[4] The first winner was announced in spring 2018, with director and screenwriter André Forcier honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry.
[5] Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga, terre des âmes) lead the ceremony with ten nominations and received the most awards with five, including Best Supporting Actor for Emmanuel Schwartz.
Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration) also received ten nominations and won Best Actor for Christian Bégin.
Aubert also directed another Best Film nominee, Tuktuq, which received three nominations.
Cross My Heart (Les rois mongols) and Family First (Chien de garde) each received eight nominations, with the former winning two awards, including Best Screenplay, while the latter won three awards, including two acting awards, and was the first to win both Best Actress for Maude Guérin and Revelation of the Year for Théodore Pellerin.