22nd Quebec Cinema Awards (2021)
The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were held on June 6, 2021, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2020.[1] A live gala was hosted by actress Geneviève Schmidt; due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, however, it was staged differently than a traditional award gala, with nominees present in the theatre but seated in a way that maintained social distancing requirements.[2] The awards were numbered as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards gala, despite being the 23rd time the awards have been presented overall, as the presentation of the 2020 awards was done by livestream instead of a traditional award ceremony.
Additionally, in light of the effects that the pandemic had on film distribution in 2020, the organization did not limit its public-voted Prix Public to the five most commercially successful films of the year, but simply listed all 16 feature films that received commercial theatrical screenings in 2020 as eligible for the vote. Ten days later, they also decided to add all of the eligible documentary films to the Public Prize ballot as well, bringing the total number of nominees in that category to 29.[3]
Nominations were announced on April 26. The most-nominated films were Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette's Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) and Sophie Dupuis's Underground (Souterrain).[4]
The artisans gala, presenting the awards in craft and technical categories, was held on June 3, 2021.[5] Goddess of the Fireflies won Best Film when winners were announced on June 6.[6]
Nominees and winners[]
References[]
- ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma : La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada. April 27, 2021.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: un gala sans bitcherie". Le Journal de Montréal, June 5, 2021.
- ^ "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d'inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. May 7, 2021.
- ^ Moreault, Éric (April 26, 2021). "Prix Iris: La déesse des mouches à feu et Souterrain en tête des nominations". Le Soleil (in French).
- ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu se distingue au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada. June 3, 2021.
- ^ "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma" (in French). Radio-Canada. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- 2020 film awards
- 2020 in Canadian cinema
- 2021 in Quebec
- Quebec Cinema Awards
- 2020 awards in Canada