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The 37th Toronto International Film Festival announced its award recipients
The 37th Toronto International Film Festival announced its award recipients today at a reception at the Intercontinental Hotel Toronto. The Canadian awards below were selected by a jury comprised of producer and filmmaker Jody Shapiro, CPH PIX Festival Director Jacob Neiiendam, actor and filmmaker Valerie Buhagiar and director, writer and producer Patricia Rozema. THE CITY OF TORONTO + CANADA GOOSE AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM The City of Toronto + Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film goes to Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways. The jury remarked: “For its breathless cinematic energy and its entirely new love story, the jury felt honoured to watch such unfettered genius at play. For Best Canadian Feature Film, we have unanimously chosen Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways.” This award is made possible thanks to the City of Toronto and Canada Goose and comes with a cash prize of $30,000.
THE SKYY VODKA AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
THE PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZES)
The Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury for the 21st consecutive year. The jury members consist of jury president Peter Keough (United States), Jon Asp (Sweden), Ashok Rane (India), Louis-Paul Rioux (Canada), Juan Manuel Dominguez (Argentina) and Brian McKechnie (Canada).
The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations is awarded to Francois Ozon’s Dans la maison (In the House). The jury remarked: “For achieving an exquisitely crafted entertainment that blurs the distinction between the storyteller and the story told, and that assuages with playful complexity the tragedies of life with the consolations of art, the FIPRESCI award for Special Presentations goes to Francois Ozon’s In the House.”
Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI) for the Discovery programme is awarded to Mikael Marcimain’s Call Girl. The jury remarked: “With an intense sense of cinema reminiscent of the American thrillers of the 1970s, Mikael Marcimain’s debut feature achieves a portrait of an obscure world involving women’s rights and political corruption. Marcimain deals with his sensitive subject with immense ease and craftsmanship. Because of these accomplishments the FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in the Discovery programme goes to Mikael Marcimain’s Call Girl.”
BLACKBERRY® PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS
The BlackBerry People’s Choice Award is voted on by Festival audiences. This year’s award goes to David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook. The film is an intense, loving, emotional and funny family story from the director of The Fighter, David O. Russell, in which Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence find themselves partners in a secret arrangement to rebuild their broken lives. Robert De Niro yearns to get closer to his son (Cooper), as he tries to keep the family afloat with his compulsive bookmaking. The award offers a $15,000 cash prize and custom award, sponsored by BlackBerry. First runner up is Ben Affleck’s Argo. The second runner up is Eran Riklis’ Zaytoun. The Festival presents a free screening of the award-winning film Silver Linings Playbook tonight. The screening takes place at 6 p.m. at the Ryerson Theatre. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first served basis beginning at 4 p.m. at Ryerson Theatre.
The BlackBerry People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award goes to Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths. Seven Psychopaths follows a struggling screenwriter (Colin Farrell) who inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends (Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell) kidnap a gangster’s (Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu. Co-starring Abbie Cornish, Tom Waits, Olga Kurylenko and Zeljko Ivanek. First runner up is Barry Levinson’s The Bay and second runner up is Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End.
The BlackBerry People’s Choice Documentary Award goes to Bartholomew Cubbins for Artifact. Telling harsh truths about the modern music business, Artifact gives intimate access to singer/actor Jared Leto and his band Thirty Seconds to Mars as they battle their label in a brutal lawsuit and record their album This Is War. First runner up is Christopher Nelius and Justin McMillan’s Storm Surfers 3D. Second runner up is Rob Stewart’s Revolution.
NETPAC AWARD
New this year is the NETPAC Award for the Best First or Second Feature World or International Asian Film Premiere, as selected by a jury from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema. Jury members include Laurice Guillen (Philippines), Shelly Kraicer (Toronto/Beijing) and Azize Tan (Istanbul).The award goes to Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope. The jury remarked: “For its subtle, complex and artful account of the social and political aspects of a national trauma that ends in hope and love, the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival NETPAC Award for best feature film is given to The Land of Hope by Sion Sono.”
Earlier in the Festival, the inaugural winner of the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award was announced. The award went to Rola Nashef whose film, Detroit Unleaded, was presented as part of the Discovery programme. Nashef was presented with the award which includes a $10,000 cash prize to put toward her next project.
AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
17.09.2012 | Toronto Film Festival Dailies's blog Cat. : Abbie Cornish actor American film directors Antiviral Buxton Ashok Rane Asian Cinema Azize Tan Barry Levinson Bartholomew Cubbins Beijing Ben Affleck Bradley Cooper Brandon Cronenberg Brian McKechnie Christopher Nelius Christopher Walken Colin Farrell CPH PIX Festival David O. Russell Detroit Detroit Unleaded Director director , writer and producer Don Coscarelli energy Entertainment Entertainment Eran Riklis Family Relation Films FIPRESCI FIPRESCI Prize FIPRESCI PRIZES Francois Ozon Human Interest Human Interest Intercontinental Hotel Istanbul Jacob Neiiendam Jared Leto Jason Buxton Jennifer Lawrence Jody Shapiro Jon Asp Journalist journalist and author Juan Manuel Dominguez Justin McMillan Katrina Onstad Laurence Anyways Los Angeles Louis-Paul Rioux Martin McDonagh Matthew Hays Mikael Marcimain Mike Clattenburg Olga Kurylenko Patricia Rozema Person Career Peter Keough president Producer Reginald Harkema Rob Stewart Robert De Niro Rola Nashef runner Ryerson Sam Rockwell screenwriter Shelly Kraicer Shih Tzu singer /actor the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival The 37th Toronto International Film Festival THE CITY OF TORONTO + CANADA GOOSE AWARD The Fighter the FIPRESCI Award the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema THE SKYY VODKA AWARD Thirty Seconds to Mars This Is Tom Waits Toronto United States Valerie Buhagiar War Woody Harrelson Xavier Dolan Zeljko Ivanek AWARDS
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