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26th Quebec Cinema Awards

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The 26th Quebec Cinema Awards was held on December 8, 2024, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2023 and 2024.[1] The ceremony was broadcast by Noovo, and hosted by Phil Roy.[2]

The artisans gala, presenting the craft awards not included in the broadcast ceremony, was held on December 4 and hosted by Mona de Grenoble.[3]

Overview of nominations

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Ariane Louis-Seize's Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) received a record breaking twenty-two nominations. It became the first film to receive seven acting nominations, the first to receive nominations in all five acting categories and the third film to receive three acting nominations in a single category, namely Best Supporting Actress. It received nominations in all eligible categories except Prix Michel-Côté which is determined by box-office results.[1] Despite winning a leading eight awards during the ceremony, including Best Film and Best Screenplay, it failed to win any of its acting nominations.

The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain) received fourteen nominations and won three awards, including Best Director. 1995 received eleven nominations, including Jean-Carl Boucher's and Sandrine Bisson's fourth nomination for playing the same character, following their nominations for 1981, 1987 and 1991. Sandrine Bisson became the first actress to win Best Supporting Actress thrice.

Richelieu received ten nominations and won three acting awards: Best Supporting Actor for Marc-André Grondin while Ariane Castellanos won both Revelation of the Year and Best Actress. She became the second person to win two acting awards during the same ceremony, following Hélène Florent's two awards during the 2022 ceremony. Solo also received ten nominations and won three awards, including Best Actor for Théodore Pellerin, who became the first actor to win in the Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Revelation of the Year categories. Coincidentally, all his winning performances were directed by Sophie Dupuis.

For his performances in both Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and The Nature of Love, Steve Laplante became the first actor to receive two nominations in the same acting category, namely Best Supporting Actor. For his performances in both The Successor (Le successeur) and Richelieu, Marc-André Grondin became the ninth performer and sixth actor to receive nominations for both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor during the same ceremony.

For the first time since the Revelation of the Year category was introduced, two actors — Félix-Antoine Bénard in Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person and Ariane Castellanos in Richelieu — received dual nominations for both that category and the lead acting categories. Castellanos also received a Best Casting nomination for Richelieu, making her the first person to receive nominations for both acting and casting in the same movie.

Sound mixer Luc Boudrias became only the third person, following haistylist Martin Lapointe and producer Marc Bertrand, to receive four nominations in a single category, namely Best Sound. Marie-Claude Lafontaine became the first person to win four consecutive awards, all in the Best Visual Effects category.

Nominees and winners

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Best Film Best Director
Best Actor Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress
Revelation of the Year Best Screenplay
Best Documentary Best Short Documentary
Best Live Action Short Film Best Animated Short Film
Best Art Direction Best Costume Design
Best Cinematography Best Cinematography in a Documentary
Best Editing Best Editing in a Documentary
Best Original Music Best Original Music in a Documentary
Best Sound Best Sound in a Documentary
Best Hairstyling Best Makeup
Best Visual Effects Best Casting
Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Prix Michel-Côté
Best First Film Iris Tribute

Multiple nominations

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References

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