The Prix Iris for Best First Film (French: Prix Iris du meilleur premier film) is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best debut film made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The award was presented for the first time at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards as a special award to the director and producers. Starting at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, the category became competitive, with the award being given to the directors and sometime screenwriters of the nominated films.
Many films nominated for this award also received notable nominations in other categories:
| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | |||
| For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) | Yan Giroux, Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw | ||
| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | |||
| Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) | Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault | [1] | |
| Mad Dog Labine | Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard | [2] | |
| The Twentieth Century | Matthew Rankin | ||
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | |||
| Vacarme | Neegan Trudel, Jonathan Lemire | [3] | |
| Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) | Nicola Lemay | [4] | |
| The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) | Patrice Laliberté, Charles Dionne, Nicolas Krief | ||
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | |||
| Without Havana (Sin la Habana) | Kaveh Nabatian | [5] | |
| Beans | Tracey Deer, Meredith Vuchnich | [6] | |
| Bootlegger | Caroline Monnet, Daniel Watchorn | ||
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | |||
| Falcon Lake | Charlotte Le Bon | [7] | |
| Farador | Édouard Albernhe Tremblay | [8] | |
| My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) | Anik Jean | ||
| Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) | Geneviève Albert | ||
| Rodeo (Rodéo) | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette |