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]
Year | Film | Directors and producers |
---|---|---|
1999 1st Jutra Awards |
Les Boys | Louis Saia, Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell |
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 |
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]
Year | Film | Directors and producers |
---|---|---|
1999 1st Jutra Awards |
Les Boys | Louis Saia, Richard Goudreau, Jeffrey Tinnell |
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 |