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Prix Iris

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Prix Iris
Awarded forBest films from the Canadian province of Quebec
LocationMontreal,Quebec
CountryCanada
First awarded1999
Websitegala.quebeccinema.ca

ThePrix Irisis a Canadian film award, presented annually byQuébec Cinéma,which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainlyfrancophonefeature film industry inQuebec.[1]Until 2016, it was known as theJutra Award(Prix Jutra,with the ceremony calledLa Soirée des Jutra) in memory of influential Quebec film directorClaude Jutra,but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication ofYves Lever's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children.[2]

It should not be confused with theClaude Jutra Award,a special award presented by theAcademy of Canadian Cinema & Televisionas part of the separateCanadian Screen Awardsprogram which was also renamed in 2016 following the allegations against Jutra.

History

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Introduced in 1999, the awards are presented forBest Filmand performance, writing and technical categories such as best actor, actress, director, screenplay, et cetera. Due to Quebec's majority francophone population, most films made in the province are French-language films, but English-language films made in the province are also fully eligible for nomination. The awards maintain slightly different eligibility criteria for international coproductions, however: a coproduction which surpasses the organization's criteria for "majority Québécois" involvement is treated the same as a Quebec film, with full eligibility in all categories, while a coproduction which is classified as "minority Québécois", such as the 2015 filmBrooklyn,is eligible only in categories where a resident of Quebec is the nominee, and cannot be submitted for Best Film.

The initial creation of the awards sparked some concern that the idea of a separate award for Quebec films would undermine the pan-Canadian scope of theGenie Awards;Québec Cinéma clarified that it did not have, and would not impose, a rule that films could not be submitted for both awards, although at least one film producer,Roger Frappier,voluntarily declined to submit the filmsAugust 32nd on Earth(Un 32 août sur terre)and2 Seconds(2 secondes)for Genie consideration at all on the grounds that since neither film was projected to be popular outside Quebec, they would purportedly not get any public relations or marketing benefit out of Genie nominations.[3]Frappier has not subsequently refused to submit other films to the Genies or the Canadian Screen Awards after 1999.

Following the withdrawal of Jutra's name from the award, the 2016 awards were presented solely under the nameQuébec Cinémapending an announcement of the award's new permanent name.[2]The Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016.[1]

The trophy was designed by sculptorCharles Daudelin.[4]The awards replaced theprix Guy-L'Écuyer,created in1987byLes Rendez-vous du cinéma québécoisin memory of actorGuy L'Écuyer.

The22nd Quebec Cinema Awardsceremony, originally planned for June 7, 2020, was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Canada;[5]unlike the8th Canadian Screen Awards,however, the award nominations had not yet been released when the cancellation of the ceremony was announced.[6]Nominations were still released on April 22,[7]and the winners were announced vialivestreamingon June 10.[8]

Following the death of influential Quebec filmmakerJean-Marc Valléein December 2021, there was some public demand that Québec Cinéma rename the awards to the Prix Vallée in his honour.[9]

In 2022, Radio-Canada announced 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.[10]In February 2023, Québec Cinéma indicated that it was in negotiations with other broadcasters to carry the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards;[11]as of May 2023, however, the organization had confirmed only that the ceremony would not take place in its usual June scheduling.[12]In July 2023, Québec Cinéma announced that the ceremony would be held in December 2023, and broadcast byNoovo.[13]The organization has not yet announced the date of the 26th ceremony; however, in July 2024 the opening of the nomination process for the 26th awards stated an eligibility period ending August 31, 2024, which would indicate a retention of the new fall scheduling as it aligns with the eligibility period for the 25th awards.

Ceremonies and Best Film winners

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Ceremony Date Best Picture Host Location Broadcaster
1st March 7, 1999 The Red Violin(Le violon rouge) Rémy Girard Théâtre Saint-Denis TVA
2nd March 5, 2000 Post Mortem Yves JacquesandÉlise Guilbault Monument-National
3rd February 25, 2001 Maelström Théâtre Saint-Denis
4th February 17, 2002 Soft Shell Man(Un crabe dans la tête) Sylvie Moreau
5th February 23, 2003 Québec-Montréal Théâtre Maisonneuve Radio-Canada
6th February 22, 2004 The Barbarian Invasions(Les invasions barbares)
7th February 20, 2005 Looking for Alexander(Mémoires affectives) Patrick Huard
8th March 19, 2006 C.R.A.Z.Y. Normand Brathwaite
9th February 18, 2007 Congorama
10th March 9, 2008 Continental, a Film Without Guns(Continental, un film sans fusil) Théâtre Saint-Denis
11th March 29, 2009 The Necessities of Life(Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) Karine Vanasse
12th March 28, 2010 I Killed My Mother(J'ai tué ma mère) Patrice L'Écuyer
13th March 13, 2011 Incendies Yves PelletierandSylvie Moreau
14th March 11, 2012 Monsieur Lazhar
15th March 17, 2013 War Witch(Rebelle) Rémy Girard Salle Pierre-Mercure
16th March 23, 2014 Louis Cyr(Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde) Pénélope McQuadeandLaurent Paquin Monument-National
17th March 15, 2015 Mommy Pénélope McQuadeandStéphane Bellavance
18th March 20, 2016 The Passion of Augustine(La passion d'Augustine)
19th June 4, 2017 It's Only the End of the World(Juste la fin du monde) Guylaine TremblayandÉdith Cochrane[fr] Maison Radio-Canada
20th June 3, 2018 Ravenous(Les affamés)
21st June 2, 2019 1991
22nd June 10, 2020 Antigone No ceremony due to theCOVID-19 pandemic;[14]winners were announced via livestreaming.
23rd June 6, 2021 Goddess of the Fireflies(La déesse des mouches à feu) Geneviève Schmidt Maison Radio-Canada
24th June 5, 2022 Drunken Birds(Les oiseaux ivres)
25th December 10, 2023 Viking Jay Du Temple Grandé Studios Noovo

Most wins and nominations

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"Big Five" winners and nominees

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To date, eleven films were nominated for the "Big Five" categories:Best Film,Best Director,Best Actor,Best ActressandBest Screenplay.Of those, onlyMommymanaged to win all five awards.

  1. 2 Seconds(2 secondes)-1999
  2. Tar Angel(L’ange de goudron)-2002
  3. The Barbarian Invasions(Les invasions barbares)–2004
  4. The Rocket(Maurice Richard)–2006
  5. The Novena(La neuvaine)–2006
  6. Days of Darkness(L’âge des ténèbres)–2008
  7. I Killed My Mother(J’ai tué ma mère)–2010
  8. Mommy–2015
  9. Two Lovers and a Bear–2017
  10. Family First(Chien de garde)–2018
  11. Viking–2023

Categories

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal".CBC News,October 14, 2016.
  2. ^ab"Quebec Cinema will rename Jutra awards; cities renaming streets".CTV Montreal,February 17, 2016.
  3. ^Brendan Kelly, "Two film solitudes? Producer pulls films from Genies in favour of new Jutras".Montreal Gazette,November 23, 1998.
  4. ^Townend, Paul."Prix Iris".The Canadian Encyclopedia.Retrieved2017-12-18.
  5. ^"Le Gala Québec Cinéma annulé à cause de la pandémie".Ici Radio-Canada,April 2, 2020.
  6. ^André Duchesne,"Prix Iris du cinéma québécois: le vote continue".La Presse,March 19, 2020.
  7. ^Demers, Maxime (April 23, 2020)."Prix Iris: les réalisatrices à l'honneur".Le Journal de Montréal(in French).RetrievedMay 3,2020.
  8. ^"Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix"(in French).Radio-Canada.10 June 2020.Retrieved11 June2020.
  9. ^Sarah Rahmouni,"Des appels pour que les prix Iris soient renommés Vallée".Le Devoir,December 29, 2021.
  10. ^Hugo Dumas,"Qui pleurera la mort du gala du cinéma?".La Presse,November 1, 2022.
  11. ^Maxime Demers,"Le Gala Québec Cinéma «n’est pas mort»".Le Journal de Montréal,February 6, 2023.
  12. ^Marc Cassivi,"Mieux que rien".La Presse,May 31, 2023.
  13. ^"Noovo sera le nouveau diffuseur du Gala Québec Cinéma".Le Devoir,July 5, 2023.
  14. ^Demers, Maxime (23 April 2020)."Prix Iris: les réalisatrices à l'honneur".Le Journal de Montréal(in French).Retrieved3 May2020.
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