# Prix Iris for Best First Film

The Prix Iris for Best First Film (French: Prix Iris du meilleur premier film) is an annual film award, presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris awards program, to honour the year's best debut film made within the Cinema of Quebec.
The award was presented for the first time at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards as a special award to the director and producers. Starting at the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards in 2020, the category became competitive, with the award being given to the directors and sometime screenwriters of the nominated films.
Many films nominated for this award also received notable nominations in other categories:
* For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) received twelve nominations, including Best Film and Best Director, and won two additional awards: Best Actor for Martin Dubreuil and Best Screenplay.
* The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) received seven other nominations, including the Public Prize.
* Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) received a nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec at the 2022 ceremony.
* Without Havana (Sin la Habana) received six additional nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.
* Beans received ten additional nominations, including Best Film and Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
* Bootlegger received seven additional nominations, winning Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
* Falcon Lake received five additional nominations, winning Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
* Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) received three additional nominations, including Best Film.
* My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) received two additional nominations, winning the Public Prize.
* Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) received twenty-one additional nominations, including Best Film.
* Richelieu received nine additional nominations, including Best Film.

## 2010s

| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2019 21st Quebec Cinema Awards | For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) | Yan Giroux, Luc Déry, Élaine Hébert, Kim McCraw | |

## 2020s

| Year | Film | Filmmakers |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Sympathy for the Devil (Sympathie pour le diable) | Guillaume de Fontenay, Guillaume Vigneault |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | Mad Dog Labine | Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr, Renaud Lessard |
| 2020 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards | The Twentieth Century | Matthew Rankin |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Vacarme | Neegan Trudel, Jonathan Lemire |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) | Nicola Lemay |
| 2021 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards | The Decline (Jusqu'au déclin) | Patrice Laliberté, Charles Dionne, Nicolas Krief |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Without Havana (Sin la Habana) | Kaveh Nabatian |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Beans | Tracey Deer, Meredith Vuchnich |
| 2022 24th Quebec Cinema Awards | Bootlegger | Caroline Monnet, Daniel Watchorn |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Falcon Lake | Charlotte Le Bon |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Farador | Édouard Albernhe Tremblay |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | My Mother's Men (Les hommes de ma mère) | Anik Jean |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Noemie Says Yes (Noémie dit oui) | Geneviève Albert |
| 2023 25th Quebec Cinema Awards | Rodeo (Rodéo) | Joëlle Desjardins Paquette |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant) | Ariane Louis-Seize, Christine Doyon |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Hunting Daze (Jour de chasse) | Annick Blanc |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Kanaval | Henri Pardo |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | Richelieu | Pier-Philippe Chevigny |
| 2024 26th Quebec Cinema Awards | When Adam Changes (Adam change lentement) | Joël Vaudreuil |