[2] The ceremony was dominated by Denis Villeneuve's Incendies which received eleven nominations in ten categories.
It swept the awards by winning nine trophies, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress for Lubna Azabal.
The only award it lost was Most Successful Film Outside Quebec, which was won by Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (Les amours imaginaires).
Barney's Version was the only other film to take home multiple awards, winning Best Makeup and Best Hair.
Daniel Grou directed two films that received multiple nominations: 7 Days (Les sept jours du talion) was nominated for six awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Martin Dubreuil, while 10½ received four nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor for Claude Legault who eventually won the award.