When the awards program was relaunched as the Prix Iris, the Billet d'or was relaunched as the Prix Public, which now sees the five top-grossing films of the year submitted to a public vote to award the film that was most liked by audiences.
Ten days after the initial announcement, the organization also decided to add all of the eligible documentary films to the vote as well, bringing the total number of eligible films for the award to 29.
[2] After a first round of voting, the nominees were reduced to five, including two documentaries: Call Me Human and eventual winner The Rose Family.
In December 2023, following the death of influential Quebec actor Michel Côté, Québec Cinéma announced the award's renaming in his memory.
[3] Côté had starred in six "Billet d'or" winning films: Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour), C.R.A.Z.Y., Cruising Bar 2, Father and Guns (De père en flic), Piché: The Landing of a Man (Piché, entre ciel et terre) and Omertà.