25th Quebec Cinema Awards

The 25th Quebec Cinema Awards were held on December 10, 2023, to honour achievements in the Cinema of Quebec in 2022 and 2023.[1] The ceremony was broadcast by Noovo, and hosted by Jay Du Temple.[2]

The awards were delayed from their traditional June scheduling after Ici Radio-Canada Télé, which had been the ceremony's broadcaster since 2003, announced in fall 2022 that due to declining ratings in recent years, it would not televise the 2023 awards, and was instead planning alternative ways to highlight Quebec film in its programming.[3]

In February 2023, Québec Cinéma indicated that it was in negotiations with other broadcasters to carry the 2023 awards.[4] In May 2023, by which time the nominees would ordinarily have been announced, the organization confirmed only that the ceremony would not take place in its usual June scheduling.[5] The broadcast deal with Noovo, and the awards' scheduling in December, were announced in July.[1]

Due to the scheduling change, the awards covered a longer qualifying period than usual, with films eligible for submission if they were released between March 6, 2022, and August 31, 2023.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Noovo sera le nouveau diffuseur du Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, July 5, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Jay Du Temple à l’animation du prochain Gala Québec Cinéma". Le Devoir, August 7, 2023.
  3. ^ Hugo Dumas, "Qui pleurera la mort du gala du cinéma ?". La Presse, November 1, 2022.
  4. ^ Maxime Demers, "Le Gala Québec Cinéma «n’est pas mort»". Le Journal de Montréal, February 6, 2023.
  5. ^ Marc Cassivi, "Mieux que rien". La Presse, May 31, 2023.