The 20th Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony was held on 3 June 2018 in Montreal, to recognize talent and achievement in the Cinema of Quebec. It was hosted by actresses Édith Cochrane and Guylaine Tremblay, who also jointly hosted the 2017 Prix Iris. Formerly known as the Jutra Awards, the Prix Iris name was announced in October 2016. A new category, Best Sound for a Documentary Film, was created for the 2018 event, and the nominees for Best Film was increased from five to seven.
The first winner was announced in spring 2018, with director and screenwriter André Forcier honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry. Artisans-category awards were given on 29 May.
Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) lead the ceremony with ten nominations and received the most awards with five, including Best Supporting Actor for Emmanuel Schwartz. Despite this, it broke the record for the film with the most nominations without receiving a Best Film nomination. Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) also received ten nominations and won Best Actor for Christian Bégin.
Robin Aubert's Ravenous (Les affamés) dominated the ceremony. With nine nominations, it swept each of the eight categories it was nominated in; only Micheline Lanctôt lost the award for Best Supporting Actress against her co-star Brigitte Poupart. It became the third film to win Best Film without a Best Screenplay nomination. Aubert also directed another Best Film nominee, Tuktuq, which received three nominations.
Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) and Family First (Chien de garde) each received eight nominations, with the former winning two awards, including Best Screenplay, while the latter won three awards, including two acting awards, and was the first to win both Best Actress for Maude Guérin and Revelation of the Year for Théodore Pellerin.
Winners and nominees Winners and nominees are: Best Film Best Director Ravenous (Les affamés) — Stéphanie MorissetteBoost — Frederic Bohbot, Kieran Crilly, Darren Curtis Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) — Luc Châtelain, Stéphanie Pages Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) — Luc Vandal The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) — Marcel Giroux Tuktuq — Robin Aubert Family First (Chien de garde) — Étienne Hansez | valign="top" | Robin Aubert, Ravenous (Les affamés) Darren Curtis, Boost Sophie Dupuis, Family First (Chien de garde) Robert Morin, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Luc Picard, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Best Actor Best Actress Christian Bégin, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Jesse Camacho, We're Still Together Patrick Huard, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Joey Klein, We're Still Together Jean-Simon Leduc, Family First (Chien de garde) Maude Guérin, Family First (Chien de garde) Charlotte Aubin, Isla Blanca Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Threesome (Le trip à trois) Denise Filiatrault, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Élise Guilbault, A Place to Live (Pour vivre ici) Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Emmanuel Schwartz, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Jahmil French, Boost Robert Morin, Tuktuq Guy Thauvette, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Anthony Therrien, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Brigitte Poupart, Ravenous (Les affamés) Isabelle Blais, Tadoussac Sandra Dumaresq, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Micheline Lanctôt, Ravenous (Les affamés) Karine Vanasse, Worst Case, We Get Married (Et au pire, on se mariera) Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Nicole Bélanger, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Darren Curtis, Boost Sophie Dupuis, Family First (Chien de garde) Robert Morin, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Gabriel Sabourin, It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Nicolas Bolduc, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Steve Asselin, Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube) Nicolas Canniccioni, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) François Dutil, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Michel La Veaux, Iqaluit Best Art Direction Best Sound Francois Séguin, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) André-Line Beauparlant, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Guillaume Couture, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Jean-Marc Renaud, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Marjorie Rhéaume, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Stéphane Bergeron, Olivier Calvert, Ravenous (Les affamés) Jean-Sébastien Beaudoin Gagnon, Sylvain Bellemare, Hans Laitres, All You Can Eat Buddha Claude Beaugrand, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye, Raymond Legault, Jean-Philippe Savard, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Martin C. Desmarais, Gavin Fernandes, Marie-Claude Gagné, Louis Gignac, Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Clovis Gouaillier, Philippe Lavigne, Patrice LeBlanc, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Best Editing Best Original Music Dominique Fortin, Family First (Chien de garde) Robin Aubert, Tuktuq Jared Curtis, Boost Aube Foglia, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Felipe Guerrero, X Quinientos Pierre-Philippe Côté, Ravenous (Les affamés) Bertrand Chenier, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Patrice Dubuc, Gaëtan Gravel, Vincent Banville, Gregory Beaudin Kerr, Jonathan Quirion, Jean-Francois Ruel, Pierre Savu-Massé, Charles-André Vincelette (Dead Obies), Family First (Chien de garde) Gyan Riley, Terry Riley, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Michael Silver, Boost Best Costume Design Best Makeup Mario Davignon, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Julie Bécotte, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Josée Castonguay, Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube) Francesca Chamberland, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Brigitte Desroches, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Erik Gosselin, Marie-France Guy, Ravenous (Les affamés) Kathryn Casault, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Kathryn Casault, Stéphane Tessier, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Bruno Gatien, All You Can Eat Buddha Marlène Rouleau, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Best Hairstyling Best Visual Effects Réjean Forget, Ann-Louise Landry, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Anne-Marie Lanza, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Jean-Luc Lapierre, Denis Parent, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Denis Parent, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Lina Fernanda Cadavis, Priscila De Villalobos, Aleli Mesina, Pamela Warden, X Quinientos Jean-François Ferland, Ravenous (Les affamés) Jean-François Ferland and Marie-Claude Lafontaine, Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube) Jean-François Ferland, Olivier Péloquin and Simon Harrisson, Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) Alain Lachance, Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Jonathan Piché Delorme and Alexandra Vaillancourt, We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) Revelation of the Year Best Casting Théodore Pellerin, Family First (Chien de garde) Romane Denis, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Marine Johnson, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) Rose-Marie Perreault, Fake Tattoos (Les faux tatouages) Nabil Rajo, Boost Emanuelle Beaugrand-Champagne, Nathalie Boutrie and Frédérique Proulx, Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Maxime Giroux and Jonathan Oliveira, Boost Lucie Robitaille, Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Best Documentary Best Cinematography in a Documentary Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d'Hassan) – Carlo Guillermo ProtoManic – Kalina Bertin, Marina Serrao Destierros – Hubert Caron-Guay The Devil's Share (La part du diable) – Luc Bourdon, Colette Loumède A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) – François Jacob, Christine Falco, Vuk Stojanovic | valign="top" | François Messier-Rheault, A Skin So Soft (Ta peau si lisse) Benoit Aquin and Mathieu Roy, The Dispossessed (Les dépossédés) Samuel de Chavigny, Far Away Lands (Les terres lointaines) François Jacob, Vuk Stojanovic, Ilya Zima, A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Étienne Roussy, Destierros Best Editing in a Documentary Best Sound in a Documentary Anouk Deschênes, Manic Sophie Farkas Bolla, P.S. Jerusalem Michel Giroux, The Devil's Share (La part du diable) Lorenzo Mora Salazar and Carlo Guillermo Proto, Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d'Hassan) Ariane Pétel-Despots, Destierros Catherine Van Der Donckt, Jean Paul Vialard, The Devil's Share (La part du diable) Daniel Almada, Patrick Becker, Julien Fréchette, Reto Stamm, Christof Steinmann, The Dispossessed (Les dépossédés) Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Félix Lamarche, Far Away Lands (Les terres lointaines) Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau, Alexis Pilon-Gladu, Destierros Carlo Guillermo Proto, Cory Rizos, Pablo Villegas, Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d'Hassan) Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film Pre-Drink – Marc-Antoine Lemire, Maria Gracia TurgeonBorn in the Maelstrom – Meryam Joobeur, Hany Ouichou, Sylvain Corbeil The Catch – Holly Brace-Lavoie, Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering Crème de menthe – Jean-Marc E. Roy, Philippe David Gagné Lost Paradise Lost – Yan Giroux, Annick Blanc | valign="top" | Dolls Don't Cry (Toutes les poupées ne pleurent pas) – Frédérick Tremblay, Pierre LesageHedgehog's Home (La maison du hérisson) – Eva Cvijanović, Jelena Popović, Vanja Andrijević Me, Baby & the Alligator – Jean Faucher, Bob Olivier Sweet Childhood (La pureté de l'enfance) – Julie Roy, Marc Bertrand, Ron Dyens With or Without Sun (Avec ou sans soleil) – Jean-Guillaume Bastien |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Public Prize |- | valign="top" | Ravenous (Les affamés) — Robin AubertAll You Can Eat Buddha — Ian Lagarde Ballerina — Éric Summer, Éric Warin Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) — François Girard X Quinientos — Juan Andrés Arango | valign="top" | Major Junior (Junior Majeur) Ballerina Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2) Threesome (Le trip à trois)
Multiple wins and nominations
Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 10 Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) 9 Ravenous (Les affamés) 8 Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) Family First (Chien de garde) The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) 7 Boost 5 We Are the Others (Nous sommes les autres) 4 Destierros 3 All You Can Eat Buddha Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aubre) Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2 The Devil's Share (La part du diable) Resurrecting Hassan (La résurrection d'Hassan) Slut in a Good Way (Charlotte a du fun) Tuktuq X Quinientos 2 Ballerina The Dispossessed (Les dépossédés) Far Away Lands (Les terres lointaines) It's the Heart That Dies Last (C'est le cœur qui meurt en dernier) Manic A Moon of Nickel and Ice (Sur la lune de nickel) Threesome (Le trip à trois) We're Still Together
Films with multiple wins Wins Film 8 Ravenous (Les affamés) 5 Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) 3 Family First (Chien de garde) 2 Cross My Heart (Les rois mongrols)
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