The 25th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on December 10, 2023, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2022 and 2023."Noovo sera le nouveau diffuseur du Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, July 5, 2023. The ceremony was broadcast by Noovo, and hosted by Jay Du Temple."Jay Du Temple à l’animation du prochain Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, August 7, 2023.
The artisans' gala, presenting the awards in technical and craft categories, was held on December 7 and hosted by actress Fabiola Nyrva Aladin.Florence Morin-Martel, "«Viking» triomphe au Gala Artisans Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, December 7, 2023.
The awards were delayed from their traditional June scheduling after Ici Radio-Canada Télé, which had been the ceremony's broadcaster since 2003, announced in fall 2022 that due to declining ratings in recent years, it would not televise the 2023 awards, and was instead planning alternative ways to highlight Quebec film in its programming.Hugo Dumas, "Qui pleurera la mort du gala du cinéma ?". La Presse, November 1, 2022.
In February 2023, Québec Cinéma indicated that it was in negotiations with other broadcasters to carry the 2023 awards.Maxime Demers, "Le Gala Québec Cinéma «n’est pas mort»". Le Journal de Montréal, February 6, 2023. In May 2023, by which time the nominees would ordinarily have been announced, the organization confirmed only that the ceremony would not take place in its usual June scheduling.Marc Cassivi, "Mieux que rien". La Presse, May 31, 2023. The broadcast deal with Noovo, and the awards' scheduling in December, were announced in July.
Due to the scheduling change, the awards covered a longer qualifying period than usual, with films eligible for submission if they were released between March 6, 2022, and August 31, 2023.
Overview of nominations Nominees were announced on November 14.Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023. It was the first time that four films received twelve or more nominations, with Viking receiving a leading eighteen nominations, a new record. For his performances in both Viking and Babysitter, Steve Laplante became the eighth performer and fifth actor to receive two acting nominations during the same ceremony. Luc Picard received his tenth acting nomination for his role in his film Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions), competing for Best Actor against his son Henri Picard for his role in The Dishwasher (Le plongeur).
The Iris Tribute was given to actor and host of the 1st and 15th Jutra Awards Rémy Girard. Girard had previously received two Best Actor and five Best Supporting Actor nominations, but had never won a competitive award, making him the actor with the most nominations without a win.
Viking won eleven awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Steve Laplante. It became only the second film to win more than ten awards after C.R.A.Z.Y.. Babysitter received fourteen nominations but went home empty handed, tying the record with The Rocket (Maurice Richard) for most nominations without a win.
Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) received thirteen nominations and won two acting awards: Best Supporting Actress for Laurie Babin and Revelation of the Year for Juliette Gariépy, while The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) received twelve nominations with Charles-Aubey Houde winning Best Supporting Actor. For her performance in Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui), Best Actress winner Kelly Depeault received her second acting award, having previously won Revelation of the Year for Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu).
Nominees and winners Best Film Best Director Viking — Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Babysitter — Martin Paul-Hus, Catherine Léger, Pierre-Marcel Blanchot, Fabrice Lambot The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) — Marie-Claude Poulin Falcon Lake — Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil, Dany Boon, Jalil Lespert, Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Jean-Luc Ormières Family Game (Arsenault et fils) — Stéphanie Morissette, Charles Stéphane Roy Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) — Patricia Bergeron Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) — Dominique Dussault | valign="top" | Stéphane Lafleur, Viking Monia Chokri, Babysitter Francis Leclerc, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Rafaël Ouellet, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Pascal Plante, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Best Actor Best Actress Steve Laplante, Viking Guillaume Cyr, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Patrick Hivon, Babysitter Henri Picard, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Luc Picard, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Kelly Depeault, Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) Larissa Corriveau, Viking Hélène Florent, A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable) Léane Labrèche-Dor, My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) Sara Montpetit, Falcon Lake Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Charles-Aubey Houde, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Maxime de Cotret, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Denis Houle, Viking Steve Laplante, Babysitter Guy Nadon, One Summer (Le temps d'un été) Laurie Babin, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Élise Guilbault, One Summer (Le temps d'un été) Ève Landry, Bungalow Julie Le Breton, You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Babysitter Revelation of the Year Best Screenplay Juliette Gariépy, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Fabiola Nyrva Aladin, Viking Émi Chicoine, Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) Virginie Fortin, Two Days Before Christmas (23 décembre) Joan Hart, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) François Pérusse, Niagara Stéphane Lafleur and Eric K. Boulianne, Viking Eric K. Boulianne and Francis Leclerc, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Catherine Léger, Babysitter Rafaël Ouellet, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Pascal Plante, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Best Documentary Best Short Documentary Dear Audrey — Jeremiah Hayes, André Barro, Annette ClarkeBacklash: Misogyny in the Digital Age (Je vous salue salope: La misogynie au temps du numérique) — Léa Clermont-Dion, Guylaine Maroist, Éric Ruel Gabor — Joannie Lafrenière, Line Sander Egede Geographies of Solitude — Jacquelyn Mills, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault Rojek — Zaynê Akyol, Sylvain Corbeil, Audrey-Ann Dupuis-Pierre | valign="top" | About Memory and Loss (Notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli) — Amélie Hardy, Isabelle Grignon-FranckeBelle River — Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau, Yannick Nolin, Jean-Pierre Vézina Fire-Jo-Ball — Audrey Nantel-Gagnon, Nathalie Cloutier Oasis — Justine Martin, Louis-Emmanuel Gagné-Brochu Zug Island — Guillaume Collin, Nicolas Lachapelle |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Live Action Short Film ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Animated Short Film |- | valign="top" | Invincible — Vincent René-Lortie, Élise Lardinois, Samuel CaronBlond Night (Nuit blonde) — Gabrielle Demers, Nellie Carrier Nanitic — Carol Nguyen, Marie Lytwynuk No Ghost in the Morgue — Marilyn Cooke, Kélyna N. Lauzier, Macha Houssart Simo — Aziz Zoromba, Rosalie Chicoine Perreault | valign="top" | Madeleine — Raquel SancinettiHarvey — Janice Nadeau, Reginald de Guillebon, Pierre Méloni, Marc Bertrand, Christine Noël, Julie Roy Marie. Eduardo. Sophie. — Thomas Corriveau A Night for the Dogs — Max Woodward, Guillaume Dubois, Camille Lequenne Triangle of Darkness (Triangle noir) — Marie-Noëlle Moreau Robidas, Nicolas Dufour-Laperrière |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Art Direction ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" | Best Costume Design |- | valign="top" | André-Line Beauparlant, Viking Sylvie Desmarais, Bungalow Mathieu Lemay, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Laura Nhem, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Colombe Raby, Babysitter Sophie Lefebvre, Viking Mariane Carter, Victoire (La cordonnière) Guillaume Laflamme, Babysitter Sophie Lefebvre, A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable) Annabelle Roy and Delphine Gagné, Farador Best Cinematography Best Cinematography in a Documentary Sara Mishara, Viking Steve Asselin, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Vincent Biron, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Kristof Brandl, Falcon Lake Josée Deshaies, Babysitter Jacquelyn Mills, Geographies of Solitude Geoffroy Beauchemin, Humus Nicolas Canniccioni and Arshia Shakiba, Rojek Joannie Lafrenière, Gabor Maude Plante-Husaruk, Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) Best Editing Best Editing in a Documentary Sophie Leblond, Viking Pauline Gaillard, Babysitter Myriam Magassouba, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Jonah Malak, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Isabelle Malenfant, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Jeremiah Hayes, Dear Audrey Mathieu Bouchard-Malo, Rojek Emmanuelle Lane, Gabor Jacquelyn Mills, Geographies of Solitude Oana Suteu Khintirian, Beyond Paper (Au-delà du papier) Best Original Music Best Original Music in a Documentary Daniel Bélanger, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool and Alexis Martin, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux and Mathieu Charbonneau, Viking Martin Léon, You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi) Dominique Plante, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Daniel Baillargeon, Gabor Olivier Alary and Johannes Malfatti, Twice Colonized Walker Grimshaw, Dear Audrey Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) Delphine Measroch, Humus Best Sound Best Sound in a Documentary Sylvain Bellemare, Bernard Gariépy Strobl and Pierre Bertrand, Viking Olivier Calvert, Luc Boudrias and Yann Cleary, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Olivier Calvert, Stéphane Bergeron and Martyne Morin, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Stephen De Oliveira, Séverin Favriau and Stéphane Thiébaut, Falcon Lake Daniel Fontaine-Bégin, Luc Boudrias and Henry Godding Jr., Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Andreas Mendritzki and Jacquelyn Mills, Geographies of Solitude Mélanie Gauthier, Jeremiah Hayes and Isabelle Lussier, Dear Audrey Maxime Lacoste-Lebuis, Eric Shaw and Jean Paul Vialard, Far Beyond the Pasturelands (Au-delà des hautes vallées) Jean-François Sauvé, Martin M. Messier and Bruno Pucella, 305 Bellechasse Catherine Van Der Donckt and Jean Paul Vialard, Beyond Paper (Au-delà du papier) Best Hairstyling Best Makeup Richard Hansen, Réjean Forget and Johanne Hansen, Victoire (La cordonnière) Vincent Dufault, Viking André Duval, A Respectable Woman (Une femme respectable) Nermin Grbic, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Ann-Louise Landry, Babysitter Lyne Tremblay, Faustina De Sousa, François Gauthier and Michael Loncin, Farador Kathryn Casault and Bruno Gatien, Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Marie-Josée Galibert, Viking Marie Salvado, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Adriana Verbert, Babysitter Best Visual Effects Best Casting Marie-Claude Lafontaine and Simon Beaupré, Viking Marc Hall, Babysitter Marc Hall, Farador Marc Hall, Victoire (La cordonnière) Mathilde Vézina-Bouchard, Mistral Spatial Lucie Robitaille and Dandy Thibaudeau, Viking Nathalie Boutrie, Family Game (Arsenault et fils) Marilou Richer, Red Rooms (Les chambres rouges) Annie St-Pierre and Antoinette Boulat, Babysitter Brigitte Viau, The Dishwasher (Le plongeur) Most Successful Film Outside Quebec Public Prize Falcon Lake Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (Dounia et la princesse d’Alep) Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak le brave béluga) This House (Cette maison) Viking My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions) Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak le brave béluga) One Summer (Le temps d'un été) Two Days Before Christmas (23 décembre) Best First Film Iris Tribute Falcon Lake — Charlotte Le Bon Farador — Édouard Albernhe Tremblay My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) — Anik Jean Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) — Geneviève Albert Rodeo (Rodéo) — Joëlle Desjardins Paquette Rémy Girard
Multiple wins and nominations
Films with multiple nominations