21st Quebec Cinema Awards


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. Cinematographer Pierre Mignot also received the Iris Tribute.
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 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 was nominated for ten awards, but went home empty-handed.
A Colony 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.

Winners and nominees

Nominees and winners are:
Best FilmBest Director
1991Nicole Robert
Ricardo Trogi, 1991
  • Denis Côté, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, A Colony
  • Maxime Giroux, The Great Darkened Days
  • Yan Giroux, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Best ActorBest Actress
    Martin Dubreuil, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Jean-Carl Boucher, 1991
  • Pierre-Luc Brillant, The Fireflies Are Gone
  • Patrick Hivon, We Are Gold
  • Théodore Pellerin, Genesis
  • Debbie Lynch-White, La Bolduc
  • Josée Deschênes, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Brigitte Poupart, Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin
  • Karelle Tremblay, The Fireflies Are Gone
  • Carla Turcotte, Sashinka
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
    Robin Aubert, A Colony
  • Pier-Luc Funk, Genesis
  • Vincent Leclerc, The Fall of the American Empire
  • Alexandre Nachi, 1991
  • Henri Picard, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Sandrine Bisson, 1991
  • Céline Bonnier, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Larissa Corriveau, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, The Far Shore
  • Natalia Dontcheva, Sashinka
  • Best ScreenplayBest Cinematography
    Guillaume Corbeil and Yan Giroux, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, A Colony
  • André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde, Origami
  • Eric K. Boulianne, Before We Explode
  • Ricardo Trogi, 1991
  • Sara Mishara, The Great Darkened Days
  • Steve Asselin, 1991
  • Ian Lagarde, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • François Messier-Rheault, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Ronald Plante, La Bolduc
  • Best Art DirectionBest Sound
    Raymond Dupuis, La Bolduc
  • Sylvain Dion and Patricia McNeil, The Great Darkened Days
  • Marie-Pier Fortier, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Marie-Claude Gosselin, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Christian Legaré, 1991
  • Claude Beaugrand, Michel B. Bordeleau, Luc Boudrias and Gilles Corbeil, La Bolduc
  • Mimi Allard, Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Claude La Haye, Allure
  • Stéphane Bergeron, Olivier Calvert and Gilles Corbeil, The Fireflies Are Gone
  • Luc Boudrias, Frédéric Cloutier and Stephen De Oliveira, The Great Darkened Days
  • Sylvain Brassard and Michel Lecoufle, 1991
  • Best EditingBest Original Music
    Yvann Thibaudeau, 1991
  • Michel Arcand, La Bolduc
  • Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Genesis
  • Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, The Great Darkened Days
  • Elric Robichon, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Philippe Brault, The Fireflies Are Gone
  • Olivier Alary, The Great Darkened Days
  • Frédéric Bégin, 1991
  • Philippe Bergeron, We Are Gold
  • Peter Venne, Before We Explode
  • Best Costume DesignBest Makeup
    Mariane Carter, La Bolduc
  • Caroline Bodson, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Mélanie Garcia, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Anne-Karine Gauthier, 1991
  • Patricia McNeil, The Great Darkened Days
  • Nicole Lapierre, La Bolduc
  • Audrey Bitton, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • Virginie Boudreau, 1991
  • Léonie Lévesque-Robert, A Colony
  • Dominique T. Hasbani, Genesis
  • Dominique T. Hasbani, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Best HairstylingBest Visual Effects
    Martin Lapointe, La Bolduc
  • Nathalie Dion, For Those Who Don't Read Me
  • André Duval, The Fall of Sparta
  • Daniel Jacob, 1991
  • Dominique T. Hasbani, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Aurélia Abate, Delphine Lasserre, Bruno Maillard, Benoît Brière, Louis-Philippe Clavet, Valérie Garcia and Étienne Rodrigue, Just a Breath Away
  • Jean-François Ferland and Marie-Claude Lafontaine, La Bolduc
  • Jean-Pierre Boies and Jean-François Talbot, 1991
  • Revelation of the YearBest Casting
    Émilie Bierre, A Colony
  • Irlande Côté, A Colony
  • Lévi Doré, The Fall of Sparta
  • Maripier Morin, The Fall of the American Empire
  • Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, A Colony
  • Ariane Castellanos, A Colony
  • Nathalie Boutrie, The Fall of Sparta
  • Chloé Cinq-Mars, The Far Shore
  • Denis Côté, Ghost Town Anthology
  • Nolwenn Daste, Fanny Rainville and Kristina Wagenbauer, Sashinka
  • Best DocumentaryBest Cinematography in a Documentary
    Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing
  • Anote's Ark
  • Cielo
  • The Other Rio
  • Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
  • Danae Elon and Itamar Mendes Flohr, A Sister's Song
  • Benjamín Echazarreta, Cielo
  • Sylvestre Guidi, New Memories
  • Alexandre Lampron, Des histoires inventées
  • Matthieu Rytz, Anote's Ark
  • Best Editing in a DocumentaryBest Sound in a Documentary
    René Roberge, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
  • Mila Aung-Thwin and Oana Suteu Khintirian, Anote's Ark
  • Natacha Dufaux, The Other Rio
  • Vincent Guignard and Alexandre Leblanc, A Sister's Song
  • Catherine Legault, My Mother's Letters
  • Cyril Bourseaux, Mélanie Gauthier, Simon Léveillé, Simon Plouffe, Lynne Trépanier, Jean Paul Vialard and Shikuan Shetush Vollant, Those Who Come, Will Hear
  • Claude Beaugrand, Luc Boudrias and Serge Giguère, My Mother's Letters
  • Bruno Bélanger, Marie-Pierre Grenier and Francisco Heron De Alencar, The Other Rio
  • Olivier Calvert and Jean Paul Vialard, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political
  • Andrés Carrasco, Miguel Hormazábal, Mauricio López, Alison McAlpine, Rodrigo Salvatierra,Carlo Sanchez Farías and Claudio Vargas, Cielo
  • Best Live Action Short FilmBest Animated Short Film
    BrotherhoodMeryam Joobeur, Habib Attia, Sarra Ben-Hassen, Andreas Rocksén, Maria Gracia Turgeon
  • FauveJérémy Comte, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Evren Boisjoli
  • Lunar-Orbit RendezvousMélanie Charbonneau, Virginie Nolin
  • MilkSantiago Menghini, Max Walker
  • My Boy — Sarah Pellerin, Fanny-Laure Malo, Annie-Claude Quirion
  • The Subject Patrick Bouchard
  • Bone Mother — Dale Hayward, Sylvie Trouvé
  • But One Bird Sang Not Pierre Hébert
  • Not Your Panda — Tigris Alt Sakda
  • The Sisters' Bedroom — Claire Brognez
  • Most Successful Film Outside QuebecPublic Prize
    The Fall of the American EmpireDenys Arcand
  • CieloAlison McAlpine
  • Eye on JulietKim Nguyen
  • The Fireflies Are Gone Sébastien Pilote
  • Racetime — Benoît Godbout
  • 1991
  • La Bolduc
  • The Fall of the American Empire
  • The Fireflies Are Gone
  • Racetime
  • Best First FilmTribute Award
    For Those Who Don't Read Me Yan GirouxPierre Mignot