(Toronto) Semi-autobiographical film The Fablemans Steven Spielberg won the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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The success of this coming-of-age ode was announced during an awards breakfast at TIFF, which concluded ten days of film and festivities. Canadian films also did well at Sunday’s ceremony Riceboy sleeps The stage won the award.
Billed as the legendary director’s most personal project to date, The Fablemans Spielberg’s debut at TIFF.
“As I said on stage last night, I’m happy to be the first to bring this film to Toronto,” Spielberg said in a statement released at the awards ceremony. The warm welcome from everyone in Toronto made my first visit to TIFF very up close and personal for me and my entire “Fabelman” family. »
The People’s Choice Award, selected by online voting, is often considered an indicator of Oscar success.
Last year’s family drama Belfast By Kenneth Branagh, filmed in Northern Ireland, it won the prize.
In the vein of Belfast And Rome, The Fablemans A writer’s portrait of his own childhood and the family dynamics that shaped him.
There are also audience choice winners who have received the Best Picture Oscar in the past Nomadland, Green Book, 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech And From poverty to riches.
Women are talking Canadian Sarah Polley finished second. This adaptation of the novel by Miriam Toews focuses on an isolated religious community facing a recurring problem of sexual abuse.
third place by Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryProduced by Rian Johnson, the film follows its success at TIFF in 2019 and follows the adventures of detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig.
Vancouver writer-director Anthony Shim’s second feature film, Riceboy sleepsPlatform received the prize presented by an international jury chaired by Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema.
During the announcement of the $20,000 prize winner, Mme Rozema said Riceboy sleeps He stood out among many international applicants for his “deeply moving story” of navigating “distinctly Canadian racism.”
Set in the 1990s, the film explores the rifts between a new South Korean mother and her teenage son in Canada.
As he took the stage to accept the award, Shim broke down in tears as he thanked his mother and younger sister, who “always believed that I could do something like this even when I was at my lowest”.
black iceOscar-nominated Canadian director Hubert Davies’ documentary, which examines how anti-black racism shaped hockey, won the Audience Documentary Award.
The first feature film by Italian-Canadian filmmaker Louis de Filippis, You said something last night, won the Shawn Mendes Foundation’s Change Maker Prize, which comes with a $10,000 scholarship. This Canadian-Swiss drama follows a young transgender woman who stays with her family on vacation.
Amplify Voice Award for Best Canadian Feature Film worth $10,000 goes to documentary To kill a tiger By Toronto director Nisha Pahuja, it tells the story of an Indian farmer who fights for justice after his 13-year-old daughter is gang-raped. Vikingby Quebecer Stéphane Lafleur, won a Special Mention in the Best Canadian Film category.
