Prix Iris for Best First Film

The Prix Iris for Best First Film (French: Prix Iris du meilleur premier film) is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best debut film made within the Cinema of Quebec.

The award was presented for the first time at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards as a special award to the director and producers. Starting at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, the category became competitive, with the award being given to the directors and sometime screenwriters of the nominated films.

Many films nominated for this award also received notable nominations in other categories:

• For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) received twelve nominations, including Best Film and Best Director, and won two additional awards: Best Actor for Martin Dubreuil and Best Screenplay.
• The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) received seven other nominations, including the Public Prize.
• Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) received a nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec at the 2022 ceremony.
• Without Havana (Sin la Habana) received six additional nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.
• Beans received ten additional nominations, including Best Film and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
• Bootlegger received seven additional nominations, winning Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
• Falcon Lake received five additional nominations, winning Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
• Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) received three additional nominations, including Best Film.
• My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) received two additional nominations, winning the Public Prize.
• Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) received twenty-one additional nominations, including Best Film.
• Richelieu received nine additional nominations, including Best Film.

2010s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards
	For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas)	Yan Giroux, Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw	[1]

2020s

Year	Film	Filmmakers	Ref
2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable)	Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault	[2]
	Mad Dog Labine	Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard	[3]
	The Twentieth Century	Matthew Rankin
2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards
	Vacarme	Neegan Trudel, Jonathan Lemire	[4]
	Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa)	Nicola Lemay	[5]
	The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin)	Patrice Laliberté, Charles Dionne, Nicolas Krief
2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Without Havana (Sin la Habana)	Kaveh Nabatian	[6]
	Beans	Tracey Deer, Meredith Vuchnich	[7]
	Bootlegger	Caroline Monnet, Daniel Watchorn
2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Falcon Lake	Charlotte Le Bon	[8]
	Farador	Édouard Albernhe Tremblay	[9]
	My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère)	Anik Jean
	Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui)	Geneviève Albert
	Rodeo (Rodéo)	Joëlle Desjardins Paquette
2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards
	Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant)	Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon	[10]
	Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse)	Annick Blanc	[11]
	Kanaval	Henri Pardo
	Richelieu	Pier-Philippe Chevigny
	When Adam Changes (Adam change lentement)	Joël Vaudreuil

See also

• John Dunning Best First Feature Award
• Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film

References

1. Yan Lauzon, "«1991» sacré meilleur film au Gala Québec Cinéma", Le Journal de Montréal, June 2, 2019.
2. "Le film Antigone, grand gagnant du Gala Québec Cinéma avec six prix" (in French). Radio-Canada. June 10, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
3. Maxime Demers, "Prix Iris: les réalisatrices à l’honneur". Le Journal de Montréal, April 23, 2020.
4. "La déesse des mouches à feu triomphe au Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, June 6, 2021.
5. Charles-Henri Ramond, "La déesse des mouches à feu en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, April 26, 2021.
6. François Lévesque, "Hélène Florent aux oiseaux au Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, June 5, 2022.
7. Charles-Henri Ramond, "Finalistes aux Prix Iris 2022". Films du Québec, April 14, 2022.
8. Maxime Demers, "Le film «Viking», de Stéphane Lafleur, grand gagnant du 25e Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Journal de Montréal, December 10, 2023.
9. Maxime Demers, "Gala Québec Cinéma: le film «Viking» en tête des nominations". Le Journal de Montréal, November 14, 2023.
10. "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024.
11. "Vampire humaniste domine le Gala Québec Cinéma avec 22 nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, October 8, 2024.