21st Quebec Cinema Awards explained

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.[1] Cinematographer Pierre Mignot also received the Iris Tribute.[2]

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:[1] [2] [3]

Best FilmBest Director
Best ActorBest Actress
Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
Best ScreenplayBest Cinematography
Best Art DirectionBest Sound
Best EditingBest Original Music
Best Costume DesignBest Makeup
Best HairstylingBest Visual Effects
  • 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 "Jafaz" Ferland and Marie-Claude Lafontaine, La Bolduc
  • Jean-Pierre Boies and Jean-François Talbot, 1991
Revelation of the YearBest Casting
Best DocumentaryBest Cinematography in a Documentary
Best Editing in a DocumentaryBest Sound in a Documentary
  • 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 FilmBest Animated Short Film
  • The Subject (Le sujet)Patrick Bouchard
  • Bone 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
Most Successful Film Outside QuebecPublic Prize
Best First FilmTribute Award

Multiple wins and nominations

Films with multiple nominations

NominationsFilm
161991
12For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)
11La Bolduc
10Ghost Town Anthology (Répertoire des villes disparues)
9A Colony (Une colonie)
8The Great Darkened Days (La grande noirceur)
6The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles)
5Genesis (Genèse)
4Cielo
The Fall of the American Empire (La chute de l'empire américain)
3Anote'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
2Before 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

WinsFilm
6La Bolduc
51991
3A Colony (Une colonie)
For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations . 11 April 2019 . 11 May 2019 . . French.
  2. Web site: La Bolduc domine au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma . 2 June 2019 . 2 June 2019 . . Marc-Andre Lussier . French.
  3. Web site: Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année . 2 June 2019 . 2 June 2019 . . Marc-Andre Lussier . French.