The Iris Tribute Award () is an annual award presented by

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, as part of its

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program, as a

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for distinguished accomplishments in the

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'', April 5, 2010. Until 2016, it was known as the Jutra Hommage, presented as part of the Jutra Awards. It was renamed from Jutra to Iris, alongside the entire Prix Iris program, when Québec Cinéma stripped the name of film director

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from its awards program in 2016. The

name was announced in October 2016.

Recipients

References

{{Quebec Cinema Awards Awards established in 1999

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