[2] Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes), a biopic about Dédé Fortin, lead the ceremony with ten nominations.
Denis Villeneuve's Polytechnique won the most awards of the night with five, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Maxim Gaudette, but lost Best Film to Xavier Dolan's I Killed My Mother (J'ai tué ma mère) who took home four awards, including Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Anne Dorval.
1981 won two awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Sandrine Bisson.
The Master Key (Grande Ourse: la clé des possibles) received nine nominations, but ended up winning none.
It tied the record set by Babine for most nominations without one for Best Film.