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Denis Villeneuve was back on stage to conclude the Gala Québec Cinéma by awarding the most coveted prize of the evening, the one he himself won twice with Maelstrom et Fires. The Iris for Best Film was awarded to Humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidecompleting a golden hat-trick on Sunday evening with the Best Debut Film and Best Screenplay awards received earlier.

At the end of the evening, Louis-José Houde came to present the Michel-Côté Prize, awarded through a public vote to one of the five films which had the most success at the box office in 2024. The prize was awarded to Our sisters-in-law by René Richard Cyr, who was preferred to 1995, Ru, Simple like Sylvain et Testament.

I want to salute the fabulous gang of actresses in this film, who stood out for their generosity, their respect for the work of others and their fabulous sisterhood. You are actresses at heart and your interpretation has entered people’s hearts directly.said Debbie Lynch-White, who plays the role of sister-in-law Des-Neiges Verrette.

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Comedian Mona De Grenoble, host of the Gala Artisans de Québec Cinéma last Wednesday, then presented the prize for Best Documentary Film, awarded to Kite Zo A (Leave the bones) by Kaveh Nabatian, a sensory portrait of voodoo rites in Haiti.

The other documentaries in competition were After the Odyssey the Helen Doyle, Boreal feast by Robert Morin, Engrave the man: focus on Pierre Hébert of Loïc Darses and The days of Geneviève Dulude-De Celles.

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Invited to present the main acting awards, Marc Labrèche first delivered a delicious conference on the profession of actor, retracing its history from 325 BC to 325 BC. BC to the current era, throwing arrows at Roy Dupuis, Véronique Cloutier and Pierre Poilièvre. The Iris for Best Female Performance in a Leading Role was awarded to Ariane Castellanos, who was earlier crowned revelation of the year for her character in Richelieu.

Théodore Pellerin won the equivalent prize on the men’s side for his leading role in Soloby Sophie Dupuis, standing out ahead of Félix-Antoine Bénard, Jean-Carl Boucher, Pierre-Yves Cardinal and Marc-André Grondin for his role in The successor.

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Humanist vampire seeks suicidal consentant added a second statuette to his collection of the evening by winning the prize for Best First Film. With the five trophies won last Wednesday, Ariane Louis-Seize’s film won a total of seven Iris this year.

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Part of the distribution of Our sisters-in-law presented one of the most coveted prizes of the evening, that of Best Direction, to Monia Chokri for Simple like Sylvain. Absent at the gala, the filmmaker thanked her through a video. Thank you, I am very moved by this award. I didn’t think I would do this job 15 years ago, for me being a director was like being an astronaut, it was inaccessibleshe explained.

Believe in your dreams. There weren’t many female directors when I was growing up. I encourage all young girls to do this job and to take a feminist look at the world.

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Midway through, time stood still for a vibrant tribute to Denis Villeneuve, a moment of emotion that almost made host Phil Roy lose his Latin. A poignant video was released, bringing together a ton of testimonies from his family and personalities from here and elsewhere.

He notably received praise from Timothée Chalamet, star of the Dune saga Your energy and passion make you want to give your bestsaid the actor in French. The great composer Hans Zimmer also added that his friend Denis Villeneuve was probably the best filmmaker in the world at the moment.

The director then went on stage to collect the Iris tribute prize, recalling his infinite love for Quebec cinema. Quebec does me good. There is a vitality in his creativity that nourishes mehe said.

Quebec gives wings to artists, while allowing itself to be defined by them. Quebec for me is winter, but it is also its cinema.

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After a short comedy sketch involving physicality presented by Pier-Luc Funk and Phil Roy, the evening continued with the presentation of the Iris Prize for Best Screenplay by the Minister of Culture and Communications, Mathieu Lacombe. Ariane Louis-Seize and Christine Doyon won the trophy together, the first of the evening for Humanist vampire seeking consenting suicide.

We wanted to write a luminous film where death becomes a pretext to talk about life and our deep need for connection. With this, I feel connected to you, so thank you.

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Young Joey Bélanger and Émi Chicoine, from the film The Christmas cyclonetook the stage to present the fourth prize of the evening, the Iris Revelation of the Year. Ariane Castellanos won the honors, thus providing a second Iris for the film Richelieu. She took the opportunity to demand that the Trudeau government make decisions to improve the fate of temporary foreign workers.

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