The Prix Michel-Côté is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its annual Prix Iris, to honour the most popular film of the year among film audiences in Quebec.
First presented in 1999 as part of the Prix Jutra, the award was known as the Billet d'or ("Golden Ticket"), and was presented to the film that had been the most successful at the box office. When the awards program was relaunched as the Prix Iris, the Billet d'or was relaunched as the Prix Public, which now sees the five top-grossing films of the year submitted to a public vote to award the film that was most liked by audiences.[1]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and its effects on film distribution in 2020, the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2021 did not limit the award to only the five top-grossing films of the year, but allowed the public to vote for their favourite among all 16 Quebec films that had received any commercial screenings at all in the previous year. Ten days after the initial announcement, the organization also decided to add all of the eligible documentary films to the vote as well, bringing the total number of eligible films for the award to 29.[2] After a first round of voting, the nominees were reduced to five, including two documentaries: Call Me Human and eventual winner The Rose Family.
In December 2023, following the death of influential Quebec actor Michel Côté, Québec Cinéma announced the award's renaming in his memory.[3]
1990s
edit| Year | Film | Directors and producers |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 1st Jutra Awards |
Les Boys | Louis Saia, Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell |
2000s
edit| Year | Film | Directors and producers |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 2nd Jutra Awards |
Les Boys II | Louis Saia, Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell |
| 2001 3rd Jutra Awards |
Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour) | Gabriel Pelletier, Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal |
| 2002 4th Jutra Awards |
Les Boys III | Louis Saia, Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell |
| 2003 5th Jutra Awards |
Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) | Charles Binamé, Louis Laverdière, Luc Martineau |
| 2004 6th Jutra Awards |
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande séduction) | Jean-François Pouliot, Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal |
| 2005 7th Jutra Awards |
Happy Camper (Camping sauvage) | Guy A. Lepage, Sylvain Roy, Lyse Lafontaine, Tony Roman |
| 2006[4] 8th Jutra Awards |
C.R.A.Z.Y. | Jean-Marc Vallée, Pierre Even |
| 2007 9th Jutra Awards |
Bon Cop, Bad Cop | Érik Canuel, Kevin Tierney |
| 2008 10th Jutra Awards |
The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) | Patrick Huard, Pierre Gendron, Christian Larouche |
| 2009 11th Jutra Awards |
Cruising Bar 2 | Michel Côté, Robert Ménard, Claude Bonin, Claire Wojas |
2010s
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editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lussier, Marc-André (June 4, 2017). "Gala Québec Cinéma: remise en jeu". La Presse. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
- ^ "Québec Cinéma décide finalement d’inclure les documentaires pour le prix du public". Ici Radio-Canada, May 7, 2021.
- ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma | Québec Cinéma renomme l’IRIS Prix du public, l’IRIS Prix Michel-Côté". CTVM, December 11, 2023.
- ^ Hays, Matthew (3 April 2006). "C.R.A.Z.Y. sweeps Jutras, as expected". Playback. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ Cummins, Julianna (24 March 2014). "'Strong' showing from Louis Cyr at 2014 Jutra Awards". Playback. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Mommy, Tu Dors Nicole, 1987 Et Tom À La Ferme En Tête Des Nominations". Lesjutra.ca. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "La passion d’Augustine triomphe". Le Journal de Montréal, March 20, 2016.
- ^ Boutros, Magdaline (5 April 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2017.
- ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma: suivez notre couverture en direct". The Huffington Post. 4 June 2017. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Duchesne, Andre (10 April 2018). "Iris: Le problème d'infiltration et Hochelaga en tête des nominations". La Presse. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Les affamés et Robin Aubert triomphent au Gala Québec Cinéma". Radio-Canada. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). 11 April 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Marc-Andre Lussier (2 June 2019). "Gala Québec Cinéma: 1991 sacré meilleur film de l'année". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ^ "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Prix Iris 2020: «Il pleuvait des oiseaux» et «La femme de mon frère» partent favoris". The Huffington Post (in French). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023.
- ^ "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, October 8, 2024.