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 (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) 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 (Répertoire des villes disparues) was nominated for ten awards, but went home empty-handed.
A Colony (Une colonie) 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 Film Best Director 1991 — Nicole RobertLa Bolduc — Valérie D'Auteuil, André Rouleau A Colony (Une colonie) — Fanny Drew, Sarah Mannering For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) — Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw Genesis (Genèse) — Galilé Marion-Gauvin Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) — Ziad Touma The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) — Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant | valign="top" | Ricardo Trogi, 1991 Denis Côté, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, A Colony (Une colonie) Maxime Giroux, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Yan Giroux, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Best Actor Best Actress Martin Dubreuil, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Jean-Carl Boucher, 1991 Pierre-Luc Brillant, The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Patrick Hivon, We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) Théodore Pellerin, Genesis (Genèse) Debbie Lynch-White, La Bolduc Josée Deschênes, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Brigitte Poupart, Les Salopes, or the Naturally Wanton Pleasure of Skin (Les salopes ou le sucre naturel de la peau) Karelle Tremblay, The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Carla Turcotte, Sashinka Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Robin Aubert, A Colony (Une colonie) Pier-Luc Funk, Genesis (Genèse) Vincent Leclerc, The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) Alexandre Nachi, 1991 Henri Picard, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Sandrine Bisson, 1991 Céline Bonnier, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Larissa Corriveau, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, The Far Shore (Dérive) Natalia Dontcheva, Sashinka Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Guillaume Corbeil and Yan Giroux, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, A Colony (Une colonie) André Gulluni and Claude Lalonde, Origami Eric K. Boulianne, Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) Ricardo Trogi, 1991 Sara Mishara, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Steve Asselin, 1991 Ian Lagarde, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) François Messier-Rheault, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Ronald Plante, La Bolduc Best Art Direction Best Sound Raymond Dupuis, La Bolduc Sylvain Dion and Patricia McNeil, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Marie-Pier Fortier, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Marie-Claude Gosselin, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) 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 (La disparition des lucioles) Luc Boudrias, Frédéric Cloutier and Stephen De Oliveira, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Sylvain Brassard and Michel Lecoufle, 1991 Best Editing Best Original Music Yvann Thibaudeau, 1991 Michel Arcand, La Bolduc Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Genesis (Genèse) Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Elric Robichon, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Philippe Brault, The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Olivier Alary, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Frédéric Bégin, 1991 Philippe Bergeron, We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold) Peter Venne, Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) Best Costume Design Best Makeup Mariane Carter, La Bolduc Caroline Bodson, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Mélanie Garcia, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Anne-Karine Gauthier, 1991 Patricia McNeil, The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) Nicole Lapierre, La Bolduc Audrey Bitton, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) Virginie Boudreau, 1991 Léonie Lévesque-Robert, A Colony (Une colonie) Dominique T. Hasbani, Genesis (Genèse) Dominique T. Hasbani, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Best Hairstyling Best Visual Effects Martin Lapointe, La Bolduc Nathalie Dion, For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) André Duval, The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) Daniel Jacob, 1991 Dominique T. Hasbani, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Aurélia Abate, Delphine Lasserre, Bruno Maillard, Benoît Brière, Louis-Philippe Clavet, Valérie Garcia and Étienne Rodrigue, Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume) Jean-François Ferland and Marie-Claude Lafontaine, La Bolduc Jean-Pierre Boies and Jean-François Talbot, 1991 Revelation of the Year Best Casting Émilie Bierre, A Colony (Une colonie) Irlande Côté, A Colony (Une colonie) Lévi Doré, The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) Maripier Morin, The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie, A Colony (Une colonie) Ariane Castellanos, A Colony (Une colonie) Nathalie Boutrie, The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) Chloé Cinq-Mars, The Far Shore (Dérive) Denis Côté, Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) Nolwenn Daste, Fanny Rainville and Kristina Wagenbauer, Sashinka Best Documentary Best Cinematography in a Documentary Innu Nikamu: Resist and Sing (Innu Nikamu: Chanter la résistance) Anote's Ark Cielo The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique) 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 Documentary Best Sound in a Documentary René Roberge, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique) Mila Aung-Thwin and Oana Suteu Khintirian, Anote's Ark Natacha Dufaux, The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) Vincent Guignard and Alexandre Leblanc, A Sister's Song Catherine Legault, My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) Cyril Bourseaux, Mélanie Gauthier, Simon Léveillé, Simon Plouffe, Lynne Trépanier, Jean Paul Vialard and Shikuan Shetush Vollant, Those Who Come, Will Hear (Ceux qui viendront, l'entendront) Claude Beaugrand, Luc Boudrias and Serge Giguère, My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) Bruno Bélanger, Marie-Pierre Grenier and Francisco Heron De Alencar, The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) Olivier Calvert and Jean Paul Vialard, Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique) Andrés Carrasco, Miguel Hormazábal, Mauricio López, Alison McAlpine, Rodrigo Salvatierra, Carlo Sanchez Farías and Claudio Vargas, Cielo Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film Brotherhood (Ikhwène) — Meryam Joobeur, Habib Attia, Sarra Ben-Hassen, Andreas Rocksén, Maria Gracia TurgeonFauve — Jérémy Comte, Maria Gracia Turgeon, Evren Boisjoli Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous — Mélanie Charbonneau, Virginie Nolin Milk — Santiago Menghini, Max Walker My Boy (Mon Boy) — Sarah Pellerin, Fanny-Laure Malo, Annie-Claude Quirion | valign="top" | The Subject (Le sujet) — Patrick BouchardBone Mother — Dale Hayward, Sylvie Trouvé But One Bird Sang Not (Mais un oiseau ne chantait pas) — Pierre Hébert Not Your Panda — Tigris Alt Sakda The Sisters' Bedroom (La chambre des filles) — Claire Brognez |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Most Successful Film Outside Quebec ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Public Prize |- | valign="top" | The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) — Denys ArcandCielo — Alison McAlpine Eye on Juliet — Kim Nguyen The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) — Sébastien Pilote Racetime (La course des tuques) — Benoît Godbout | valign="top" | 1991 La Bolduc The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Racetime (La course des tuques) Best First Film Tribute Award For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) — Yan Giroux Pierre Mignot
Multiple wins and nominations
Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film 16 1991 12 For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) 11 La Bolduc 10 Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues) 9 A Colony (Une colonie) 8 The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur) 6 The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) 5 Genesis (Genèse) 4 Cielo The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain) 3 Anote's Ark The Fall of Sparta (La chute de Sparte) The Other Rio (L'autre Rio) Pauline Julien, Intimate and Political (Pauline Julien, intime et politique) Sashinka 2 Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose) The Far Shore (Dérive) My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) Racetime (La course des tuques) A Sister's Song We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold)
Films with multiple wins Wins Film 6 La Bolduc 5 1991 3 A Colony (Une colonie) For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)
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