The Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film () is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best animated short film made within the cinema of Quebec.
Statistics Marc Bertrand received the most nominations, eleven, and won three awards. Bertrand became only the second person to receive four nominations in the same category in 2017. Patrick Bouchard received the most awards, four, from five nominations.
Seven short films nominated for this award were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: The Old Man and the Sea (which won both the Oscar and Prix Iris), My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts, When the Day Breaks, Nibbles, Madame Tutli-Putli, Sunday (Dimanche) and Blind Vaysha (Vaysha l'aveugle).
Despite not having their own category at the Prix Iris, eleven full length animated features were nominated and won awards:
At the 16th Jutra Awards, The Legend of Sarila (La légende de Sarila) was nominated for two awards: Best Original Music and Best Sound. It became the first animated film to receive any nominations in the history of the awards. At the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards, Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D) was nominated for two awards: Best Art Direction and Best Sound. It won the latter and the Billet d'or, becoming the first animated film to win an award. At the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, Ballerina was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize. At the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, Racetime (La course des tuques) was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize. At the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, Ville Neuve was nominated for Best Sound. At the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards, Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) was nominated for Best First Film. At the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards, it received an additional nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec. At the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards, Archipelago (Archipel) was nominated for four awards: Best Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Sound in a Documentary and Best Original Music in a Documentary, winning the latter. At the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards, Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak, le brave Béluga) was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize. Also at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards, Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (Dounia et la princesse d'Alep) was nominated Most Successful Film Outside Quebec. This marked the first time that two full length animated features were nominated in the same category. At the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards, When Adam Changes (Adam change lentement) was nominated Best First Film. At the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards, Hola Frida! was nominated Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
2000s Year Film Filmmaker(s) Ref 2000 2nd Jutra Awards The Old Man and the Sea Aleksandr Petrov "Les Prix Jutras / The Jutra Awards". Northern Stars. Cuckoo, Mr. Edgar! (Coucou, Monsieur Edgar!) Pierre M. Trudeau Brendan Kelly, "Jutras go art-house: Auteur films pile up nominations for Quebec awards". Montreal Gazette, January 27, 2000. My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts Torill Kove When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis 2001 3rd Jutra Awards The Hat (Le chapeau) Michèle Cournoyer The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg (Le garçon qui a vu l'iceberg) Paul Driessen "Finalistes et lauréats". Québec Cinéma, 2001. Deadpan Rick Raxlen From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (Du big bang à mardi matin) Claude Cloutier 2002 4th Jutra Awards Black Soul (Âme noire) Martine Chartrand Glasses Brian Duchscherer Agnes Poirier, "Quebec Jutra awards finalists announced". Screen Daily, January 24, 2002. A Hunting Lesson (Une leçon de chasse) Jacques Drouin 2003 5th Jutra Awards The Brainwashers (Les ramoneurs cérébraux) Patrick Bouchard Antagonia Nicolas Brault John Griffin, "Seraphin leads with 9 Jutra nominations". Montreal Gazette, January 29, 2003. Flux Christopher Hinton The Hungry Squid John Weldon 2004 6th Jutra Awards Blue Like a Gunshot (Bleu comme un coup de feu) Masoud Raouf Black Ink on Blue Sky (Encre noire sur fond d'azur) Félix Dufour-Laperrière Odile Tremblay, "Les Invasions barbares, La Grande Séduction et Gaz Bar Blues dominent la course aux Jutra". Le Devoir, January 22, 2004. Islet (Îlot) Nicolas Brault Two Eastern Hair Lines Steven Woloshen 2005 7th Jutra Awards Nibbles Christopher Hinton The Accordion (Accordéon) Michèle Cournoyer Martin Bilodeau, "Ma vie en cinémascope domine les nominations des Jutra". Le Devoir, January 25, 2005. Imprints (Empreintes) Jacques Drouin Welcome to Kentucky Craig Welch 2006 8th Jutra Awards Dehors novembre Patrick Bouchard cNote Christopher Hinton The Curse of the Voodoo Child Steven Woloshen Tower Bawher Theodore Ushev 2007 9th Jutra Awards McLaren's Negatives Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre Here and There (Ici par ici) Diane Obomsawin Manon Dumais, "Canuel vs. Favreau aux Jutras". Voir, January 23, 2007. Jaime Lo, Small and Shy (Jaime Lo, petite et timide) Lillian Chan The Man Who Waited (L'homme qui atttendait) Theodore Ushev 2008 10th Jutra Awards Sleeping Betty (Isabelle au bois dormant) Claude Cloutier Madame Tutli-Putli Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Karl Filion, "Jutra 2008 : Les 3 p'tits cochons domine avec 13 nominations". Cinoche, February 6, 2008. Subservience (Révérence) Patrick Bouchard The Tourists Malcolm Sutherland 2009 11th Jutra Awards The Necktie (Le nœud cravate) Jean-François Lévesque Drux Flux Theodore Ushev Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2009: liste des nommés". Films du Québec, March 24, 2009. Garbage Angels (Les anges déchets) Pierre M. Trudeau Rosa Rosa Félix Dufour-Laperrière
2010s Year Film Filmmaker(s) Ref 2010 12th Jutra Awards Robes of War (Robe de Guerre) Michèle Cournoyer The Drawer and the Crow (Le tiroir et le corbeau) Frédérick Tremblay "Jutra : liste des finalistes". La Presse, February 16, 2010. M Félix Dufour-Laperrière Oko Alain Fournier Playtime Steven Woloshen 2011 13th Jutra Awards Lipsett Diaries (Les journaux de Lipsett) Théodore Ushev Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2011: Incendies rafle tout". Films du Québec, March 14, 2011. The Festival (La fête) Malcolm Sutherland Mamori Karl Lemieux Un vortex dans face Joël Vaudreuil 2012 14th Jutra Awards Sunday (Dimanche) Patrick Doyon Of Events (D'aléas) Mathieu Tremblay Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012. Paula Dominic-Étienne Simard Rivière au Tonnerre Pierre Hébert White Strawberry (Blanche fraise) Frédérick Tremblay 2013 15th Jutra Awards Bydlo Patrick Bouchard Here and the Great Elsewhere (Le grand ailleurs et le petit ici) Michèle Lemieux "Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013. Joda Théodore Ushev Kaspar Diane Obomsawin Triptych 2 (Triptyque 2) Pierre Hébert 2014 16th Jutra Awards The River's Lazy Flow (Le courant faible de la rivière) Joël Vaudreuil, David Pierrat The Day Is Listening (Le jour nous écoute) Félix Dufour-Laperrière, Julie Roy Manon Dumais, "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr". Voir, March 23, 2014. The End of Pinky (La fin de Pinky) Claire Blanchet, Michael Fukushima Gloria Victoria Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand Wandering (Errance) Éléonore Goldberg 2015 17th Jutra Awards Jutra Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Marc Bertrand, René Chénier Lucky and Finnegan Davide Di Saro Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015. Migration Mark Lomond, Johanne Ste-Marie No Fish Where to Go (Nul poisson où aller) Nicola Lemay, Janice Nadeau, Marc Bertrand Soif Michèle Cournoyer, René Chénier, Marcel Jean, Galilé Marion-Gauvin 2016 18th Quebec Cinema Awards Carface (Autos Portraits) Claude Cloutier, Julie Roy Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016. All the Rage Alexandra Lemay, Maral Mohammadian My Heart Attack Sheldon Cohen, Jelena Popovic, Marcy Page The Sleepwalker (Sonámbulo) Theodore Ushev, Dominique Noujeim, Galilé Marion-Gauvin Squame Nicolas Brault 2017 19th Quebec Cinema Awards Blind Vaysha (Vaysha l'aveugle) Theodore Ushev, Marc Bertrand Pat Mullen, "'It's Only the End of the World' Leads Quebec's Prix Iris Winners". Cinemablographer, June 4, 2017. Casino Steven Woloshen I Like Girls (J'aime les filles) Diane Obomsawin, Marc Bertrand Mamie Janice Nadeau, Marc Bertrand, Julie Roy, Corinne Destombes Oscar Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, Marc Bertrand, Jocelyne Perrier 2018 20th Quebec Cinema Awards Dolls Don't Cry (Toutes les poupées ne pleurent pas) Frédérick Tremblay, Pierre Lesage "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 3, 2018. Hedgehog's Home (La maison du hérisson) Eva Cvijanović, Jelena Popović, Vanja Andrijević André Duchesne, "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse, April 10, 2018. Me, Baby & the Alligator Jean Faucher, Bob Olivier Sweet Childhood (La pureté de l'enfance) Zviane, Julie Roy, Marc Bertrand, With or Without Sun (Avec ou sans soleil) Jean-Guillaume Bastien 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards The Subject (Le sujet) Patrick Bouchard, Julie Roy Marc-André Lussier, "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l’année". La Presse, June 2, 2019. Bone Mother Dale Hayward, Sylvie Trouvé, Jelena Popović 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
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