Sunday, September 19, 2010

TIFF 2010 Award Winners

The festival announced its award winners for 2010:

  • The Cadillac People's Choice Award, voted on by the public based on ballots submitted after screenings, went to The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. The runner-up was The First Grader, a movie I saw earlier in the week, based on the real-life story of a Kenyan who enrolled in primary school at the age of 84 when the government announced free education for all its citizens.
  • The Cadillac People's Choice Midnight Madness Award, voted on by the public for the best film in the Midnight Madness programme, went to Stake Land, with Fubar II the runner-up.
  • The Cadillac People's Choice Documentary Award, voted on by the public for the best documentary, went to Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie, which I reviewed earlier in the festival. The runner-up was Nostalga for the Light.
  • The FIPRESCI Prize for the Discovery programme went to Shawn Ku's Beautiful Boy. This award is voted on by a panel of international critics from the International Federation of Film Critics.
  • The FIPRESCI Prize for the Special Presenations programme went to Pierre Thoretton's L'Amour Fou.
  • The award for Best Canadian Short Film went to Vincent Biron's Les Fleurs de l'age.
  • The SKYY Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film went to Deborah Chow's debut, The High Cost of Living (starring Zach Braff).
  • The City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian Feature Film went to Denis Villeneuve's Incendies.

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