Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film

The Prix Iris for Best Animated Short Film (Prix Iris du meilleur film d'animation) is an annual film award presented by Québec Cinéma as part of its Prix Iris program, to honour the year's best animated short film made within the cinema of Quebec.

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Marc Bertrand received the most nominations, eleven, and won three awards. Bertrand became only the second person to receive four nominations in the same category in 2017. Patrick Bouchard received the most awards, four, from five nominations.

Seven short films nominated for this award were also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: The Old Man and the Sea, My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts, When the Day Breaks, Nibbles, Madame Tutli-Putli, Sunday (Dimanche) and Blind Vaysha (Vaysha l'aveugle).

Despite not having their own category at the Prix Iris, nine full length animated features were nominated and won awards:


 * At the 16th Jutra Awards, The Legend of Sarila (La légende de Sarila) was nominated for two awards: Best Original Music and Best Sound. It became the first animated film to receive any nominations in the history of the awards.
 * At the 18th Quebec Cinema Awards, Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D) was nominated for two awards: Best Art Direction and Best Sound. It won the latter and the Billet d'or, becoming the first animated film to win an award.
 * At the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards, Ballerina was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize.
 * At the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards, Racetime (La course des tuques) was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize.
 * At the 22nd Quebec Cinema Awards, Ville Neuve was nominated for Best Sound.
 * At the 23rd Quebec Cinema Awards, Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa (Félix et le trésor de Morgäa) was nominated for Best First Film. At the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards, it received an additional nomination for Most Successful Film Outside Quebec.
 * At the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards, Archipelago (Archipel) was nominated for four awards: Best Documentary, Best Editing in a Documentary, Best Sound in a Documentary and Best Original Music in a Documentary, winning the latter.
 * At the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards, Katak: The Brave Beluga (Katak, le brave Béluga) was nominated for two awards: Most Successful Film Outside Quebec and the Public Prize.
 * Also at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards, Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (Dounia et la princesse d'Alep) was nominated Most Successful Film Outside Quebec. This marked the first time that two full length animated features were nominated in the same category.