22nd Quebec Cinema Awards


The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020, to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April. Abenaki documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin was also selected as the recipient of the Iris Tribute at the unanimous recommendation of Québec Cinéma's Comité de représentation professionnelle.
Following the ceremony's cancellation, Québec Cinéma announced that on 10 June, most winners would be announced by webcast by Radio-Canada and ARTV, with the webcast hosted by Élise Guilbault, Guillaume Lambert and Mani Soleymanlou; following this, Jean-Philippe Wauthier hosted his show Bonsoir Bonsoir! where the winners for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and the Public Prize were announced. Antigone by Sophie Deraspe won Best Film.

Nominees and winners

Nominees and winners are:
Best FilmBest Director

  • Antigone – Marc Daigle
  • And the Birds Rained Down – Ginette Petit
  • A Brother's Love Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant
  • Fabulous Nicole Robert
  • Jeune Juliette – Sylvain Corbeil
  • Kuessipan – Félize Frappier
  • Mafia Inc. – Antonello Cozzolino, Valérie D’Auteuil, André Rouleau
  • Sophie Deraspe, Antigone
  • Monia Chokri, A Brother's Love
  • Guillaume de Fontenay, Sympathy for the Devil
  • Matthew Rankin, The Twentieth Century
  • Myriam Verreault, Kuessipan
  • Best ActorBest Actress
  • Gilbert Sicotte, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Robin Aubert, Jeune Juliette
  • Marc-André Grondin, Mafia Inc.
  • Patrick Hivon, A Brother's Love
  • Niels Schneider, Sympathy for the Devil
  • Andrée Lachapelle, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, A Brother's Love
  • Anne Dorval, 14 Days, 12 Nights
  • Léane Labrèche-Dor, Laughter
  • Noémie O'Farrell, Fabulous
  • Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting Actress
  • Sergio Castellitto, Mafia Inc.
  • Robin Aubert, Thanks for Everything
  • Pier-Luc Funk, Matthias & Maxime
  • Sasson Gabai, A Brother's Love
  • Rémy Girard, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Micheline Bernard, Matthias & Maxime
  • Juliette Gosselin, Fabulous
  • Micheline Lanctôt, Laughter
  • Ève Landry, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Geneviève Schmidt, Compulsive Liar
  • Best ScreenplayBest Cinematography
  • Sophie Deraspe, Antigone
  • Louise Archambault, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Jean Barbe, Guillaume de Fontenay and Guillaume Vigneault, Sympathy for the Devil
  • Anne Émond, Jeune Juliette
  • Naomi Fontaine and Myriam Verreault, Kuessipan
  • Yves Bélanger, 14 Days, 12 Nights
  • Nicolas Canniccioni, Kuessipan
  • Josée Deshaies, A Brother's Love
  • Mathieu Laverdière, And the Birds Rained Down
  • André Turpin, Matthias & Maxime
  • Best Art DirectionBest Sound
  • Dany Boivin, The Twentieth Century
  • Éric Barbeau, A Brother's Love
  • Marie-Claude Gosselin and Jean Lebourdais, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Sylvain Lemaitre, Jeune Juliette
  • David Pelletier, Mafia Inc.
  • Sylvain Bellemare, Jo Caron Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sympathy for the Devil
  • Claude Beaugrand, Michel B. Bordeleau and Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Claude La Haye and Raymond Legault, The Song of Names
  • Serge Boivin, Olivier Calvert, Samuel Gagnon-Thibodeau and Roger Guérin, Ville Neuve
  • Luc Boudrias, Sylvain Brassard and Jean Camden, Mafia Inc.
  • Bernard Gariépy Strobl, Sacha Ratcliffe and Lynne Trépanier, The Twentieth Century
  • Best EditingBest Original Music
  • Geoffrey Boulangé and Sophie Deraspe, Antigone
  • Monia Chokri and Justine Gauthier, A Brother's Love
  • Xavier Dolan, Matthias & Maxime
  • Myriam Poirier, 14 Days, 12 Nights
  • Matthew Rankin, The Twentieth Century
  • Jean-Michel Blais, Matthias & Maxime
  • Andréa Bélanger and David Ratté, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Jean Massicotte and Jad Orphée Chami, Antigone
  • Howard Shore, The Song of Names
  • Peter Venne, The Twentieth Century
  • Best Costume DesignBest Makeup
  • Patricia McNeil, The Twentieth Century
  • Valérie Lévesque, Mafia Inc.
  • Ginette Magny, Jouliks
  • Patricia McNeil, A Brother's Love
  • Caroline Poirier, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Adriana Verbert, The Twentieth Century
  • Erik Gosselin and Edwina Voda, Matthias & Maxime
  • Jeanne Lafond, Jouliks
  • Léonie Lévesque-Robert, Fabulous
  • Marlène Rouleau and Bruno Gatien, Mafia Inc.
  • Best HairstylingBest Visual Effects
  • Nermin Grbic, The Twentieth Century
  • Michelle Coté, The Song of Names
  • Stéphanie Deflandre, Mafia Inc.
  • Daniel Jacob, Fabulous
  • Martin Lapointe, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Benoît Brière and Kinga Sabela, Sympathy for the Devil
  • Véronique Dessard and Philippe Frère, The Hummingbird Project
  • Alain Lachance and Jean-Pierre Riverin, The Song of Names
  • Best DocumentaryBest Cinematography in a Documentary
  • XalkoHind Benchekroun, Sami Mermer
  • Alexander Odyssey Pedro Pires
  • Dark Suns Julien Élie
  • Mad Dog and the Butcher Thomas Rinfret
  • Catherine Hébert
  • Pedro Pires, Alexander Odyssey
  • Dominic Dorval, Vincent Masse, Thomas Rinfret and Richard Tremblay, Mad Dog and the Butcher
  • Sami Mermer, Xalko
  • François Messier-Rheault and Ernesto Pardo, Dark Suns
  • Pedro Ruiz, Havana, from on High
  • Best Editing in a DocumentaryBest Sound in a Documentary
  • Annie Jean,
  • Benoît Côté and Thomas Rinfret, Mad Dog and the Butcher
  • Sylvia De Angelis, Sophie Leblond and Pedro Pires, Alexander Odyssey
  • Aube Foglia, Dark Suns
  • Natalie Lamoureux, A Woman, My Mother
  • Wolfgang Beck, Mustafa Bölükbasi, Kerem Çakir, Huseyin Can Erol, Sonat Hançer, Eric Lebœuf, Bruno Pucella, Ibrahim Tarhan, Yener Yalçin and Tolga Yelekçi, Istanbul Echoes
  • Luc Boudrias and Patrice LeBlanc, A Woman, My Mother
  • Sylvain Brassard, Benoit Leduc and Gaël Poisson Lemay, Alexander Odyssey
  • Shelley Craig, Marie-Pierre Grenier, Luc Léger and Geoffrey Mitchell, Where the Land Ends
  • René Portillo, Havana, from on High
  • Best Live Action Short FilmBest Animated Short Film
  • Just Me and You Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
  • BKS Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
  • I'll End Up in Jail Alexandre Dostie
  • JojoGuillaume Laurin
  • Une bombe au cœurRémi Saint-Michel
  • The Physics of Sorrow — Theodore Ushev
  • Clothing Caroline Blais
  • The Great Malaise Catherine Lepage
  • OrganicSteven Woloshen
  • The Procession Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe Saint-Gelais
  • Revelation of the YearBest Casting
  • Nahéma Ricci, Antigone
  • Catherine Chabot, Compulsive Liar
  • Sharon Fontaine-Ishpatao, Kuessipan
  • Alexane Jamieson, Jeune Juliette
  • Lilou Roy-Lanouette, Jouliks
  • Sophie Deraspe, Isabelle Couture, Pierre Pageau and Daniel Poisson, Antigone
  • Jacinthe Beaudet, Tobie Fraser, Geneviève Hébert and Myriam Verreault, Kuessipan
  • Nathalie Boutrie, Jeune Juliette
  • Nathalie Boutrie, Francis Cantin and Bruno Rosato, Mafia Inc.
  • Karel Quinn and Lucie Robitaille, And the Birds Rained Down
  • Most Successful Film Outside QuebecPublic Prize
  • Matthias & MaximeXavier Dolan
  • Antigone — Sophie Deraspe
  • A Brother's Love Monia Chokri
  • Genesis Philippe Lesage
  • Ghost Town Anthology Denis Côté
  • Kuessipan — Myriam Verreault
  • And the Birds Rained Down
  • A Brother's Love
  • Compulsive Liar
  • Mafia Inc.
  • Thanks for Everything
  • Best First FilmIris Tribute
  • Sympathy for the Devil — Guillaume de Fontenay
  • Mad Dog LabineJonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard
  • The Twentieth CenturyMatthew Rankin
  • Alanis Obomsawin