Juried Awards
People's Choice Awards
A long-standing tradition at TIFF, the People’s Choice Awards is marking its 46th year. The awards consist of the People’s Choice Award, the People’s Choice Documentary Award, and the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. Audiences watching films at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Roy Thomson Hall, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, and the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre will have the opportunity to vote online this year. All feature films in Official Selection are eligible. The winners of the People’s Choice Awards will be announced on Sunday, September 17.
List
2023 People's Choice Award
American Fiction
Cord JeffersonFirst runner-up
The Holdovers
Alexander PayneSecond runner-up
The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki2023 People's Choice Documentary Award
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Robert McCallumFirst runner-up
Summer Qamp
Jen MarkowitzSecond runner-up
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
Lucy Walker2023 People's Choice Midnight Madness Award
Dicks: The Musical
Larry CharlesFirst runner-up
Kill
Nikhil Nagesh BhatSecond runner-up
Hell of a Summer
Finn Wolfhard, Billy BrykPlatform Award
Named after Jia Zhang-ke’s groundbreaking film, the Platform programme spotlights films with high artistic merit and strong directorial vision. All films in Platform are eligible for this award, which will be selected by an international jury. The winning filmmaker will receive a $20,000 CAD cash prize.
2023 Platform Award
Dear Jassi
Tarsem Singh DhandwarAcademy Award–winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins has directed three highly acclaimed features that screened at TIFF, Medicine for Melancholy, Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, as well as his award-winning television series The Underground Railroad. Most recently, Jenkins produced Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun and Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt. Upcoming work includes the 2024 theatrical release of The Lion King.
Nadine Labaki is a writer, director, and actor. Caramel, her 2007 debut film, opened at the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes and was Lebanon’s official submission to the 80th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Her next film, Where Do We Go Now?, premiered at Un Certain Regard in 2011 and won the People’s Choice Award at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. Labaki wrote, directed, and starred in both. Most recently, she directed Campernaum, which won the Jury Prize at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film.
Anthony Shim began his career as an actor, theatre director, and producer. In 2019, Shim wrote, directed, and produced his first feature film, Daughter. His second film, Riceboy Sleeps, had its World Premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Platform Prize.
Short Cuts Awards
Films in the Short Cuts programme are eligible for three jury-selected Short Cuts Awards: Best Short Film, Best Canadian Short Film, and the Share Her Journey Award for best short film by a woman filmmaker. These awards provide each of the three winners with a bursary of $10,000 CAD to help them continue achieving success in their careers.
2023 Short Cuts Award for Best Film
Electra
Daria Kashcheeva
2023 Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film
Motherland
Jasmin Mozaffari
2023 Share Her Journey Award
Shé (Snake)
Renee ZhanGaby’s Hills
Zoé PelchatAisha Jamal is an Afghan-Canadian filmmaker and film programmer. Since 2016, she has been programming Canadian films for Hot Docs Documentary Festival. Her feature debut A Kandahar Away premiered in 2019 and is now playing on Documentary Channel and is screening on CBC Gem in Canada. Her previous short films have played at venues and festivals worldwide.
Araya is an Ethiopian-Eritrean award winning filmmaker/actor. His co-written/directed short film DEFUND was a TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten 2021 selection after its World Premiere at TIFF ’21, collectingwins/nominations along the festival circuit, and a Vimeo Staff Pick. As an actor he is a Gemini Award (now called Canadian Screen Award) winner, CSA Best Lead Performer (Digital Series) and multi-ACTRA Award nominee. Currently in Development: feature film The Section based on the short work TEF Araya wrote/starred-in during his residency at the Canadian Film Centre.
Shasha is a Toronto-based storyteller with over a decade of experience. Her work has aired on the BBC, CBC, ZDF, and Arte; screened at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA); been nominated for 16 Canadian Screen Awards; named TIFF’s Top 10; and shortlisted for an Oscar.
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 — ranging from debut features to documentaries to films from well-established directors — will be considered for the award.
2023 Best Canadian Feature Film Award
Solo
Sophie DupuisKanaval
Henri PardoAmplify Voices Awards presented by Canada Goose
The Amplify Voices Awards celebrate three best feature films made by filmmakers from under-represented communities. Canada Goose embraces diversity in all its forms and definitions, including technique and passion that transports storytelling to the screen. All feature films in Official Selection with a 2023 premiere date made by emerging and established Canadian BIPOC creators are eligible for this award. The winners will receive $10,000 CAD each.
2023 Amplify Voices Award - Best BIPOC Canadian Feature
Kanaval
Henri Pardo
2023 Amplify Voices Award for Best BIPOC Canadian First Feature
Tautuktavuk (What We See)
Carol Kunnuk, Lucy TulugarjukV.T. Nayani is a multi-hyphenate storyteller, working across the screen industries. She is an alumni of the Canadian Film Centre, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, The Gotham, BIPOC TV & Film, and multiple other programs. With curiosity and care, her work intimately explores how we continuously come of age. V.T's feature directorial debut, This Place, premiered at TIFF in 2022.
RICARDO ACOSTA is a film editor, script consultant and member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Canadian Cinema Editors. Acosta moved to Canada from his native Cuba where he studied and worked at the world-renowned Cuban Film Institute (ICAIC). He has been an Alumni and Adviser of the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Editing Lab, and the Music Composition and Sound Design Lab. A few of his editing and story consulting credits include: Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (2020), The Letter (2019), The Silence of Others (2018), winner of GOYA, ALMA, and the Berlinale Panorama Documentary Audience Award, Sembene! (2015), and Marmato (2014). His films have premiered at Sundance, Cannes, and IDFA, among other world film festivals. He is anEmmy winner and nominee for the Canadian Industry Genie and Gemini Awards, Canadian Film Editors Association Awards and Canadian Screen Awards.
Nisha Pahuja’s documentary credits include To Kill a Tiger winner of 16 awards including the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature, TIFF, 2022; Best Documentary Feature, Palm Springs International Film Festival, 2023; Beyond the Screen Award, Doc Aviv, 2023; TIFF Canada’s Top Ten, 2022. Additional films: The World Before Her 2012; Best Documentary Feature, Jury Award Winner, Tribeca Film Festival; Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs; TIFF Canada’s Top Ten, 2012; Emmy nominee. Diamond Road 2008, Gemini award Best Documentary Series.
Changemaker Award
The Changemaker Award is presented to a feature film in Official Selection that explores issues relevant to young people and is focused on themes of social change and youth empowerment. The award embraces the power in young people seeing their communities represented on screen and celebrates the next generation of storytellers and changemakers in cinema. The winning film is selected by TIFF’s Next Wave Committee, a group of young film lovers who recognize cinema’s power to transform the world. All Next Wave–selected films in Official Selection are eligible, and the winning director(s) receives $10,000 CAD.
2023 Changemaker Award
We Grown Now
Minhal BaigNETPAC Award
Presented by the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema, the NETPAC Award recognizes films specifically from the Asia-Pacific region. The jury consists of three members of the international community selected by TIFF and NETPAC, who award the prize to the best film from the Asia-Pacific region by a first- or second-time feature director.
2023 NETPAC Award
A Match
Jayant Digambar SomalkarSung Moon is a programmer of JEONJU IFF since 2019 after working 8 years as a representative of Latin America territory for KOFIC. She is also the editor of books such as I AM INDEPENDENT - Beyond Mainstream: 7 Women Directors, What Will Be of Cinema?, Introduction to the Quay Brothers, and a guest editor of the Korean Film Archive magazine.
Haolun Shu is a Shanghai based Filmmaker. He has produced, wrote and directed his films Struggle, Nostalgia, Young Blood and No.89 Shimen Road which has won numerous international film festival awards and nomination from Amsterdam Berlin, Pusan, New York, Dubai, Paris, Rotterdam, Hong Kong, Warsaw and Sao Paulo. Also he teaches film directing and writing at Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University and is its MFA program supervisor.
For over 20 years Lalita Krishna has been making award winning documentaries that bridge global cultures and inspire change. Lalita is the recipient of the 2021 Hot Docs Don Haig award, the 2013 WIFTT Crystal Award, the ReelWorldFF Trailblazer award and the Dream Catcher award given by the Hope and Dreams Festival NJ, for using her craft to better humanity.
FIPRESCI Prize
The FIPRESCI Prize is presented by an international jury selected by the International Federation of Film Critics. Founded in 1930, the Federation is an organization of professional film critics and film journalists dedicated to 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.
2023 FIPRESCI Prize
Seagrass
Meredith Hama-BrownFilm critic with 28 years of experience in writing, editing, creating and publishing movie magazines, preparing and hosting TV shows dedicated to cinema, developing youtube series on documentaries, building mobile apps with film recommendations from all genres and periods of cinema, scriptwriting, festival advising and movie theatre programming. Now focused on enjoying and spreading his love of cinema at MUBI.
Elijah Baron is a Montreal-based film critic, translator and editor, mostly known for his affiliation with 24 images, one of Quebec's leading and oldest French-language film magazines. In 2023, he received the SODEP Award of Excellence for his work on issue 204 of 24 images (Ukrainian Cinema 2014-2022).
Jindřiška Bláhová is the film critic and industry analyst for the leading Czech weekly Respekt, the editor-in-chief of the film magazine Cinepur, and a film historian. She recently served as a contributing editor for a book on the Cold War history of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.
Uruguayan film critic and journalist. Author of 'Oficio de alto riesgo,' Cesar Troncoso's biography published in Uruguay (2020). He was selected by the Berlinale (Berlin Film Festival) for "Talent press" workshop, in February 2011. He also collaborated in publications such as “Dossier”, “El Boulevard”, “Guía 50” and Argentinian websites “Revista Caligari” and “Otros Cines” among others.
Jenni Zylka lives in Berlin, is a freelance writer focusing on film, media and music; works for radio and television stations; is head of the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlinale; hosts press conferences and film discussions; is a member of the pre-selection committee for the Panorama section; writes novels, short stories and screenplays; is a member of FIPRESCI, regularly sits on (independent) film festival jurys.
Past Award Recipients
- People’s Choice Awards
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearThe 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 ProductionYearBlack 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 ProductionYearWeird: 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 ProductionYearRiceboy 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 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
- Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSnow in SeptemberLkhagvadulam Purev-OchirFrance, Mongolia2022Displaced / Pa VendSamir KarahodaAlbania2021DustinNaïla GuiguetFrance2020
- Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSimoAziz ZorombaCanada2022Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice / AngakusajaujuqZacharias KunukCanada2021Benjamin, Benny, BenPaul ShkordoffCanada2020
- Short Cuts Share Her Journey Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearNaniticCarol NguyenCanada2022ASTELRamata-Toulaye SyFrance, Senegal2021Sing Me a LullabyTiffany HsiungCanada2020
- Changemaker Award
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TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSomething You Said Last NightLuis De FilippisCanada, Switzerland2022ScarboroughShasha Nakhai, Rich WilliamsonCanada2021Black BodiesKelly Fyffe-MarshallCanada2020
- NETPAC
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearSweet 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 ProductionYearA 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- 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- Best Canadian Feature Film
TitleDirectorCountry of ProductionYearAntigoneSophie 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- 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