The Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to the film rated as the year's most popular film with festival audiences.[1] Past sponsors of the award have included Cadillac and Grolsch.[2]

The winners of this award have often later earned Academy Award nominations, to the point that the award is now considered to be effectively the "starting gun" of the Academy Award nominations race.[3]

In 2009, the festival introduced separate People's Choice Awards for Documentaries and Midnight Madness.[4] In 2015, it also introduced a People's Choice Award for its satellite Canada's Top Ten festival,[5] which was discontinued after 2018 due to TIFF's decision to switch the Canada's Top Ten program from a dedicated festival to a series of week-long theatrical screenings.

Process

At each film screening, attendees are invited to "vote" for the film by rating the film on their ticket stub and depositing it in a box outside the theatre after the show.[6] However, to ensure that the voting process does not bias the award toward films that screened in larger theatres and that a film's own cast and crew cannot stuff the ballot box, the overall number of votes received is also weighted against the size of the screening audience.[6] For example, a film which screened in a smaller theatre, but had a highly passionate fan base, can have an advantage over a film that had a larger number of raw votes but a more mixed or uneven reception.[6] Because each film is screened multiple times over the course of the entire festival, the process also enables the organizers to evaluate which films are generating more audience buzz, by virtue of a significant increase in attendance and/or People's Choice votes at the follow-up screenings.[6]

For the 2020 festival, which was conducted primarily on an online streaming platform due to the COVID-19 pandemic, People's Choice voting was also conducted online; voters' e-mail addresses were cross-referenced against online ticket registrations to ensure that the vote could not be manipulated by people who had not actually seen the films.

After the award is announced, the festival offers several repeat screenings of the winner at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on the final day of the festival.

Winners

The table below shows the People's Choice winners of past years. Prior to 2000, only the overall winner was named each year; in that year, the festival began announcing the first and second runners-up for the award as well.[6]

The table notes whether films have been winners or nominees for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Foreign Language Film or Best Documentary Feature.

Prior to the creation of the separate People's Choice Award for Documentaries, the main award was won by two documentary films, Best Boy in 1979 and Roger & Me in 1989.

On four occasions to date, the award has been won by a Canadian film. Two of those films, The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and The Hanging Garden in 1997, were also named as the winners of the juried award for Best Canadian Film, although the 2007 winner Eastern Promises and the 2015 winner Room were not. All four films were also Best Picture nominees at the Genie Awards or the Canadian Screen Awards, which The Decline of the American Empire and Room won.

YearFilmDirector(s)Academy Award honoursGenie/CSA honoursRef
1978GirlfriendsClaudia Weill[7]
1979Best BoyIra WohlBest Documentary Feature winner[8]
1980Bad TimingNicolas Roeg[9]
1981Chariots of FireHugh HudsonBest Picture winner[10]
1982TempestPaul Mazursky[11]
1983The Big ChillLawrence KasdanBest Picture nominee[12]
1984Places in the HeartRobert BentonBest Picture nominee[13]
1985The Official Story (La historia oficial)Luis PuenzoBest Foreign Language Film winner[14]
1986The Decline of the American Empire (Le déclin de l'empire américain)Denys ArcandBest Foreign Language Film nomineeBest Picture winner[15]
1987The Princess BrideRob Reiner[16]
1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios)Pedro AlmodóvarBest Foreign Language Film nominee[17]
1989Roger & MeMichael Moore[18]
1990Cyrano de BergeracJean-Paul RappeneauBest Foreign Language Film nominee[19]
1991The Fisher KingTerry Gilliam[20]
1992Strictly BallroomBaz Luhrmann[21]
1993The SnapperStephen Frears[22]
1994PriestAntonia Bird[23]
1995AntoniaMarleen GorrisBest Foreign Language Film winner[24]
1996ShineScott HicksBest Picture nominee[25]
1997The Hanging GardenThom FitzgeraldBest Picture nominee[26]
1998Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella)Roberto BenigniBest Picture nominee
Best Foreign Language Film winner		[27]
1999American BeautySam MendesBest Picture winner[28]
2000Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (卧虎藏龙)Ang LeeBest Picture nominee
Best Foreign Language Film winner		[29]
The DishRob Sitch
InnocencePaul Cox
Billy ElliotStephen Daldry
2001Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain)Jean-Pierre JeunetBest Foreign Language Film nominee[30]
MayaDigvijay Singh
Monsoon WeddingMira Nair
2002Whale RiderNiki Caro[31]
Bowling for ColumbineMichael MooreBest Documentary Feature winner
Bend It Like BeckhamGurinder Chadha
2003ZatōichiTakeshi Kitano[32]
Go FurtherRon Mann
The CorporationMark Achbar and Jennifer AbbottBest Documentary winner
2004Hotel RwandaTerry George[33]
2005TsotsiGavin HoodBest Foreign Language Film winner[34]
Live and BecomeRadu Mihaileanu
DreamerJohn Gatins
Brokeback MountainAng LeeBest Picture nominee
Mother of MineKlaus Härö
2006BellaAlejandro Gómez Monteverde[35]
My Best Friend (Mon meilleur ami)Patrice Leconte
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and SingBarbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck
2007Eastern PromisesDavid CronenbergBest Picture nominee[36]
JunoJason ReitmanBest Picture nominee
Body of WarEllen Spiro and Phil Donahue
2008Slumdog MillionaireDanny BoyleBest Picture winner[37]
More Than a GameKristopher Belman
The Stoning of Soraya MCyrus Nowrasteh
2009Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by SapphireLee DanielsBest Picture nominee[38]
Mao's Last DancerBruce Beresford
MicmacsJean-Pierre Jeunet
2010The King's SpeechTom HooperBest Picture winner[39]
The First GraderJustin Chadwick
2011Where Do We Go Now? (وهلّأ لوين؟)Nadine Labaki[40]
StarbuckKen Scott
A SeparationAsghar FarhadiBest Foreign Language Film winner
2012Silver Linings PlaybookDavid O. RussellBest Picture nominee[41]
ArgoBen AffleckBest Picture winner
ZaytounEran Riklis
201312 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenBest Picture winner[42]
PhilomenaStephen FrearsBest Picture nominee
PrisonersDenis Villeneuve
2014The Imitation GameMorten TyldumBest Picture nominee[43]
Learning to DriveIsabel Coixet
St. VincentTheodore Melfi
2015RoomLenny AbrahamsonBest Picture nomineeBest Picture Winner[44]
Angry Indian GoddessesPan Nalin
SpotlightTom McCarthyBest Picture winner
2016La La LandDamien ChazelleBest Picture nominee[45]
LionGarth DavisBest Picture nominee
Queen of KatweMira Nair
2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMartin McDonaghBest Picture nominee[46]
I, TonyaCraig Gillespie
Call Me by Your NameLuca GuadagninoBest Picture nominee
2018Green BookPeter FarrellyBest Picture winner[47]
If Beale Street Could TalkBarry Jenkins
RomaAlfonso CuarónBest Picture nominee
Best Foreign Language Film winner
2019Jojo RabbitTaika WaititiBest Picture nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay winner		[48]
Marriage StoryNoah BaumbachBest Picture nominee
ParasiteBong Joon-hoBest Picture winner
Best International Feature Film winner
2020NomadlandChloé ZhaoBest Picture winner[49]
One Night in Miami...Regina King
BeansTracey DeerBest Picture winner
2021BelfastKenneth BranaghBest Picture nominee

Best Original Screenplay winner

 [50]
ScarboroughShasha Nakhai, Rich WilliamsonBest Picture winner
The Power of the DogJane CampionBest Picture nominee
2022The FabelmansSteven SpielbergBest Picture nominee[51]
Women TalkingSarah PolleyBest Picture nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay winner
Glass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryRian Johnson
2023American FictionCord Jefferson[52]
The HoldoversAlexander Payne
The Boy and the HeronHayao Miyazaki

References

  1. ↑ Walmsley, Katie (September 2009). "Oprah flick 'Precious' wins top award at Toronto". CNN. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ Chris Knight (September 18, 2011). "Lebanese film wins TIFF People's Choice Award". National Post.
  3. ↑ "The Oscar race starts at TIFF – but who's in the running?". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2017.
  4. ↑ "TIFF lineup expands with horror, music". Telegraph-Journal, July 22, 2009.
  5. ↑ "TIFF’s Top Ten Film Festival: Spotlight on Canadian film". Toronto Star, December 1, 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Choose wisely: At the Toronto International Film Festival, how do you ensure that the people have actually spoken?". The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Michael Walsh, "Girlfriends would bring tears to a glass eye". The Province, October 6, 1978.
  8. ↑ "Best Boy selected most popular film". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1979.
  9. ↑ Jay Scott, "Festival of Festivals: unwieldy, but a winner". The Globe and Mail, September 15, 1980.
  10. ↑ "Chariots voted festival favorite". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1981.
  11. ↑ Jay Scott, "Ending on a negative note Censor board accused of 'attempting to destroy festival'". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1982.
  12. ↑ Jay Scott, "Big Chill the big winner". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 1983.
  13. ↑ Jay Scott, "Film wins place in fans' hearts". The Globe and Mail, September 17, 1984.
  14. ↑ Jay Scott, "Official Story voted most popular film; No Surrender, American Cousin critics' choices". The Globe and Mail, September 16, 1985.
  15. ↑ "Quebec film Le declin tops in T.O.; Arcands sex comedy wows public and jury". Montreal Gazette, September 15, 1986.
  16. ↑ Jay Scott, "No attendance figures released; Critics laud Zoo as best film". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 1987.
  17. ↑ "Spanish film is most popular at Toronto fest". Montreal Gazette, September 20, 1988.
  18. ↑ Sid Adilman, "Toronto director surprise winner of $25,000 film prize". Toronto Star, September 18, 1989.
  19. ↑ "Cyrano festival's most popular film". Ottawa Citizen, September 17, 1990.
  20. ↑ Mark Bastien, "Film festival winner gives $25,000 away". Montreal Gazette, September 16, 1991.
  21. ↑ Jane Stevenson, "Robert Morin's Requiem is top Canadian feature film at Festival of Festivals". Ottawa Citizen, September 21, 1992.
  22. ↑ Craig MacInnis, "$25,000 Toronto-City prize goes to native filmmaker". Toronto Star, September 20, 1993.
  23. ↑ "Once again, Egoyan win means double happiness for directors". Vancouver Sun, September 19, 1994.
  24. ↑ "Film fest names winners". Edmonton Journal, September 18, 1995.
  25. ↑ "Toronto director scoops top film prize". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, September 17, 1996.
  26. ↑ "Hanging Garden wins two awards". The Globe and Mail, September 15, 1997.
  27. ↑ Peter Howell, "Life's beautiful for Benigni". Toronto Star, September 21, 1998.
  28. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Five Senses tops jury list at Toronto Film Festival: Canadian audience gazes favourably on American Beauty at award brunch capping off star-studded year". The Globe and Mail, September 20, 1999.
  29. ↑ "People prize Chinese action ; Best Canadian feature award goes to Calgary director Gary Burns". Toronto Star, September 18, 2000.
  30. ↑ "Movies win role in a traumatized world ; Toronto film festival ended with hope for better future". Toronto Star, September 17, 2001.
  31. ↑ "Spider, Whale Rider win big in Toronto". Timmins Daily Press, September 17, 2002.
  32. ↑ "Barbarian Invasions wins best Canadian feature: Toronto International Film Festival wraps up". Orillia Packet and Times, September 15, 2003.
  33. ↑ "Hotel Rwanda tops at T.O. film fest". The Province, September 20, 2004.
  34. ↑ "South African drama is people's choice at TIFF". The Globe and Mail, September 19, 2005.
  35. ↑ "Winners a list of surprises". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 2006.
  36. ↑ Chris Knight, "Toronto film fest's people's choice award stays home". Vancouver Sun, September 17, 2007.
  37. ↑ Adam McDowell, "Slumdog emerges as top dog at TIFF; People's Choice". National Post, September 15, 2008.
  38. ↑ Adam McDowell, "'Precious' awarded top prize at TIFF". Regina Leader-Post, September 21, 2009.
  39. ↑ "The King's Speech is People's Choice; Incendies voted best Canadian picture". Vancouver Sun, September 20, 2010.
  40. ↑ "Lebanese film wins TIFF's top prize; Starbuck is People's Choice runner-up". National Post, September 19, 2011.
  41. ↑ "Silver Linings Playbook writes surprise TIFF ending". Toronto Star, September 17, 2012.
  42. ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Slave tops TIFF winners". Toronto Sun, September 16, 2013.
  43. ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Benedict Cumberbatch film takes audience prize at TIFF". Toronto Sun, September 15, 2014.
  44. ↑ Jim Slotek, "TIFF 2015: 'Room' wins People's Choice Award". Winnipeg Free Press, September 20, 2015.
  45. ↑ Chris Knight, "And the winner is ...; La La Land takes bellwether award". National Post, September 19, 2016.
  46. ↑ Jeremy Kay (September 17, 2017). "'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' wins Toronto audience award". Screen Daily. In other key awards handed out on Sunday afternoon (17), Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country claimed the Toronto Platform Prize, while Joseph Kahn's Bodied won the Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award. Agnès Varda and JR's Faces Places took the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award.
  47. ↑ "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily, September 16, 2018.
  48. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Taika Waititi's 'Jojo Rabbit' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 15, 2019.
  49. ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter, September 20, 2020.
  50. ↑ Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap, September 18, 2021.
  51. ↑ Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire, September 18, 2022.
  52. ↑ Steve Pond, "‘American Fiction’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s Audience Award". TheWrap, September 17, 2023.
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