Awards
People's Choice Awards presented by Rogers
An Oscars bellwether with a rich history, TIFF’s People’s Choice Awards are marking their 49th year. Past winners include Chariots of Fire, The Princess Bride, Slumdog Millionaire, and most recently Chloé Zhao's Hamnet, for which Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress Academy Award. All feature films and series in TIFF’s Official Selection are eligible. The four audience-voted awards are the People’s Choice Award, the People’s Choice Documentary Award, the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award and the International People’s Choice Award. The winners of the People’s Choice Awards are announced on the last Sunday of the Festival (September 20, 2026).
Platform Prize
The Platform programme champions films with bold directorial vision and distinctive storytelling. The Platform Prize is a prize of $20,000 CAD given to the best film in the programme, selected by an in-person international jury. Starting in 2026, the winner of the Platform Prize (non-English language) will be eligible for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Pablo Trapero is a producer, director, and writer. Every one of his feature films has screened at TIFF since 1999, most recently & Sons (TIFF ’25). His debut feature, Crane World (Mundo grúa), won an International Critics’ Week award at Venice, where he received the Silver Lion for Best Director in 2015 for The Clan. Trapero has directed several high-profile television series, including Gordon (2026). Trapero was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France’s Ministry of Culture and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Amma Asante is an award-winning writer and director. With her debut feature, A Way of Life (TIFF ’04), she became the first Black director to win a BAFTA award for writing and directing a feature film. Her acclaimed films include Belle (TIFF ’13), A United Kingdom (TIFF ’16), and Where Hands Touch (TIFF ’18). Her television credits include Mrs. America, The Handmaid’s Tale, and Smilla’s Sense of Snow. Asante is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Sylvia Chang is a renowned actor, screenwriter, director, and producer whose career spans more than five decades and over 100 films. A multiple Hong Kong Film Award and Taipei Golden Horse Award winner, she received the Asian Film Awards’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. She is devoted to fostering emerging talent through filmmaking and mentorship initiatives.
Luc Déry founded the production company micro_scope in 2002. He has produced over 30 features, all selected by major international festivals and together earning more than 100 awards. Both Incendies (TIFF ’10) and Monsieur Lazhar (TIFF ’11) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Other notable features include Gabrielle (TIFF ’13), Tu Dors Nicole (TIFF ’14), My Salinger Year, Drunken Birds (TIFF ’21), Viking (TIFF ’22), Shepherds (TIFF ’24), and Lovely Day (TIFF ’25).
Albert Lee has served as Executive Director of the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society since 2018. With more than four decades of experience spanning film production, distribution, exhibition, and corporate management, he has played a significant role in Hong Kong cinema’s Golden Age, having held senior positions at Golden Harvest and Emperor Motion Pictures. Lee is a member of the China Film Association, the Asia Pacific Screen Academy, and the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Best Canadian Feature Film Award
The Best Canadian Feature Film Award honours the unique craft and storytelling in Canadian cinema. All Canadian feature films in Official Selection — excluding first or second features — are considered for the award. The winning filmmaker will receive a $10,000 CAD cash prize.
Hubert Davis is one of Canada’s leading documentary directors, known for work defined by emotional honesty, visual craft, and cultural depth. Davis’ impact has been widely recognized: he was named one of the Visionary Directors on ADWEEK’s 2022 Creative 100 list, and he was the first Black Canadian nominated for an Oscar in 2005.
Deepa Mehta is an Indo-Canadian Oscar-nominated filmmaker whose work is internationally renowned. Her emotionally resonant films include the Elemental Trilogy: Fire (TIFF ’96), Earth (TIFF ’98), and Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee Water (TIFF ’05); Midnight’s Children (TIFF ’12); Canadian Screen Award winner Funny Boy; and her most recent film, I Am Sirat, which premiered at TIFF ’23. Mehta is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Christina Rogers is Director of Original Film at Netflix, where she oversees a slate of Original Films that has become a mainstay of the service's romantic comedy and holiday programming. Over her decade at Netflix she also oversaw Independent Film Licensing. Prior to Netflix, Rogers was Head of Sales at Magnolia Pictures, and Head of Sales at the National Film Board of Canada.
Best Canadian Discovery Award
The Best Canadian Discovery Award celebrates works of emerging filmmakers who contribute to enriching the Canadian film landscape. All Canadian first or second feature films in Official Selection are eligible for this award. The winning filmmaker will receive a $10,000 CAD cash prize.
Zarrar Kahn is a Canadian-Pakistani writer, director, and producer whose debut film In Flames (TIFF ’23) was Pakistan’s entry for the 2024 Academy Awards, a New York Times Critic’s Pick, and premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Caméra d’Or. Based in Toronto, his sophomore film, Suffering Is Optional, is slated for a 2028 release.
Justine Pimlott is a Peabody Award–winning producer most recently honoured with the Rogers-Doc Luminary Award, recognizing her 30+ years of creative excellence and dedication to strengthening the industry. Pimlott has produced over 40 features and shorts, including the award-winning films Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (Canada’s Top Ten, TIFF ’24) and Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance (2025).
Sophy Romvari is a Canadian-Hungarian filmmaker based in Toronto. Since 2015, her critically acclaimed short films have screened at festivals internationally. A collection of her short films is currently available on the Criterion Channel, as well as select films on MUBI and The New Yorker. Her debut feature, Blue Heron, won the Swatch First Feature Award at Locarno and the Best Canadian Discovery Award at TIFF.
Short Cuts Awards
Films in the Short Cuts programme are eligible for three jury-selected Short Cuts Awards: Best International Short Film, Best Canadian Short Film, and Best Animated Short Film. These awards provide each winner with a bursary of $10,000 CAD to help them continue achieving success in their careers.
Joecar Hanna is a Chinese-Lebanese filmmaker from Spain. His shorts have premiered at TIFF, Cannes, SXSW, and numerous other prestigious festivals. Talk Me, executive produced by Spike Lee, won Best International Short Film at TIFF 2025 and Best Short at Málaga 2026. He also starred in Alexandre Rockwell’s Lump. Hanna is an NYU Graduate Film alumnus, Ang Lee Scholar, Sony Pictures Classics Marcie Bloom Fellow, and resident of the 51st session of the Cannes Residency (2026). His debut feature, Deliver Me, begins production in fall 2026.
Chris Lavis is an Academy Award–winning director. His first film with longtime collaborator Maciek Szczerbowski, Madame Tutli-Putli (TIFF ’07), was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short. The duo went on to adapt Maurice Sendak’s Higglety Pigglety Pop! starring Meryl Streep. They were nominated for Best Art Direction at the Canadian Screen Awards for Guy Maddin’s The Forbidden Room (TIFF ’15). In 2019, they created Gymnasia, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Immersive Experience. Lavis and Szczerbowski’s latest film, The Girl Who Cried Pearls, won Best Canadian Short Film at TIFF 2025 and the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2026.
Iris Ng is an award-winning cinematographer known for work that focuses on human rights, marginalized narratives, and auteur perspectives. Her close collaborations with directors on critically acclaimed documentaries, scripted films, TV, digital series, and films for contemporary artists include the Oscar-shortlisted films Stories We Tell (dir. Sarah Polley, TIFF ’12) and Shirkers (dir. Sandi Tan, 2018), and more recently Twice Colonized (dir. Lin Alluna, 2023) and The Last of the Sea Women (dir. Sue Kim, TIFF ’24).
NETPAC Award
Presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema, the NETPAC Award recognizes films specifically from the Asian and Pacific regions. The jury consists of three international community members selected by TIFF and NETPAC, who award the prize to the best Asian film by a first- or second-time feature director.
Mara Matta is Associate Professor of South Asian Studies at Sapienza University of Rome. Her work explores cinemas, diasporas, visual cultures, gender, and human rights across South and East Asia, focusing on marginalized communities and independent filmmaking. She is the author of Glimpses of South Asia: Fragments of Love, Hope, Fear and Belonging in South Asian Cinema (Rome, 2026) and a NETPAC jury member since 2006.
Richard Fung is a Trinidad-born artist and writer, and Professor Emeritus at OCAD University. Many of his experimental videos, documentaries, and installations explore connections between Asia, the Caribbean, and Canada, and the intersections of race and queer sexualities. They include Sea in the Blood (TIFF ’00) and Islands (TIFF ’02).
Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic specializing in Asian cinema and owner of Asian Movie Pulse. A FIPRESCI, Greek Cinema Critics Association, NETPAC, Hellenic Film Academy, and Online Film Critics Association member, he writes for international publications, collaborates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque, contributes to film releases, and served as an Erasmus+ “Asian Cinema Education” expert.
FIPRESCI Prize
The FIPRESCI Prize is presented by an international jury selected by the International Federation of Film Critics. Founded in 1925, the Federation is an organization of professional film critics and film journalists for the promotion and development of film culture and the safeguarding of professional interests. The Federation awards the prize at international film festivals and film festivals of particular importance to promote film art and to encourage new and young cinema.
Pragya Mishra, a seasoned writer and columnist, has been penning a weekly column while covering leading international film festivals for the past 14 years. She is from India and based in the UK. She writes in Hindi and her work blends insightful film criticism and cultural commentary, and offers readers a nuanced perspective on global cinema, emerging voices, and the ever-evolving landscape of the film industry.
Cătălin Olaru has been a film critic since 2009. His roles include Artistic Director of Taifas Film Festival (from 2023), European Film Festival (from 2022), Divan Film Festival (2017–2018), and HipTrip Travel Film Festival (2016–2018). His selected juries include goEast Wiesbaden (FIPRESCI Jury, 2024), Golden Globes (2022), Romanian Oscars committee (2020–2022), Warsaw Film Festival (FIPRESCI Jury, 2020), and Locarno Film Festival (FIPRESCI Jury, 2017).
Savina Petkova (PhD) is a Bulgarian film critic and programmer based in London. She works in various capacities at film festivals such as Locarno and the Cambridge Film Festival. Petkova is a member of the London Critics’ Circle, FIPRESCI, and the European Film Academy. Her writing bylines include The Guardian, Sight and Sound, Cineuropa, Reverse Shot, and Variety.
Enoe Lopes Pontes (PhD) is a member of ABRACCINE, FIPRESCI, and the Brazilian Film Academy, and was a voting member for the Golden Globes for five years. She coordinates the Critics' Lab at the Brazil African Film Festival (Mostra de Cinemas Africanos) and is the creator and coordinator of the Brazilian School of Criticism and Audiovisual Studies. She works as a PR in the cultural sector, as well as a journalist and film critic for the websites Coisa de Cinéfilo and Aratu On.
Victor Stiff is a Toronto-based entertainment journalist, film critic, and film festival programmer. A member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and a Golden Globe International Voter, he has appeared on ET Canada, Global News, and CBC Radio. His writing has been published in POV Magazine, Exclaim!, Global News, CBR, That Shelf, and The Playlist.
Past Award Recipients
- People’s Choice Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearHamnetChloé ZhaoUSA2025The Life of ChuckMike FlanaganUSA2024American FictionCord JeffersonUSA2023The FabelmansSteven SpielbergUSA2022BelfastKenneth BranaghUnited Kingdom2021NomadlandChloé ZhaoUSA2020Jojo RabbitTaika WaititiUSA2019Green BookPeter FarrellyUSA2018Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonaghUSA2017La La LandDamien ChazelleUSA2016RoomLenny AbrahamsonIreland / Canada2015The Imitation GameMorten TyldumUSA / United Kingdom201412 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenUSA2013Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellUSA2012Where Do We Go Now?Nadine LabakiFrance / Lebanon / Italy / Egypt2011The King’s SpeechTom HooperUnited Kingdom / Australia2010Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by SapphireLee DanielsUSA2009Slumdog MillionaireDanny BoyleUnited Kingdom2008Eastern PromisesDavid CronenbergCanada / UK2007BellaAlejandro Gómez MonteverdeUSA2006TsotsiGavin HoodUnited Kingdom / South Africa2005Hotel RwandaTerry GeorgeUnited Kingdom / South Africa / Italy2004ZatoichiTakeshi KitanoJapan2003Whale RiderNiki CaroNew Zealand / Germany2002AmélieJean-Pierre JeunetFrance2001Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonAng LeeTaiwan2000American BeautySam MendesUSA1999Life is BeautifulRoberto BenigniItaly1998The Hanging GardenThom FitzgeraldCanada1997ShineScott HicksAustralia / United Kingdom1996Antonia's LineMarleen GorrisNetherlands / Belgium / United Kingdom1995PriestAntonia BirdUnited Kingdom1994The SnapperStephen FrearsUnited Kingdom1993Strictly BallroomBaz LuhrmannAustralia1992The Fisher KingTerry GilliamUSA1991Cyrano de BergeracJean-Paul RappeneauFrance1990Roger & MeMichael MooreUSA1989Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownPedro AlmodóvarSpain1988The Princess BrideRob ReinerUSA1987Le Déclin de l'empire américainDenys ArcandCanada1986The Official StoryLuis PuenzoArgentina1985Places in the HeartRobert BentonUSA1984The Big ChillLawrence KasdanUSA1983TempestPaul MazurskyUSA1982Chariots of FireHugh HudsonyUnited Kingdom1981Bad TimingNicolas RoegUnited Kingdom1980Best BoyIra WohlUSA1979GirlfriendsClaudia WeillUSA1978
- International People’s Choice Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearNo Other ChoicePark Chan-wookSouth Korea2025
- People’s Choice Documentary Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearThe Road Between Us: The Ultimate RescueBarry AvrichCanada2025The Tragically Hip: No Dress RehearsalMike DownieCanada2024Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make BelieveRobert McCallumCanada2023Black IceHubert DavisCanada2022The RescueE. Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy ChinUSA, United Kingdom2021Inconvenient IndianMichelle LatimerCanada2020The CaveFeras FayyadSyria, Denmark, Germany, USA, Qatar2019Free SoloE. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy ChinUSA2018Faces PlacesAgnès Varda and JRFrance2017I Am Not Your NegroRaoul PeckUSA2016Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for FreedomEvgeny AfineevskyUkraine/USA/United Kingdom2015Beats of the AntonovHajooj KukaSudan/South Africa2014The SquareJehane NoujaimEgypt/USA2013ArtifactBartholomew CubbinsUSA2012The Island PresidentJon ShenkUSA2011Force of Nature: The David Suzuki MovieSturla GunnarssonCanada2010The Topp TwinsLeanne PooleyNew Zealand2009
- People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearNirvanna the Band the Show the MovieMatt JohnsonCanada2025The SubstanceCoralie FargeatUnited Kingdom, USA, France2024Dicks: The MusicalLarry CharlesUSA2023Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryEric AppelUSA2022TitaneJulia DucournauFrance2021Shadow In The CloudRoseanne LiangUSA, New Zealand2020The PlatformGalder Gaztelu-UrrutiaSpain2019The Man Who Feels No Pain (Mard Ko Dard Nahi Hota)Vasan BalaIndia2018BodiedJoseph KahnUSA2017Free FireBen WheatleyUnited Kingdom2016HardcoreIlya NaishullerRussia/USA2015What We Do in The ShadowsTaika Waititi, Jemaine ClementUSA/New Zealand2014Why Don't You Play In Hell?Sion SonoJapan2013Seven PsychopathsMartin McDonaghUSA/United Kingdom2012The RaidGareth EvansIndonesia2011Stake LandJim MickleUSA2010The Loved OnesSean ByrneAustralia2009
- Platform Prize
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTo the Victory!Valentyn VasyanovychUkraine, Lithuania2025They Will Be DustCarlos Marqués-MarcetSpain, Italy, Switzerland2024Dear JassiTarsem Singh DhandwarIndia2023Riceboy SleepsAnthony ShimCanada2022YuniKamila AndiniSingapore, France, Indonesia, Australia2021Award not presented, due to the reduced program in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.--2020Martin EdenPietro MarcelloItaly, France2019Cities of Last ThingsWi Ding HoTaiwan, China, USA, France2018Sweet CountryWarwick ThorntonAustralia2017JackiePablo LarraínUnited Kingdom2016HurtAlan ZweigCanada2015
- Best Canadian Feature Film Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearUiksaringitara (Wrong Husband)Zacharias KunukCanada2025ShepherdsSophie DeraspeCanada2024SoloSophie DupuisCanada2023AntigoneSophie DeraspeCanada2019The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles)Sébastien PiloteCanada2018Les AffamésRobin AubertCanada2017Ceux qui font les révolutions à moitié n'ont fait que se creuser un tombeauMathieu Denis, Simon LavoieCanada2016Closet MonsterStephen DunnCanada2015Félix et MeiraMaxime GirouxCanada2014When Jews Were FunnyAlan ZweigCanada2013Laurence AnywaysXavier DolanCanada / France2012Monsieur LazharPhilippe FalardeauCanada2011Cairo TimeRuba NaddaCanada2009Lost SongRodrigue JeanCanada2008My WinnipegGuy MaddinCanada2007Manufactured LandscapesJennifer BaichwalCanada2006C.R.A.Z.Y.Jean-Marc ValléeCanada2005It's All Gone Pete TongMichael DowseCanada2004Les Invasions barbaresDenys ArcandCanada2003SpiderDavid CronenbergCanada2002Atanarjuat: The Fast RunnerZacharias KunukCanada2001WaydowntownGary BurnsCanada2000The Five SensesJeremy PodeswaCanada1999NôRobert LepageCanada1998The Hanging Garden The Sweet HereafterThom Fitzgerald, Atom EgoyanCanada1997Long Day’s Journey Into The NightDavid WellingtonCanada1996Live BaitBruce SweeneyCanada1995ExoticaAtom EgoyanCanada1994Kanehsatake: 270 Years of ResistanceAlanis ObomsawinCanada1993Requiem pour un beau sans-coeurRobert MorinCanada1992The AdjusterAtom EgoyanCanada1991
- Best Canadian Discovery Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearBlue HeronSophy RomvariCanada2025Universal LanguageMatthew RankinCanada2024
- Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTalk MeJoecar HannaSpain, United States of America2025Deck 5BMalin Ingrid JohanssonSweden2024
- Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearThe Girl Who Cried PearlsChris Lavis, Maciek SzczerbowskiCanada2025Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?Bec PecautCanada2024MotherlandJasmin MozaffariCanada2023SimoAziz ZorombaCanada2022Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice / AngakusajaujuqZacharias KunukCanada2021Benjamin, Benny, BenPaul ShkordoffCanada2020DelphineChloé RobichaudCanada2019BrotherhoodMeryam JoobeurCanada2018Pre-DrinkMarc-Antoine LemireCanada2017MutantsAlexandre DostieCanada2016OverpassPatrice LalibertéCanada2015The Weatherman and The ShadowboxerRandall OkitaCanada2014NoahWalter Woodman, Patrick CederbergCanada2013Keep a Modest HeadDeco DawsonCanada2012Doubles With Slight PepperIan HarnarineCanada2011Les Fleurs de l'âgeVincent BironCanada2010Danse MacabrePedro PiresCanada2009Block BChris Chong Chan FuiMalaysia/Canada2008PoolChris Chong Chan FuiCanada2007Les JoursMaxime GirouxCanada2006Big GirlRenuka JeyapalanCanada2005Man Feel PainDylan Akio SmithCanada2004AspirationConstant MentzasCanada2003Blue SkiesAnn Marie FlemingCanada2002Film(dzama)Deco DawsonCanada2001Le ChapeauMichèle CournoyerCanada2000DéchargePatrick DemersCanada1999When Ponds Freeze OverMary LewisCanada1998Cotton CandyRoshell BissettCanada1997Letters From HomeMike HoolboomCanada1996ReconstructionLaurence GreenCanada1995Frank's CockMike HoolboomCanada1994Save My Lost Nigga' SoulClement VirgoCanada1993Les Sauf-conduitsManon BriandCanada1992The Making of "Monsters"John GreysonCanada1991ShaggieJanis ColeCanada1990Stealing ImagesAlan ZweigCanada1989
- Short Cuts Award for Best Animated Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTo the WoodsAgnès PatronFrance2025
- NETPAC Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearIn Search of The SkyJitank Singh GurjarIndia2025The Last of The Sea WomenSue KimUSA2024A MatchJayant Digambar SomalkarIndia2023Sweet AsJub ClercAustralia2022Costa Brava, LebanonMounia AklLebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar2021Gaza mon amourTarzan Nasser and Arab NasserPalestine, France, Germany, Portugal, Qatar20201982Oualid MouanessUSA, Lebanon, Norway, Qatar2019The Third WifeAsh MayfairVietnam2018The Great Buddha+Huang Hsin-YaoTaiwan2017In BetweenMaysaloun HamoudIsrael/France2016The Whispering StarSion SonoJapan2015Margarita, with a StrawShonali BoseIndia2014QissaAnup SinghGermany/India/Netherlands/France2013The Land of HopeSion SonoJapan2012
- FIPRESCI Prize
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearForasteraLucía Aleñar IglesiasSpain, Italy, Sweden2025Mother MotherK'naan WarsameSomalia2024SeagrassMeredith Hama-BrownCanada2023A Gaza WeekendBasil KhalilPalestine, United Kingdom2022Anatolian LeopardEmre KayişTurkey, Germany, Poland, Denmark2021BeginningDea KulumbegashviliGeorgia, France2020MurmurHeather YoungCanada2019Float Like a ButterflyCarmel WintersIreland2018AvaSadaf ForoughiIran/Canada/Qatar2017Kati KatiMbithi MasyaKenya/Germany2016Eva NováMarko SkopSlovakia2015May Allah Bless France!Abd Al MalikFrance2014The Amazing CatfishClaudia Sainte-LuceMexico2013All The Wrong ReasonsGia MilaniCanada2013Call GirlMikael MarcimainSweden/Ireland/Norway/Finland2012Detroit UnleadedRola NashefUSA2012AvalonAxel PetersénSweden2011Beautiful BoyShawn KuUSA2010The Man Beyond The BridgeLaxmikant ShetgaonkarIndia2009LymelifeDerick MartiniUSA2008HungerSteve McQueenUnited Kingdom2008La ZonaRodrigo PláSpain/Mexico2007CochochiIsrael Càrdenas, Laura Amelia GuzmànMexico/United Kingdom/Canada2007Death of a PresidentGabriel RangeUnited Kingdom2006RepriseJoachim TrierNorway2006Look Both WaysSarah WattAustralia2005OmaghPete TravisIreland/United Kingdom2004Rhinoceros EyesAaron WoodleyUSA2003The Magdalene SistersPeter MullanUnited Kingdom/Ireland2002Chicken Rice WarCheeKSingapore2001George Washington 101 ReykjavãkDavid Gordon Green, Baltasar KormákurUSA/Iceland/Norway/ Denmark/France2000Goat On Fire And Smiling FishKevin JordanUSA1999
Retired Awards
- Short Cuts Share Her Journey Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearShé (Snake)Renee ZhanUnited Kingdom2023NaniticCarol NguyenCanada2022ASTELRamata-Toulaye SyFrance, Senegal2021Sing Me a LullabyTiffany HsiungCanada2020
- Changemaker Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearWe Grown NowMinhal BaigUSA2023Something You Said Last NightLuis De FilippisCanada, Switzerland2022ScarboroughShasha Nakhai, Rich WilliamsonCanada2021Black BodiesKelly Fyffe-MarshallCanada2020
- Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearElectraDaria KashcheevaCzech Republic, France, Slovakia2023Snow in SeptemberLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirFrance, Mongolia2022Displaced / Pa VendSamir KarahodaAlbania2021DustinNaïla GuiguetFrance2020All Cats Are Grey in the DarkLasse LinderSwitzerland2019The FieldSandhya SuriFrance, United Kingdom, India2018The Burden (Min Börda)Niki Lindroth von BahrSweden2017ImagoRaymund Ribay GutierrezPhilippines2016Maman(s)Maïmouna DoucouréFrance2015A Single BodySotiris DounoukosAustralia/France2014
- Amplify Voices Award presented by Canada Goose for Best Canadian Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTo Kill a TigerNisha PahujaCanada2022Ste. AnneRhayne VermetteCanada2021Inconvenient IndianMichelle LatimerCanada2020
- Amplify Voices Award presented by Canada Goose for BIPOC Filmmakers
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearLeonor Will Never DieMartika Ramirez EscobarPhilippines2022While We WatchedVinay ShuklaUnited Kingdom2022The Gravedigger's WifeKhadar Ayderus AhmedFrance, Somalia, Germany, Finland2021A Night of Knowing NothingPayal KapadiaIndia, France2021The DiscipleChaitanya TamhaneMarathi, Hindi, English, Bengali2020Night of the Kings/La Nuit des RoisPhilippe LacôteCôte d'Ivoire, France, Canada, Senegal2020
- Best Canadian First Feature Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearThe Twentieth CenturyMatthew RankinCanada2019Roads in February (Les routes en février)Katherine JerkovicCanada2018Luk' Luk'lWayne WapeemukwaCanada2017Old Stone (Lao shi)Johnny MaCanada / China2016Sleeping GiantAndrew CividinoCanada2015Bang Bang BabyJeffrey St. JulesCanada2014Asphalt WatchesShayne Ehman, Seth ScriverCanada2013Antiviral
BlackbirdBrandon Cronenberg
Jason BuxtonCanada2012Edwin Boyd: Citizen GangsterNathan MorlandoCanada2011The High Cost of LivingDeborah ChowCanada2010The Wild HuntAlexandre FranchiCanada2009Before TomorrowMarie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Piujuq IvaluCanada2008Continental, un film sans fusilStéphane LafleurCanada2007Sur la trace d'Igor RizziNöel MitraniCanada2006The Life and Hard Times of Guy TerrificoLouise Archambault, Michael MabbottCanada2005La Peau blancheDaniel RobyCanada2004Love, Sex and Eating the BonesSudz SutherlandCanada2003Marion BridgeWiebke von CarolsfeldCanada2002InertiaSean GarrityCanada2001La moitié gauche du frigoPhilippe FalardeauCanada2000Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the ‘70s GenerationCatherine AnnauCanada1999Last NightDon McKellarCanada1998CubeVincenzo NataliCanada1997 - Excellence in Canadian Production
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearHDarrell WasykCanada1990RoadkillBruce McDonaldCanada1989The Outside Chance Of Maximilian GlickAllan GoldsteinCanada1988Family ViewingAtom EgoyanCanada1987Le Déclin de l'empire américainDenys ArcandCanada1986Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. BanksDonald BrittainCanada1985La Femme de l'hôtelLéa PoolCanada1984
- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) – Special Presentation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearHow to Build a GirlCoky GiedroycUnited Kingdom2019SkinGuy NattivUSA2018The Motive (El Autor)Manuel Martín CuencaSpain2017I Am Not Madame BovaryFeng XiaogangChina2016DesiertoJonás CuarónMexico/France2015Time Out of MindOren MovermanUSA2014The First ManGianni AmelioFrance/Algeria/Italy2011L'amour fouPierre ThorettonFrance2010IdaPawel PawlikowskiPoland2013Dans la maisonFrançois OzonFrance2012DisgraceSteve JacobsAustralia2008HadewijchBruno DumontFrance2009
- Artistic Innovation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearEncarnaciónAnahí BerneriArgentina2007
- Cultural Innovation
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTakva: A Man's Fear of GodÖzer KiziltanTurkey/Germany2006