American Fiction wins the 2023 TIFF People's Choice Award

The 2023 Toronto International Film Festival has wrapped up and announced the prizes. TIFF's most prestigious award, the People's Choice Award, went to American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson and starring Jeffery Wright. The first runner-up was The Holdovers directed by Alexander Payne and the second runner-up was The Boy and the Heron directed by Hayao Miyazaki.

The TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Documentary Award winner went to Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe directed by Robert McCallum. The first runner-up was Summer Qamp directed by Jen Markowitz and the second runner-up was Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa directed by Lucy Walker.

The TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award winner was Dicks: The Musical directed by Larry Charles. The first runner-up was Kill directed by Nikhil Nagesh Bhat and the second runner-up was Hell of a Summer directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk.

Other award winners are as follows:

BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM AWARD
Solo, director Sophie Dupuis
Honorable Mention: Kanaval, director Henri Pardo

NETPAC AWARD
Jayant Digambar Somalkar’s A Match .

FIPRESCI PRIZE
Seagrass, directed by Meredith Hama-Brown

AMPLIFY VOICES AWARDS
Best BIPOC Canadian Feature: Kanaval, director Henri Pardo
Best BIPOC Canadian First Feature Award: Tautuktavuk (What We See), directors Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk
Amplify Voices Trailblazer Award: producer Damon D’Oliveira

SHORT CUTS AWARDS:
Short Cuts Award for Best Film: Electra, director Daria Kashcheeva
Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Film: Motherland, director Jasmin Mozaffari
Share Her Journey Award: Shé (Snake), director Renee Zhan
Honourable Mention: Gaby’s Hills, director Zoé Pelchat

CHANGEMAKER AWARD 
We Grown Now, director Minhal Baig.

PLATFORM AWARD 
Dear Jassi, director Tarsem Singh Dhandwar.

~Alexandra Heilbron

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