Each year, the Festival grants nine awards in the following categories:
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.
Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles by Lyne Charlebois
Tu te souviendras de moi by Éric Tessier
El olvido que seremos by Fernando Trueba
La odisea de los Giles by Sebastián Borensztein
Les Chiens-Loups by Dominic Leclerc
Woman at war by Benedikt Erlingsson
Un profil pour deux by Stéphane Robelin
Maudie by Aisling Walsh
Brooklyn by John Crowley
Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
Tot altijd – Time of My Life by Nic Balthazar
Le prénom by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière
Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau
Adem / Oxygène by Hans van Nuffel
The over the hill band by Geoffrey Enthoven
Trisomie 21 / Le défi Pérou by Lisette Marcotte
Le bonheur d’Emma by Sven Taddicken
Avril by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu and
Guide de la petite vengeance by Jean-François Pouliot
Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion
Villa paranoia by Erik Clausen
Effroyables jardins by Jean Becker
La turbulence des fluides by Manon Briand
Italiensk for begyndere / Italien pour débutants by Lone Scherfig
Shower by Zang Yang
La vie est belle by Roberto Benigni
Marius et Jeannette by Robert Guédiguian
Le huitième jour by Jaco van Dormael
L’enfant d’eau by Robert Ménard
Vivre by Zhang Yimou
Les fiancés de la tour Eiffel by Gilles Blais
Le jardin d’Anna by Alain Chartrand
L’homme de rêve by Robert Ménard
Princes in exile by Giles Walker
Jésus de Montréal by Denys Arcand
Salut Victor by Anne-Claire Poirier
Un zoo la nuit by Jean-Claude Lauzon
Bach et Bottine by André Melançon
Rocking Silver by Erik Clausen
La guerre des tuques by André Melançon
Le goût de l’eau by Orlow Seunke
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.
Faire un enfant by Éric K. Boulianne
Ma gueule by Thibaut Wohlfahrt and Grégory Carnoli
Se battre encore by Arthur Lecouturier
Comme une comète d’Ariane Louis-Seize
Le défi by Mélissa Major – honorable mention to Brothers for life – mémoires d’une saison by Martin Guérin
Trois pages by Roger Gariépy
Bagages by Paul Tom
Stanley Vollant – de Compostelle à Kuujjuaq by Simon C. Vaillancourt – honorable mention to Chinatown by Guillaume Cyr
Toutes des connes by François Jaros
Curfew by Shawn Christensen
L’accordeur by Olivier Treiner
Beast by Lars P. Arendt
Léger problème by Hélène Florent
Salvador by Abdelatif Whidar
Bawke by Hisham Zaman
Un charter pour les étoiles by Philippe Levasseur
7:35 de la mañana by Nacho Vigalondo
Merci by Christine Rabette
Tiro de gracia by Mario Mandujano and Jesus Ochoa
Il parle avec les loups by Carlos Ferrand Zavala
Echo by Frédéric Roullier-Gall
Kuproquo by Jean-François Rivard
No Problem/Pas de problèmes by Eva Colmers
Ernst Og Lyset/Ernie et la lumière by Anders Thomas Jensen and Tomas Villum Jensen
Thirty-five aside by Damien O’Donnell
Yoidore Jirohachi by Tsukuru Imanishi
Soyez naturelle by Harald Zwart
Ménage by Pierre Salvadori
L’année qui change la vie by Suzanne Guy
67 bis, boulevard Lannes by Jean-Claude Labrecque
Nuit d’Afrique by Catherine Martin
L’humeur à l’humour by Nicole Giguère et Michèle Pérusse
Sortie 234 by Michel Langlois
L’homme qui plantait des arbres by Frédéric Bach
Sonia by Paule Baillargeon
Le film d’Ariane by Josée Beaudet
The Prix Animé TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue is awarded by the public to the animated film of the most popular official competition of the public.
PIG by Jorn Leeuwerink
Canary by Pierre-Hugues Dallaire and Benoit Therriault
Migrants by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak and Lucas Lermytte
Athleticus : Une patinoire pour deux by Nicolas Deveaux
Tangle by Malileh Gholamzade
Animal Behaviour by Alison Snowden and David Fine
Les As de la jungle by David Alaux
Changeover by Mehdi Alibeygi
Tigres à la queue leu leu by Benoit Chieux
Histoire de bus by Tali
Beerbug by Ander Mendia
Ernest et Célestine by Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar
At the opera de Juan Pablo Zaramella (honorable mention to à L’homme qui ne savait pas by Martin Tremblay and Berge Kasparian)
Bob by Harry Fast and Jacob Frey
The Happy Duckling by Gili Dolev
Mia et le Migou by Jacques-Rémy Girerd
Lapsus by Juan Pablo Zaramella
Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot
Wallace et Gromit : Le mystère du lapin-garou by Steve Box et Nick Park
Pantoffelhelden by Suzanne Seidel
Oïo by Simon Goulet
Trim time by Gil Alkabetz
The shark and the piano by Gabriele Pennacchioli
Média by Pavel Koutsky
Kirikou et la sorcière by Michel Ocelot
Ludovic : une poupée dans la neige by Co Hoedeman
Kot V Sapoghak/Le chat botté by Garry Bardine
A close shave by Nick Park
Pat & Mat – Kulecnik by Lubomir Benes
L’anniversaire de Bob by Alison Snowden and David Fine
The wrong trousers by Nick Park
Adam by Peter Lord
Luxo Jr in “Light & Heavy” and “Surprise” by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton
Eternity by Sheryl Sardina
Juke-bar by Martin Barry
The cat came back by Cordell Barker
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.
Soleils Atikamekw by Chloé Leriche
Boy from heaven by Tarik Saleh
France by Bruno Dumont
Los lobos by Samuel Kishi Leopo
Papicha by Mounia Meddour – honorable mention to Les Misérables by Ladj Ly
Happy Face by Alexandre Franchi
Burn out ou la servitude volontaire by Michel Jetté
Tuktuq by Robin Aubert
Hôtel La Louisiane by Michel La Veaux
Geronimo by Tony Gatlif
Offline by Peter Monsaert
Tout ce que tu possèdes by Bernard Émond
Monsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau (honorable mention to Une bouteille dans la mer by Gaza de Thierry Binisti)
Des Hommes et des dieux by Xavier Beauvois
La Donation by Bernard Émond
Trisomie 21 / Le défi Pérou by Lisette Marcotte (honorable mention to Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes by Robert Morin)
Michou d’Auber by Thomas Gilou and Messaoud Hattou
Azur et Asmar by Michel Ocelot
Joyeux Noël by Christian Carion
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.
Quitter le Jardin by Matis Anger and Alec Gendron and Psyché by Léonie Beusquart
Toxique by Anahée Brousseau (Prix collégial) and A Lost Child by Max Spiegle (Prix universitaire)
En 8 temps by Magali Ouimet (Prix collégial) and La livraison by Maxim-Olivier Lavallée (Prix universitaire)
L’apocalypse confortable by Antoine Girard (Prix collégial) Drought by Mia Salera and Félix Caouette (Prix universitaire)
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)
Je déteste ma vie by Adam Moreau, Simon Roberge and Shany Lanoix (Prix collégial) Réflexion by Cyprien Jeancolas (Prix universitaire)
Mélisse Citronnelle by Alex Alisich (prix collégial) and Fidèle by Sophie Chaffaut and Jan Declerck (prix universitaire)
Octobre by Alison Fortin, Samy Girard and Vicky Lavoie
Vie et mort d’un objet usuel by Simon Descôteaux, Valentin Foch, Martin Laroche and Gabriel Tardif
Contribution volontaire by Hélène Théberge
Pour l’amour de la boxe by Marion Gasqui and Antoine Hache
Lutherie sauvage by Andréane Boulanger and Jean-François Perron
Robin dans la lune by Martine Gauthier-Vallières, Christina Huard and Annie Roussel
Keep on trucking by Rémi Adam-Richer and Alex Beauchemin
Chlorophylle by Valérie Gauron, Marika Jacob, Simon Lapierre, Qin Wang, Yun Wang, Yi Yang and Xiao-Xu Xhu
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
La Fonderie Horne is partnering with the Festival to create a film award in the André-Melançon Youth Category.
Le temps des orages by Gabrielle Gingras
Kayak by Solène Bosseboeuf
Migrants by Hugo Caby, Zoé Devise, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak and Lucas Lermytte
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.
À mort le bikini! by Justine Gauthier
Le temple by Alain Fournier
Opération Carcajou by Nicolas Kried
Found me by David Findlay
Le Pigeon by William Mazzoleni
Lunar-Orbit Rendezvous by Mélanie Charbonneau
Garage de soir by Daniel Daigle
Une formalité by Pierre-Marc Drouin and Simon Lamarre-Ledoux
Un roadtrip à l’envers by Pierre-Étienne Bordeleau
Petit frère by Rémi St-Michel
Mémorable moi by Jean-François Asselin
La faim by François Charette
Life and Death of Yul Brynner by Jean-Marc E. Roy and Philippe David Gagné
La Guérison de Louis-Thomas Pelletier
Danse macabre by Pedro Pires
Chronos by Kristian Manchester
Le petit terrorisme by Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
Terreur au 3918 by Mathieu Fontaine
Radio by Patrick Boivin
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.
Municipal Relaxation Module by Matthew Rankin
Les Grandes Claques by Annie St-Pierre
Regret de Santiago Menghini
Je finirai en prison by Alexandre Dostie – honorable mention to Goodbye Golovin by Mathieu Grimard
A kind of testament by Stephen Vuillemin
Maisonneuve by Jean-Martin Gagnon and Symphonie pathétique by Alec Pronovost
Complètement Lycée by Alec Pronovost and Caresses magiques by Lori Malépart-Traversy
Meilleur avant by Laura Bergeron and Maxime Robin
Je voudrais qu’on m’efface by Éric Piccoli
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.
L’été des chaleurs by Marie-Pier Dupuis
Nuit blonde by Gabrielle Demers
A true celebration of cinema and all its forms of expression, the Festival welcomes over 100 productions from some 30 countries, including short, medium and full-length features, documentaries, animated films, and fiction films. The Festival puts on quite a show, year after year!
