Il pubblico del Toronto International Film Festival ha decretato i vincitori della 42° edizione che si è svolta dal 7 al 17 settembre. A vincere il Grolsch People’s Choice è stato Tre manifesti a Ebbing, Missouri di Martin McDonagh (premiato anche a Venezia per la sceneggiatura). Secondi a pari merito si sono piazzati I, Tonya di Craig Gillespie e Call Me By Your Name di Luca Guadagnino.
Tutti i premi:
Midnight Madness:
Winner: Joseph Kahn’s “Bodied”
Second runner-up: Craig Zahler’s “Brawl in Cell Block 99”
First runner-up: James Franco’s “The Disaster Artist”
Documentary:
Winner: Agnès Varda and JR’s “Faces Places”
First runner-up: Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier’s “Long Time Running”
Second runner-up: Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!”
International Platoform award:
Winner: Warwick Thornton’s “Sweet Country”
Fipresci awards:
Winner – Discovery: Sadaf Foroughi’s “Ava”
Winner – Special Presentations: Manuel Martín Cuenca’s “The Motive”
NETPAC award:
Winner: Huang Hsin-Yao’s “The Great Buddha+”
Best Canadian short film:
Winner: Marc-Antoine Lemire’s “Pre-Drink”
Best short film:
Winner: Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s “The Burden”
Honourable mentions: Matthew Rankin’s “The Tesla World Light”; Qiu Yang’s “Xiao Cheng Er Yue.”
Best Canadian first feature:
Winner: Wayne Wapeemukwa’s “Luk’ Luk’l”
Honourable mention: Sadaf Foroughi’s “Ava”
Best Canadian feature:
Winner: Robin Aubert’s “Les Affamés”
Honourable mention: Simon Lavoie’s “The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches”
