The 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards were presented on 10 June 2020,[1] to recognize talent and achievement in the cinema of Quebec. The planned 7 June ceremony was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but nominees were announced 23 April.[2]Abenaki documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin was also selected as the recipient of the Iris Tribute at the unanimous recommendation of Québec Cinéma's Comité de représentation professionnelle.[3]
And the Birds Rained Down (Il pleuvait des oiseaux) received thirteen nominations, the most of the ceremony, and became the fifth film to receive a nomination in all four acting categories (not including Revelation of the Year). It won three awards, including two acting awards: Andrée Lachapelle posthumously won Best Actress while Gilbert Sicotte became the fourth person to receive three acting award and the first actor to win Best Actor three times.
Robin Aubert became the sixth performer to receive two acting nominations during the same ceremony, for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, but he didn't win either award.
Although the awards were ordinated as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards at the time of presentation, due to their presentation as a livestream rather than a traditional award ceremony Québec Cinéma opted to also enumerate its 2021 ceremony as the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd; however, the awards in 2022 were numbered as the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards instead of the 23rd, indicating that the 2021 awards are now considered the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards.[5]
Wolfgang Beck, Mustafa Bölükbasi, Kerem Çakir, Huseyin Can Erol, Sonat Hançer, Eric Lebœuf, Bruno Pucella, Ibrahim Tarhan, Yener Yalçin and Tolga Yelekçi, Istanbul Echoes (Échos d'Istanbul)
