting Actor. For her performance in Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui), Best Actress winner Kelly Depeault received her second acting award, having previously won Revelation of the Year for Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu).
Films with multiple nominations
Films with multiple wins
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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.
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.
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 who were not nominated in the main lead and supporting acting categories. 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 Prix Iris for Best Cinematography is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of the Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best cinematography in 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 Prix Iris for Best Live Action Short Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best short film made within the cinema of Quebec. Starting at the 16th Jutra Awards, the award was presented to the directors and producers of the short films. Prior to that ceremony, only the directors received nominations.
The Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best animated short film made within the cinema of Quebec.
Kelly Depeault is a Canadian actress from Sherbrooke, Quebec.
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.
Viking is a 2022 Canadian comedy film, directed by Stéphane Lafleur. The film centres on a group of people who are working as a "B team" to reenact the events of the first crewed mission to Mars, in the hopes of trying to solve the interpersonal problems among the astronauts that have impacted the real mission.
Steve Laplante is a Canadian actor and writer from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as David in the 2022 film Viking, for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Film at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards, and won the Prix Iris for Best Actor at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards.
Éric K. Boulianne is a Canadian screenwriter and actor from Quebec. He is most noted as the writer of the film Before We Explode , for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Screenplay at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019, and as cowriter with Stéphane Lafleur of the film Viking, for which they received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.
The Dishwasher is a Canadian drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2023. An adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel by Stéphane Larue, the film stars Henri Richer-Picard as Stéphane, who takes a menial job as a dishwasher in a restaurant after being left in deep debt by a gambling addiction.
Charles-Aubey Houde is a Canadian film and television actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Bébert in the film The Dishwasher , for which he won the Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.
