19th Quebec Cinema Awards


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.
The first winners were announced at the Gala des artisans on 1 June, with producer Lyse Lafontaine also honoured with the Iris Hommage for 30 years of contributions to the province's film industry.
Xavier Dolan's It's Only the End of the World lead with twelve nominations and won five awards, including Best Film and Best Director. It also became the second film to win Best Film without a Best Screenplay nomination.
Two Lovers and a Bear also received twelve nominations and won two awards. Bad Seeds followed with nine nominations resulting in two awards: Best Supporting Actor for Luc Picard and Best Screenplay. Kiss Me Like a Lover also received nine nominations and won Best Supporting Actress for Céline Bonnier. It became the fourth film to receive nine nominations without being nominated for Best Film.
Nelly won four awards from six nominations, including Best Actress for Mylène Mackay. Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez became the second actress and fifth performer overall to receive multiple acting nominations during the same ceremony, although she didn't win either Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress.
Gabriel Arcand, Céline Bonnier and Luc Picard each won their third acting award during the ceremony. Arcand had previously won Best Actor for Post Mortem and Best Supporting Actor for Congorama, Bonnier had previously won Best Actress twice for Deliver Me and The Passion of Augustine while Picard had previously won Best Actor for February 15, 1839 and Best Supporting Actor for The Collector .

Winners and nominees

Nominees and winners are:
Best FilmBest Director
It's Only the End of the World Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant, Xavier Dolan, Elisha Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz, Michel Merkt
Xavier Dolan, It's Only the End of the World
  • Louis Bélanger, Bad Seeds
  • Bachir Bensaddek, Montreal, White City
  • Chloé Leriche, Before the Streets
  • Kim Nguyen, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Best ActorBest Actress
    Gabriel Arcand, A Kid
  • Dane DeHaan, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Antoine Olivier Pilon, 1:54
  • Émile Schneider, Where Atilla Passes
  • Gaspard Ulliel, It's Only the End of the World
  • Mylène Mackay, Nelly
  • Karina Aktouf, Montreal, White City
  • Nathalie Baye, It's Only the End of the World
  • Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
  • Tatiana Maslany, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Luc Picard, Bad Seeds
  • Guillaume Cyr, The New Life of Paul Sneijder
  • Martin Dubreuil, Shambles
  • Tony Nardi, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Simon Pigeon, Prank
  • Céline Bonnier, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Marion Cotillard, It's Only the End of the World
  • Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez, Bad Seeds
  • Léa Seydoux, It's Only the End of the World
  • Cynthia Wu-Maheux, On My Mother's Side
  • Best ScreenplayBest Cinematography
    Louis Bélanger and Alexis Martin, Bad Seeds
  • Bachir Bensaddek, Montreal, White City
  • André Forcier and Linda Pinet, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Chloé Leriche, Before the Streets
  • Kim Nguyen, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • André Turpin, It's Only the End of the World
  • Glauco Bermudez, Before the Streets
  • Nicolas Bolduc, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Josée Deshaies, Nelly
  • Tobie Marier Robitaille, Nitro Rush
  • Best Art DirectionBest Sound
    Éric Barbeau, Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
  • Jean Babin, Wild Run: The Legend
  • Patrice Bengle, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Dominique Desrochers, Nitro Rush
  • David Brisbin, Isabelle Guay and Jean-Pierre Paquet, Race
  • Claude Beaugrand, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Pierre-Jules Audet, Luc Boudrias and Claude La Haye, Race
  • Sylvain Bellemare, Stéphane Bergeron and Martyne Morin, Before the Streets
  • Stéphane Bergeron, Martin Desmarais and Marie-Claude Gagné, Nitro Rush
  • Olivier Calvert, Stephen De Oliveira and Hans Laitres, Shambles
  • Best EditingBest Original Music
    Richard Comeau, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Jean-François Bergeron, The 3 L'il Pigs 2
  • Mathieu Denis, Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
  • Chloé Leriche, Before the Streets
  • Jules Saulnier, Split
  • Frannie Holder, Charles Lavoie and Vincent Legault, Nelly
  • Guy Bélanger, Bad Seeds
  • Thierry Amar, David Bryant and Kevin Doria, Shambles
  • Martin Léon, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Robert Marcel Lepage, Before the Streets
  • Best Costume DesignBest Makeup
    Francesca Chamberland, Wild Run: The Legend
  • Caroline Bodson, Boris Without Béatrice
  • Mario Davignon, Race
  • Sophie Lefebvre, Bad Seeds
  • Madeleine Tremblay, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Djina Caron, Nelly
  • Claire De Ernst, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Nicole Lapierre, Wild Run: The Legend
  • Maïna Militza, It's Only the End of the World
  • Marlène Rouleau, Nitro Rush
  • Best HairstylingBest Visual Effects
    Martin Lapointe, Nelly
  • Marie-France Cardinal and Véronique-Anne Leblanc, Wild Run: The Legend
  • Réjean Goderre, Race
  • Marcelo Padovani, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Denis Vidal, It's Only the End of the World
  • Jean-Pierre Boies, Mathieu Jolicoeur, Jean-François Talbot, King Dave
  • Marc Hall, The Cyclotron
  • Martin Lipmann, Cynthia Mourou, Benoît Touchette, Race
  • Daniel Lavoie, André Montambeault, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • John Tate, Kiss Me Like a Lover
  • Best DocumentaryBest Cinematography in a Documentary
    Manor Martin Fournier, Pier-Luc Latulippe
  • Callshop IstanbulHind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer
  • Gulîstan, Land of Roses Zaynê Akyol, Mehmet Aktaş, Nathalie Cloutier, Fanny Drew, Yanick Létourneau, Sarah Mannering, Denis McCready
  • Living With Giants — Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Sébastien Rist, Jean-Simon Chartier
  • Perfect Jérémie Battaglia, Sylvie Van Brabant
  • Étienne Roussy, Gulîstan, Land of Roses
  • Jérémie Battaglia, Perfect
  • John Price, I Am the Blues
  • Sébastien Rist, Aude Leroux-Lévesque, Living With Giants
  • Olivier Tétreault, Manor
  • Best Live ShortBest Animated Short
    MutantsAlexandre Dostie
  • Oh What a Wonderful FeelingFrançois Jaros
  • Plain and Simple — Raphaël Ouellet
  • The Voice David Uloth
  • Wild Skin Ariane Louis-Seize
  • Blind VayshaTheodore Ushev
  • CasinoSteven Woloshen
  • I Like Girls Diane Obomsawin
  • MamieJanice Nadeau
  • OscarMarie-Josée Saint-Pierre
  • Revelation of the YearBest Casting
    Rykko Bellemare, Before the Streets
  • Étienne Galloy, Prank
  • Whitney Lafleur, Split
  • Sasha Migliarese, My Friend Dino
  • Kakki Peter, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Xavier Dolan, It's Only the End of the World
  • Emanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne and Nathalie Boutrie, Bad Seeds
  • Lucie Robitaille and Heidi Levitt, Two Lovers and a Bear
  • Most Successful Film Outside QuebecPublic Prize
    It's Only the End of the World , Xavier Dolan
  • Boris Without Béatrice , Denis Côté
  • Shambles , Karl Lemieux
  • Nelly, Anne Émond
  • Two Lovers and a Bear, Kim Nguyen
  • 1:54
  • The 3 L'il Pigs 2
  • It's Only the End of the World
  • Bad Seeds
  • Votez Bougon
  • Best Editing in a DocumentaryIris Tribute
    Catherine Legault, Family Demolition
  • Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Gulîstan, Land of Roses
  • Jean-François Lord, Manor
  • Sami Mermer, Callshop Istanbul
  • René Roberge, Living With Giants
  • Lyse Lafontaine