Prix Iris

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.[1] Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Award (Prix Jutra, with the ceremony called La Soirée des Jutra) in memory of influential Quebec film director Claude Jutra, but Jutra's name was withdrawn from the awards following the publication of Yves Lever's biography of Jutra, which alleged that he had sexually abused children.[2]

For awards with similar names, see Iris Award (disambiguation).
"Prix Jutra" redirects here. It is not to be confused with Claude Jutra Award.
Prix Iris
Awarded forBest films from the Canadian province of Quebec
LocationMontreal, Quebec
CountryCanada
First awarded1999
Websitegala.quebeccinema.ca

It should not be confused with the Claude Jutra Award, a special award presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television as part of the separate Canadian Screen Awards program which was also renamed in 2016 following the allegations against Jutra.

History

Introduced in 1999, the awards are presented for Best Film and 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 film Brooklyn, 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 the Genie 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 films August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre) and 2 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 name Québec Cinéma pending 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 sculptor Charles Daudelin.[4] The awards replaced the prix Guy-L'Écuyer, created in 1987 by Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in memory of actor Guy L'Écuyer.

The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony, originally planned for June 7. 2020, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada;[5] unlike the 8th 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 via livestreaming on June 10.[8]

Ceremonies and Best Picture winners
Ceremony Date Best Picture Host Location Broadcaster
1stMarch 7, 1999The Red Violin (Le Violon rouge)Rémy GirardThéâtre Saint-DenisTVA
2ndMarch 5, 2000Post MortemYves Jacques and Élise GuilbaultMonument-National
3rdFebruary 25, 2001MaelströmThéâtre Saint-Denis
4thFebruary 17, 2002Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête)Sylvie Moreau
5thFebruary 23, 2003Québec-MontréalThéâtre MaisonneuveRadio-Canada
6thFebruary 22, 2004The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)
7thFebruary 20, 2005Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives)Patrick Huard
8thMarch 19, 2006C.R.A.Z.Y.Normand Brathwaite
9thFebruary 18, 2007Congorama
10thMarch 9, 2008Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)Théâtre Saint-Denis
11thMarch 29, 2009The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)Karine Vanasse
12thMarch 28, 2010I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère)Patrice L'Écuyer
13thMarch 13, 2011IncendiesYves Pelletier and Sylvie Moreau
14thMarch 11, 2012Monsieur Lazhar
15thMarch 17, 2013War Witch (Rebelle)Rémy GirardSalle Pierre-Mercure
16thMarch 23, 2014Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)Pénélope McQuade and Laurent PaquinMonument-National
17thMarch 15, 2015MommyPénélope McQuade and Stéphane Bellavance
18thMarch 20, 2016The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine)
19thJune 4, 2017It's Only the End of the World (Juste la fin du monde)Guylaine Tremblay and Édith CochraneMaison Radio-Canada
20thJune 3, 2018Ravenous (Les Affamés)
21stJune 2, 20191991
22ndJune 10, 2020AntigoneNo ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic;[9] winners were announced via livestreaming.

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References
  1. "Quebec film awards renamed Prix Iris after Claude Jutra sex scandal". CBC News, October 14, 2016.
  2. "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. Retrieved 2017-12-18.
  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). Retrieved May 3, 2020.
  8. "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  9. Demers, Maxime (23 April 2020). "Prix Iris: les réalisatrices à l'honneur". Le Journal de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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