42nd Toronto International Film Festival Coverage: Day Eleven

Sunday, September 17th, 2017 by Ian Evans

At the closing ceremony at TIFF Bell Lightbox, the award winners for the Toronto International Film Festival were announced by Piers Handling, CEO and Director of TIFF, and Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of TIFF.

Here’s a look at the winners:

IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM

  • Marc-Antoine Lemire’s Pre-Drink

IWC SHORT CUTS AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM

  • Niki Lindroth von Bahr’s The Burden (Min Börda)
  • Honourable mention: Matthew Rankin’s The Tesla World Light (Tesla: Lumière Mondiale)
  • Honourable mention: Qiu Yang’s Xiao Cheng Er Yue (A Gentle Night)

CITY OF TORONTO AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM

  • Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Luk’ Luk’l
  • Honourable mention: Sadaf Foroughi’s AVA

CANADA GOOSE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM

  • Robin Aubert’s Les Affamés
  • Honourable mention: Simon Lavoie’s The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)

THE PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZES)

Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for the Discovery programme

  • Sadaf Foroughi for AVA

Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for Special Presentations

  • Manuel Martín Cuenca for The Motive (El Autor)

NETPAC AWARD

  • Huang Hsin-Yao’s The Great Buddha+

TORONTO PLATFORM PRIZE PRESENTED BY AIR FRANCE

  • Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country
  • Special mention: Clio Barnard’s Dark River

GROLSCH PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD

  • Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
  • 1st Runner-up: Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya
  • 2nd Runner-up: Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name

Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award

  • Joseph Kahn’s Bodied
  • 1st Runner-up: James Franco’s The Disaster Artist
  • 2nd Runner-up: Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99

The Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award

  • Agnès Varda and JR’s Faces Places
  • 1st Runner-up: Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier’s Long Time Running
  • 2nd Runner-up: Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!