The people and the juries have spoken. The award winners for 2019 Toronto International Film Festival have been announced. The film festival often is taken as an indicator of the winners of the upcoming Academy Awards popularly known as the Oscars and this time around once again the winners are touted to land the coveted golden statuette as well.
Director Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit took home the Toronto International Film Festival’s 2019 Audience Award. Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story and Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite claimed the runner-up prizes. Here is the full list of the winners as the Film Festival:
The GROLSCH PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Winner: Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit
First runner-up: Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story
Second runner-up: Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
THE GROLSCH PEOPLE’S CHOICE MIDNIGHT MADNESS AWARD
Winner: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia's The Platform
First runner-up: Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night
Second runner-up: Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum
THE GROLSCH PEOPLE’S CHOICE DOCUMENTARY AWARD
Winner: Feras Fayyad's The Cave
First runner-up: Garin Hovannisian’s I Am Not Alone
Second runner-up: Bryce Dallas Howard’s Dads
TORONTO PLATFORM PRIZE
Martin Eden
Winner: Pietro Marcello’s Martin Eden
Honourable Mentions: Kazik Radwanski’s Anne at 13,000 ft
Alice Winocour’s Proxima
THE PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZE)
Murmur
Winner – Discovery Programme: Heather Young’s Murmur
THE PRIZE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZE)
Winner – Special Presentations: Coky Giedroyc’s How to Build a Girl
NETPAC AWARD
Winner: Oualid Mouaness’ 1982
The jury, selected from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Pacific Cinema, included Chairperson Beckie Stocchetti, Kanako Hayashi, and Albert Shin.
Short Film Jury Awards
IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
Delphine
Winner: Chloé Robichaud’s Delphine
Honourable Mention: The jury awarded a special mention to Theodore Ushev's The Physics of Sorrow for its impressive filmmaking and detailed craftsmanship.
CITY OF TORONTO AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
Winner: Matthew Rankin’s The Twentieth Century
CANADA GOOSE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
Winner: Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone
Honourable Mention: Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn’s The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open.
The jury was comprised of Magali Simard, Devyani Saltzman, and Alicia Elliott.
(Source: TIFF)