Awards
People's Choice Awards
A long-standing TIFF tradition, the People’s Choice Awards are marking their 47th year. The People’s Choice Award is an Oscars bellwether that has history, dating back to Chariots of Fire; The Princess Bride; Slumdog Millionaire; and including 2023’s debut feature from Cord Jefferson, American Fiction. All feature films and Primetime series in TIFF’s Official Selection are eligible. The winners of the People’s Choice Awards will be announced on Sunday, September 15, 2024.
The 2024 People’s Choice Awards are presented by Rogers.
Platform Award
Named after Jia Zhang-Ke’s groundbreaking film, Platform spotlights films with high artistic merit and strong directorial vision. All films in the Platform programme are eligible for this award, which will be selected by an international jury. The winning filmmaker will receive a $20,000 CAD cash prize.
They Will Be Dust was the unanimous choice for this year’s Platform Award amongst a very strong selection. Director Carlos Marques-Marcet has assembled a superb cast, with heartbreaking performances from Alfredo Castro and Ángela Molina. From the very first shot of the film, the jury knew it was in masterful hands. The film’s ability to mix moments of extreme pathos with humor was unique and completely convincing. This emotionally loaded story was told with great formal daring, a breathtaking sense of visual panache and a deep sense of humanity.
The jury also wished to acknowledge the exceptional artistry of Sylvia Chang’s brilliant and extremely multilayered portrayal of a conflicted mother in Huang Xi’s film Daughter’s Daughter. This great actress has delivered one of her finest performances, and we are pleased to give this legend of Taiwanese cinema the most honourable of mentions.
With 18 feature films and many opera and theatre productions, Atom Egoyan is internationally known for his award-winning work. His latest film, Seven Veils, had its World Premiere at TIFF last year, before its International Premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, and was Opening Night Gala at the Yerevan International Film Festival in Armenia this summer.
Photography: Ulysse del Drago
Since 1998, when Hur Jin-ho made his debut with Christmas in August, he has attracted the attention of the film industry by his own colour. He has directed international works including A Good Rain Knows and Dangerous Liaisons, and spread the boundary of his artistry to the TV series Lost. His recent film, A Normal Family, was invited to be a TIFF 2023 Gala Presentation.
Jane Schoenbrun is a non-binary filmmaker and writer dedicated to making and supporting personal, queer cinema. Their work includes I Saw the TV Glow, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, A Self-Induced Hallucination, and the punk-rock variety TV show The Eyeslicer. Their first novel, Public Access Afterworld, will be published by Hogarth in 2025.
Photography: Kristina Bumphrey
Best Canadian Feature Film Award
TIFF continues to celebrate the unique craft and storytelling within Canadian cinema with the Best Canadian Feature Film Award. All Canadian feature films in Official Selection — excluding first or second features — will be considered for the award. The winning filmmaker will receive a $10,000 CAD cash prize.
The 2024 Best Canadian Feature Film Award is presented by Canada Goose
Best Canadian Discovery Award
The Best Canadian Discovery Award celebrates works of emerging filmmakers who contribute to enriching the Canadian film landscape. All first or second feature films in Official Selection by Canadian filmmakers are eligible for this award. The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 CAD.
The 2024 Jury for the Best Canadian Feature Film and for the Best Canadian Discovery Award
Best Canadian Discovery Award
Special Honourable Mention
dirs. Marie-Hélène Viens, Philippe Lupien
Best Canadian Discovery Award:
After an incredible year of films featuring a wildly diverse range of talent, heart and innovation, we are honored to present the Best Canadian Discovery Award to a film that boldly charts its own course through an incredibly poetic exploration of heart, home and human connection: the absurdly funny, sweet, and soulful Universal Language.
Honorable mention for Best Canadian Discovery Award:
We would also like to give an honourable mention to a film that really entranced us with its outstanding performances, meticulously constructed tone, and wonderfully fresh approach to genre: You Are Not Alone.
Best Canadian Feature Film Award:
Finally, among the many beautiful films showcased in the programme this year, one film rose above with its electrifying leads and staggering world-building that gave us a window into a harrowing journey of ambition, idealism, and what it means to live a full life: the Best Canadian Feature Film Award goes to Shepherds.
Estrella Araiza is the General Director of the Guadalajara International Film Festival and Cineteca FICG. Her work has focused on Mexican and Latin American Cinema. Her career includes experience as the director of Industry and Market of the FICG, a sales agent, an academic, and a cinema distributor. She has served on juries in international film festivals and has collaborated with international film markets.
Chelsea McMullan is a director and producer based in Toronto. Their work in documentary, experimental narrative, and hybrid films often explore the work of leading international artists through the cinematic frame. In 2023, they premiered Swan Song (CBC/Dogwoof), a verité-driven feature documentary and four-part limited series that follows the National Ballet of Canada as the company mounts a new production of Swan Lake. Other films include: Ever Deadly, Crystal Pite: Angels’ Atlas, and My Prairie Home.
Randall Okita is a Japanese Canadian artist and filmmaker known for innovative storytelling and rich visual language. His work, which spans film, VR, and sculpture, has earned more than 20 international awards, including two Canadian Screen Awards, a Webby, and a Japan Prize.
Short Cuts Awards
Films in the Short Cuts programme are eligible for two jury-selected Short Cuts Awards: Best International Short Film and Best Canadian Short Film. These awards provide each winner with a bursary of $10,000 CAD to help them continue achieving success in their careers.
Best International Short Film
Special Honourable Mention
dirs. Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, Marieke Blaauw
2024 Short Cuts Award:
Best Canadian Short Film
Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
dir. Bec Pecaut
Short Cuts Award for Best International Film:
By subverting narrative expectations at every turn, while adding layers of insight and potent emotional truths that evocatively illustrate the tensions between motherhood and desire, this deeply moving film enthralled the jury, staying with us long after we’d watched it. Helmed by a gifted filmmaker, skillfully eliciting an exceptional performance from her lead actress, in service of a nuanced, heartbreaking story, the jury is thrilled to present the award for Best International Short Film to Deck 5B, directed by Malin Ingrid Johansson.
Honorable Mention for Short Cuts Award Best International Film:
In its three-minute runtime this inventive animation does exactly what the best shorts do: make us ask big questions in little timeframes. The work tackles the timely issue of the cost of human invention and innovation on our tired planet. In a world where going viral has become synonymous with success, it asks if perhaps the real virus is us and our unquenchable need for more. The jury is pleased to present an honourable mention to the filmmaking team of Job, Joris & Marieke for their short Quota. We also applaud the filmmakers for practicing what they preach by choosing not to attend the festival this year as a way to limit their carbon footprint and stay within their “quota.”
Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film:
This filmmaker was able to capture a moment in life with such authenticity in an effortless way. The jury was inspired to join these characters on a heartful expedition through decisions that were scary, funny, challenging, and ultimately real. The exploration of familial bonds and how they shift during adulthood resulted in an emotional journey from start to finish. The jury is thrilled to award the Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film to director Bec Pecault for Are You Scared To Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?
Luis De Filippis is a Canadian Italian filmmaker. Her films include the short For Nonna Anna (2017), which received a Sundance Special Jury Prize. Her debut feature, Something You Said Last Night (2022), received the TIFF Changemaker Award, Sebastiáne Award at the San Sebastián film festival, and the Rotterdam Youth Jury Award. De Filippis is an alum of the TIFF Talent Lab, TIFF Writer’s Studio, and CHANEL writing fellowship.
Micah Kernan is the Development Manager for both Drama and Comedy. She coordinates the management, tracking, and distribution of projects. She supports the team by evaluating pitches and being the point of contact for creators to connect with CBC. Kernan is the current programmer for Canada’s longest running short film showcase, Canadian Reflections. At the CBC, inclusion and representation are a priority ― this means Kernan works to reflect all of the country’s regions and its multifaceted nature while programming for Canadian Reflections.
Shane Smith is a documentary programmer at TVO. From 2015 to 2023, he was a programmer and artistic director at Hot Docs, North America’s largest festival and market for documentary film. Smith previously worked at the Toronto International Film Festival as the director of special projects and director of public programmes. Other roles include short film programmer at Sundance, director of programming at Channel Zero Inc, and executive producer in-flight entertainment at Spafax Canada. Smith has served on juries and spoken on panels at Festivals and events globally.
NETPAC Award
Presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema, the NETPAC Award recognizes films specifically from the Asian and Pacific region. The jury consists of three members of the international community selected by TIFF and NETPAC, who award the prize to the best Asian film by a first or second-time feature director.
Established in 1990, The NETPAC award exists today to promote films and filmmaking from Asia and the Pacific and to bring international attention to independent and non-mainstream films with a focus on the discovery of new talent. The award is usually given to a feature film, narrative or documentary, that is the directorial debut of a filmmaker.
The 2024 NETPAC jury award goes to The Last of the Sea Women, directed by Sue Kim, for its moving and illuminating portrayal of the lives of the haenyeo, a group of elderly female divers on Jeju island, off the coast of South Korea. These women are sea warriors struggling against global warming and ocean pollution to keep a unique cultural practice alive. It is rare that a filmmaker would choose to highlight, elevate, and celebrate the daily struggles of women in their 60s and 70s, especially those from marginalized communities far from the centres of power. To see these women free dive into the ocean’s depths ― holding their breath for two minutes at a time ― as they harvest sea urchins or conch to feed their families is astonishing. To survive, they risk their lives every time they enter the ocean. And yet they persist.
But for how long, now that their waters are polluted, impacted by climate change, and its resources almost depleted? The intensity of danger mounts every day for these women as radioactive waste from Fukushima is released into the ocean, threatening to contaminate sea life that sustains not only the people of Japan but also of neighbouring countries.
Director Sue Kim depicts the lives of these warriors on land and in the sea with beauty, humour, and compassion. It is a story that inspires and calls us to action.
Hannah Fisher has spent many years working in the international industry as a festival director, a festival artistic director, and, most recently, as an international consultant and programmer. She has particularly loved working in events abroad as with festivals such as Dubai (UAE), Kolkata, Kerala Ladakh (India), Bangkok, (Thailand), Krakow (Poland), San Diego, Heartland Festival (USA), and Montreal, and as Director of the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Dr. Vilsoni Hereniko, this year’s jury chairperson, had his first narrative feature film, The Land Has Eyes, premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 and was Fiji’s submission to the Academy Awards in 2005. It also won Best Dramatic Feature at the Toronto ImagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in 2004. His animated short film won the Berlin Independent Film Festival in 2022 as well as the Los Angeles International Film Festival the same year. He is also the current President of NETPAC/USA and a professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Hawaiʻi.
Kerri Sakamoto is an award-winning Japanese Canadian author whose books have been translated into numerous languages and published internationally. She has worked with acclaimed filmmakers as a screenwriter and story editor.
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.
Mother Mother (K’naan Warsame, Somalia) depicts a humanistic approach towards a revenge narrative set in a country haunted by violence and grief. The film is remarkable in its non-sensationalist treatment of contentious politics through its parallels of the human and the natural world. Warsame’s feature debut, through its compelling formal attributes and charismatic acting, conveys a sense of hope and healing after tragedy.
Li Cheuk-to is Curator at Large of Hong Kong Film and Media for M+ Museum, and is also the current Board Chairman of Hong Kong Film Critics Society after serving as its founding President from 1995 to 1999. He has been the Artistic Director of Hong Kong International Film Festival Society from 2004 to 2018.
Pierre-Simon Gutman is deputy editor of the movie review L’Avant Scene Cinema. After studying literature at La Sorbonne, he wrote his PHD thesis on the American filmmaker Michael Cimino. He has written for 3 Couleurs, Les Fiches du Cinéma, and Eclipse(s). He teaches cinema at l’ESRA in Paris and Brussels, after having previously taught at the universities Paris VII and Nancy 2. He has also directed several short features and was for many years a programmer for the Critics’ Week of the Cannes Film Festival, on both the short and feature-film committees. He currently sits on the administration board of the Critics’ Week. He also was a member of the official jury for the Camera d’Or at the 2021 edition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Azadeh Jafari is a film critic, writer, and translator based in Tehran. She contributes regularly to different film magazines in Iran. Her English writing on world cinema has appeared in Cinema Scope, Film Comment, Reverse Shot, LOLA, and on the TIFF website. She has translated Berenice Reynaud’s book A City of Sadness on Hou Hsiao-hsien’s masterpiece into Persian and has also contributed to the book Luminous Void – Twenty Years of Experimental Film Society.
Saffron Maeve is a Toronto-based critic and film programmer. Her writing has appeared in Film Comment, The Globe & Mail, MUBI Notebook, Cinema Scope, Toronto Star, and Screen Slate. She is an active member of the Toronto Film Critics Association and GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Wilfred Okiche is a Rotten Tomatoes–certified culture critic and film programmer. He has attended critic programs and reported from film and theatre festivals in Locarno, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Sundance. Wilfred has worked on the programming team for Film Africa in London and Encounters in South Africa. He has mentored fast rising film critics at Talents Durban and served on the selection committee of Berlinale Talents. His writing has appeared in Variety, IndieWire, The Continent, and Senses of Cinema among other publications. He is a member of FIPRESCI and has participated in juries at the Berlinale, Palm Springs, and Carthage film festivals. He is in graduate school studying film and media at the University of Southern California.
Past Award Recipients
- People’s Choice Awards
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearAmerican 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
- People’s Choice Documentary Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearMr. 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 ProductionYearDicks: 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 ProductionYearDear 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
- Amplify Voices BIPOC Canadian Best Feature Film Award presented by Canada Goose
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearKanavalHenri PardoCanada, Luxembourg2023
- Amplify Voices BIPOC Canadian First Feature Award presented by Canada Goose
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTautuktavuk (What We See)Carol Kunnuk, Lucy TulugarjukCanada2023
- Best Canadian Feature Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSoloSophie 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
- 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 GuiguetFrance2020
- Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearMotherlandJasmin MozaffariCanada2023SimoAziz ZorombaCanada2022Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice / AngakusajaujuqZacharias KunukCanada2021Benjamin, Benny, BenPaul ShkordoffCanada2020
- 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
- NETPAC
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearA 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- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) Dedicated to Emerging Filmmakers
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSeagrassMeredith 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- Amplify Voices Award presented by Canada Goose for Best Canadian Film
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTo Kill a TigerNisha PahujaCanada2022Ste. AnneRhayne VermetteCanada2021Inconvenient IndianMichelle LatimerCanada2020- Amplify Voices Award presented by Canada Goose for BIPOC Filmmakers
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
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
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- Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearDelphineChloé 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 Short Film
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearAll 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- International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) – Special Presentation
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
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearEncarnaciónAnahí BerneriArgentina2007- Cultural Innovation
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearTakva: A Man's Fear of GodÖzer KiziltanTurkey/Germany2006