Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film
The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film made by a first-time director.
As of 2017, the award is sponsored by the City of Toronto and thus known as the "City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film".[1]
Winners
- 1997 - Cube, Vincenzo Natali
- 1998 - Last Night, Don McKellar †
- 1999 - Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation, Catherine Annau
- 2000 - The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo), Philippe Falardeau †
- 2001 - Inertia, Sean Garrity
- 2002 - Marion Bridge, Wiebke von Carolsfeld
- 2003 - Love, Sex and Eating the Bones, Sudz Sutherland
- 2004 - White Skin (La Peau blanche), Daniel Roby †
- 2005 - The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico, Michael Mabbott
- 2006 - On the Trail of Igor Rizzi (Sur la trace d'Igor Rizzi), Noël Mitrani
- 2007 - Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), Stéphane Lafleur
- 2008 - Before Tomorrow (Le Jour avant le lendemain), Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu
- 2009 - The Wild Hunt, Alexandre Franchi
- 2010 - The High Cost of Living, Deborah Chow
- 2011 - Edwin Boyd: Citizen Gangster, Nathan Morlando
- 2012 - Antiviral, Brandon Cronenberg and Blackbird, Jason Buxton[2]
- 2013 - Asphalt Watches, Shayne Ehman and Seth Scriver[3]
- 2014 - Bang Bang Baby, Jeffrey St. Jules[4] †
- 2015 - Sleeping Giant, Andrew Cividino[5]
- 2016 - Old Stone, Johnny Ma[6] †
- 2017 - Luk'Luk'I, Wayne Wapeemukwa[7]
- 2018 - Roads in February (Les routes en février), Katherine Jerkovic[8]
† denotes a film which also won the Best First Feature award at the Genie Awards or the Canadian Screen Awards.
References
- ↑ "TIFF Canadian Slate Offers Peek into Country's Cinematic Future with Bold Feature Debuts Alongside New Works from Festival Vets" (PDF) (Press release). Toronto International Film Festival Inc. 9 August 2017. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ "Chester filmmaker wins TIFF award for Blackbird". The Chronicle Herald, September 17, 2012.
- ↑ "TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest’s top prize". Toronto Star, 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "‘The Imitation Game’ Wins Toronto Audience Award". The Wrap, September 14, 2014.
- ↑ "‘Room’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". Variety, September 20, 2015.
- ↑ "TIFF People's Choice Award cements La La Land's place in Oscar race". Entertainment Weekly, September 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Toronto: 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' Captures Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2017.
- ↑ "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily, September 16, 2018.
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