The 24th Gala Québec Cinéma will begin Sunday night to celebrate the best in 7th art in La Belle Province. Fourteen Iris prizes, including best film, will be awarded to the actors on the big screen in a ceremony broadcast live from 8 pm at ICI TÉLÉ.
Actress Geneviève Schmidt will host the evening for the second consecutive year. She will be joined on stage by many personalities in Quebec, including Karine Vanasse and Monia Chokri.
I really want to dedicate and share our Quebec culture with viewershe explained into the microphone of René Homier-Roy, host of the show club culture.
After two years of pandemic-which notably forced the Gala Québec Cinéma team to hold a reduced form ceremony last year-Geneviève Schmidt wants to get back to the basics: why are we still hanging out in the cinema?
To do this, it promises a particular opening sequence where artists from Quebec cinema will tell how their romance began on the big screen.
” The root of this year is our memories. “
It will also be the last gala of made up studio 42 of Radio-Canada’s large tower, which will be filled to capacity for the occasion.
A place rich in history still smells like 70s mascara and glitterlaunched Geneviève Schmidt, with a smile.
Earlier in the afternoon, the public will be able to watch the Artisans Gala, hosted by Guillaume Lambert, which will air at 3 pm on Québec Cinéma’s Facebook page and Radio-Canada’s website.
Sixteen Iris prizes will be awarded there – out of a total of 30 on Sunday – including the Tribute trophy, which aims to highlight the work of a personality whose achievements mark the public as well as the film industry.
Louise Portal, who is celebrating 50 years of career, will be honored.
drunk birds at Maria Chapdelaine at the head of the pack
At the top of the Iris Award nominations was the country drama drunk birds by Ivan Grbovic, as well as the adaptation Maria Chapdelaineby Sébastien Pilote, both nominated in 16 categories, including Best Film and Best Director.
These feature films will compete with drama Without Havana by Maxime Giroux (7 nominations), the detective thriller norbourg by Sébastien Pilote (6 nominations), and the punchy film Beans by Mohawk director Tracey Deer (11 nominations), also running for these two trophies.
The snatch of time by Francis Leclerc also stood out with 13 nominations, primarily in the categories of best screenplay, best artistic direction and best cinematography.
Film viewers once again announced this year for the 2022 Iris Public Prize, which brings together in one category the ten films and documentaries most popular in Quebec theaters this year, including The Perfect Family Guide, A revision at The perfect victim.
In total, 27 feature fiction films, 14 feature documentaries, 29 short fiction films, 14 short documentaries and 13 animated shorts were reviewed in recent weeks, for a total of 188 finalists in the 2022 Iris Prize.
A selection of finalist films for the 2022 Iris Awards is also offered for free on Québec Cinéma’s digital platform. (New window) until June 7.
Source: Radio-Canada
