Awards

Each year, the Festival grants nine awards in the following categories:



Grand Prix Hydro-Québec

This award goes to the feature film best appreciated by the audience. Voting is done by secret ballot, and a weighted average of the votes determines the audience’s favorite film.

2023

Dis moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles by Lyne Charlebois

2022

Tu te souviendras de moi by Éric Tessier

2021

El olvido que seremos by Fernando Trueba

2020

La odisea de los Giles by Sebastián Borensztein

2019

Les Chiens-Loups by Dominic Leclerc

2018

Woman at war by Benedikt Erlingsson

2017

Un profil pour deux by Stéphane Robelin

2016

Maudie by Aisling Walsh

2015

Brooklyn by John Crowley

2014

Whiplash by Damien Chazelle

2013
2012

Le prénom by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière

2011

Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau

2010

Adem / Oxygène by Hans van Nuffel

2009

The over the hill band by Geoffrey Enthoven

2008

Trisomie 21 / Le défi Pérou by Lisette Marcotte

2007

Le bonheur d’Emma by Sven Taddicken

2006

Avril by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu and
Guide de la petite vengeance by Jean-François Pouliot

2005

Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion

2004

Villa paranoia by Erik Clausen

2003

Effroyables jardins by Jean Becker

2002

La turbulence des fluides by Manon Briand

2000

Shower by Zang Yang

1999
Souvenirs intimes by Jean Beaudin
1998

La vie est belle by Roberto Benigni

1997

Marius et Jeannette by Robert Guédiguian

1996

Le huitième jour by Jaco van Dormael

1995

L’enfant d’eau by Robert Ménard

1994

Vivre by Zhang Yimou

1993

Les fiancés de la tour Eiffel by Gilles Blais

1992

Le jardin d’Anna by Alain Chartrand

1991

L’homme de rêve by Robert Ménard

1990

Princes in exile by Giles Walker

1989

Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand

1988

Salut Victor by Anne-Claire Poirier

1987

Un zoo la nuit by Jean-Claude Lauzon

1986

Bach et Bottine by André Melançon

1985

Rocking Silver by Erik Clausen

1984

La guerre des tuques by André Melançon

1983

Le goût de l’eau by Orlow Seunke

Prix CRAVE

This award, named Télébec until 2020 goes to the best short or medium length film, as determined by a regional jury on the basis of predefined criteria. The jury is appointed by the Festival’s organizing committee. The award comes with a $1,000 grant.

2023

Faire un enfant by Éric K. Boulianne

2022

Ma gueule by Thibaut Wohlfahrt and Grégory Carnoli

2021

Se battre encore by Arthur Lecouturier

2020

Comme une comète d’Ariane Louis-Seize

2019

Le défi by Mélissa Major – honorable mention to Brother for life – mémoires d’une saison by Martin Guérin

2018

Trois pages by Roger Gariépy

2017

Bagages by Paul Tom

2016

Stanley Vollant – de Compostelle à Kuujjuaq by Simon C. Vaillancourt – honorable mention to Chinatown by Guillaume Cyr

2015 

Père by Lotfi Achour – honorable mention to La nuit autour by Benjamin Travade

2014

Toutes des connes by François Jaros

2013

Penny Dreadful by Shane Atkinson

2012

Curfew by Shawn Christensen

2011

L’accordeur by Olivier Treiner

2010

Beast by Lars P. Arendt

2009

Léger problème by Hélène Florent

2008

Next Floor by Denis Villeneuve

2007

Salvador by Abdelatif Whidar

2006

Bawke by Hisham Zaman

2005

Un charter pour les étoiles by Philippe Levasseur

2004

7:35 de la mañana by Nacho Vigalondo

2003

Merci by Christine Rabette

2002

Tiro de gracia by Mario Mandujano and Jesus Ochoa

2001

Il parle avec les loups by Carlos Ferrand Zavala

2000

Echo by Frédéric Roullier-Gall

1999

Kuproquo by Jean-François Rivard

1998
1997

Ernst Og Lyset/Ernie et la lumière by Anders Thomas Jensen and Tomas Villum Jensen

1996

Thirty-five aside by Damien O’Donnell

1995

Yoidore Jirohachi by Tsukuru Imanishi

1994

Soyez naturelle by Harald Zwart

1993

Ménage by Pierre Salvadori

1992

L’année qui change la vie by Suzanne Guy

1991

67 bis, boulevard Lannes by Jean-Claude Labrecque

1990

Nuit d’Afrique by Catherine Martin

1989

L’humeur à l’humour by Nicole Giguère et Michèle Pérusse

1988

Sortie 234 by Michel Langlois

1987

L’homme qui plantait des arbres by Frédéric Bach

1986

Sonia by Paule Baillargeon

1985

Le film d’Ariane by Josée Beaudet

Prix animé TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue

The Prix Animé TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue is awarded by the public to the animated film of the most popular official competition of the public.

2023

PIG by Jorn Leeuwerink

2022

Canary by Pierre-Hugues Dallaire and Benoit Therriault

2021

Migrants by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak and Lucas Lermytte

2020
2019

Tangle by Malileh Gholamzade

2018

Animal Behaviour by Alison Snowden and David Fine

2017

Les As de la jungle by David Alaux

2016

Changeover by Mehdi Alibeygi

2015

Tigres à la queue leu leu by Benoit Chieux

2014
2013

Beerbug by Ander Mendia

2012

Ernest et Célestine by Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar

2011

At the opera de Juan Pablo Zaramella (honorable mention to à L’homme qui ne savait pas by Martin Tremblay and Berge Kasparian)

2010

Bob by Harry Fast and Jacob Frey

2009

The Happy Duckling by Gili Dolev

2008

Mia et le Migou by Jacques-Rémy Girerd

2007

Lapsus by Juan Pablo Zaramella

2006

Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot

2005
2004

Pantoffelhelden by Suzanne Seidel

2003

Oïo by Simon Goulet

2002

Trim time by Gil Alkabetz

2001

The shark and the piano by Gabriele Pennacchioli

2000

Média by Pavel Koutsky

1999

Kirikou et la sorcière by Michel Ocelot

1997

Kot V Sapoghak/Le chat botté by Garry Bardine

1996

A close shave by Nick Park

1995

Pat & Mat – Kulecnik by Lubomir Benes

1994

L’anniversaire de Bob by Alison Snowden and David Fine

1993

The wrong trousers by Nick Park

1992

Adam by Peter Lord

1991

Luxo Jr in “Light & Heavy” and “Surprise” by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton

1990

Eternity by Sheryl Sardina

1989

Juke-bar by Martin Barry

1988

The cat came back by Cordell Barker

PRix Médiafilm Robert-Claude-Bérubé

This award, named Communication and Society until 2018, goes to a feature film that stands out for its artistic and cinematographic merits, but also for its contribution to human advancement and recognition of ethical, social and spiritual values.

2023

Soleils Atikamekw by Chloé Leriche

2022

Boy from heaven by Tarik Saleh

2021

France by Bruno Dumont

2020

Los lobos by Samuel Kishi Leopo

2019

Papicha by Mounia Meddour –  honorable mention to Les Misérables by Ladj Ly

2018

Happy Face by Alexandre Franchi

2017
2016

Tuktuq by Robin Aubert

2015

Hôtel La Louisiane by Michel La Veaux

2014

Geronimo by Tony Gatlif

2013

Offline by Peter Monsaert

2012

Tout ce que tu possèdes by Bernard Émond

2011

Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau (honorable mention to Une bouteille dans la mer by Gaza de Thierry Binisti)

2010

Des Hommes et des dieux by Xavier Beauvois

2009

La Donation by Bernard Émond

2008

Trisomie 21 / Le défi Pérou by Lisette Marcotte (honorable mention to Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes by Robert Morin)

2007

Michou d’Auber by Thomas Gilou and Messaoud Hattou

2006

Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot

2005

Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion

PRIX DE LA RELÈVE DESJARDINS

This grant, in the amount of $500, is given by a jury to the best short film directed by a student from the Cégep de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue.

2023

Quitter le Jardin by Matis Anger and Alec Gendron and Psyché by Léonie Beusquart

2022

Toxique by Anahée Brousseau (Prix collégial) and A Lost Child by Max Spiegle (Prix universitaire)

2021

En 8 temps by Magali Ouimet (Prix collégial) and La livraison by Maxim-Olivier Lavallée (Prix universitaire)

2020

L’apocalypse confortable by Antoine Girard (Prix collégial) Drought by Mia Salera and Félix Caouette (Prix universitaire)

2019

Crise de Calme by Camille Corbeil, Mélodie Charbonneau-Demers and Ariane Lafrenière (Prix collégial) M. Richard by Didier Belzile and Roxanne St-Arneault (Prix universitaire)

2018

Je déteste ma vie by Adam Moreau, Simon Roberge and Shany Lanoix (Prix collégial) Réflexion by Cyprien Jeancolas (Prix universitaire)

2017

Mélisse Citronnelle by Alex Alisich (prix collégial) and Fidèle by Sophie Chaffaut and Jan Declerck (prix universitaire)

2016

Octobre by Alison Fortin, Samy Girard and Vicky Lavoie

2015

Vie et mort d’un objet usuel by Simon Descôteaux, Valentin Foch, Martin Laroche and Gabriel Tardif

2014

Contribution volontaire by Hélène Théberge

2013

Pour l’amour de la boxe  by Marion Gasqui and Antoine Hache

2012

Lutherie sauvage by Andréane Boulanger and Jean-François Perron

2011

Robin dans la lune by Martine Gauthier-Vallières, Christina Huard and Annie Roussel

2010

Keep on trucking by Rémi Adam-Richer and Alex Beauchemin

2009

Chlorophylle by Valérie Gauron, Marika Jacob, Simon Lapierre, Qin Wang, Yun Wang, Yi Yang and Xiao-Xu Xhu

2008

Un pick-up à Rouyn – Carnet de voyage de Liu Ben by Julien Pierre Arsenault, Marika Jacob, Maude Labrecque-Denis, Simon Lapierre, David Marcotte, Jérémie Monderie-Larouche, Férdérick Pelletier and Jean-Robert Simard

PRIX JEUNESSE FONDERIE HORNE

La Fonderie Horne is partnering with the Festival to create a film award in the André-Melançon Youth Category.

2023

Le temps des orages by Gabrielle Gingras

2022

Kayak by Solène Bosseboeuf

2021

Migrants by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak and Lucas Lermytte

Prix Télé-Québec –
volet espace court

The Prix Télé-Québec presented within the framework of Espace Court is awarded by the audience to the best Québécois film, and comes with a $1,000 grant.

2023

À mort le bikini! by Justine Gauthier

2022

Le temple by Alain Fournier

2021

Opération Carcajou by Nicolas Kried

2020

Found me by David Findlay

2019

Le Pigeon by William Mazzoleni

2018

Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous by Mélanie Charbonneau

2017

Garage de soir by Daniel Daigle

2016

Une formalité by Pierre-Marc Drouin and Simon Lamarre-Ledoux

2015

Un roadtrip à l’envers by Pierre-Étienne Bordeleau

2014

Petit frère by Rémi St-Michel

2013

Mémorable moi by Jean-François Asselin

2012

La faim by François Charette

2011

Life and Death of Yul Brynner by Jean-Marc E. Roy and Philippe David Gagné

2010

La Guérison de Louis-Thomas Pelletier

2009

Danse macabre by Pedro Pires

2008

Chronos by Kristian Manchester

2007

Le petit terrorisme by Pierre-Mathieu Fortin

2006

Terreur au 3918 by Mathieu Fontaine

2005

Radio by Patrick Boivin

PRIX SPIRA – VOLET ESPACE COURT

The Spira Prize is awarded by a professional jury to the best Quebec short-space film. This prize is worth $ 10,000 in filming equipment / post-production room for a next work.

2022

Municipal Relaxation Module by Matthew Rankin

2021

Les Grandes Claques by Annie St-Pierre

2020

Regret de Santiago Menghini

2019

Je finirai en prisonby Alexandre Dostie – honorable mention to Goodbye Golovin by Mathieu Grimard

2023

A kind of testament by Stephen Vuillemin

2023

Maisonneuve by Jean-Martin Gagnon and Symphonie pathétique by Alec Pronovost

2022

Complètement Lycée by Alec Pronovost and Caresses magiques by Lori Malépart-Traversy

2021

Meilleur avant by Laura Bergeron and Maxime Robin

Je voudrais qu’on m’efface by Éric Piccoli

Prix unis tv

Unis TV joins hands with the Festival in an effort to present a new award at l’Espace court. The Unis TV award will be given to an upcoming filmmaker that had shown a project that sets itself apart from the others at Espace Court. This award will allow to bring light on upcoming quebecers artists and motivate the cinematographic succession. This award given by the Espace Court jury will be followed by 1000$ reward.

2023

L’été des chaleurs by Marie-Pier Dupuis

2022

Nuit blonde by Gabrielle Demers