The 18th Quebec Cinema Awards ceremony ( fr , Gala du cinéma québécois 2016) were held on March 20, 2016 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2015."La Passion d'Augustine and Corbo lead the Jutra film nominations"
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'', January 26, 2016. The ceremony was the first to be held since

Québec Cinéma Québec Cinéma is a Canadian organization based in Quebec, whose mission is to promote and develop the Cinema of Quebec. The organization's programs include the Prix Iris, the annual film awards for Quebec films; the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, ...

dropped the "Jutra Awards" name from its awards program, following the publication in February 2016 of allegations that namesake director

Claude Jutra Claude Jutra (; March 11, 1930 – November 5, 1986) was a Canadian actor, film director, and screenwriter.

had been a pedophile. The organization established a committee to determine a new permanent name for the awards, which announced the new

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. The new trophy was created by Montreal's

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; it is made of solid maple, painted white, with gold and acrylic leaves. With only three weeks to design and produce the new statue following the renaming of the award, it would not have been possible to cast the trophies out of bronze. ''

The Passion of Augustine ''The Passion of Augustine'' (french: La passion d'Augustine) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by Léa Pool and released in 2015. The film's cast also includes Anne-Élisabeth Bossé, Gilbert Sicotte, Marie Tifo, Danielle Fichaud, ...

'' won in six categories including

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and Best Director (

Léa Pool Léa Pool C.M. (born 8 September 1950) is a Swiss-Canadian filmmaker who taught film at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She has directed several documentaries and feature films, many of which have won significant awards including the ...

). Other multiple winners were '' My Internship in Canada'' with three, and ''

Felix and Meira ''Felix and Meira'' (french: Félix et Meira) is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Maxime Giroux, and starring Martin Dubreuil, Hadas Yaron, and Luzer Twersky. It is about an improbable affair between two Montreal residents - one a marri ...

'', ''

Snowtime! ''Snowtime!'' (french: La Guerre des tuques 3D), also released as ''La Bataille géante de boules de neige'' in France and ''Cleo'' in the United Kingdom, is a 2015 Canadian computer-animated comedy-drama film from Quebec.

'', and ''

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'', with two each.

Winners and nominees

References

External links

* {{Quebec Cinema Awards 2016 in Quebec

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18 2015 in Canadian cinema