The 2014 Toronto Film Festival has come to a close and the awards have been announced with little surprise at the top as it seemed it would either be James Marsh‘s The Theory of Everything [my review] and Morten Tyldum‘s The Imitation Game [my review], at least based on the movies I saw and the reaction I’d heard walking around the fest. And lo and behold, it was Imitation Game taking hom the People’s Choice Award, but it appears Theory of Everything wasn’t a close second.
The first runner up was Isabel Coixet‘s Learning to Drive and the second was Theodore Melfi‘s St. Vincent starring Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.
The People’s Choice Documentary award went to Hajooj Kuka for Beats of the Antonov with David Thorpe‘s Do I Sound Gay? taking first runner-up in which Thorpe confronts his anxiety about “sounding gay” while the second runner up was Ethan Hawke‘s documentary Seymour: An Introduction, exploring the life and lessons of pianist, teacher and sage, Seymour Bernstein.
Winning the International Federation of Film Critics award, honoring outstanding works in the Special Presentations and the Discovery programmes was Oren Moverman‘s Time Out of Mind (which I, sadly, did not see).
All that said, the complete list of winners is directly below.
People’s Choice Award: The Imitation Game, directed by Morten Tyldum
People’s Choice Award For Documentary: Beats Of The Anatov, directed by Hajooj Kuka
People’s Choice Award For Midnight Madness: What We Do In Shadows, directed by Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi
Best Canadian Feature Film: Felix and Meira, Directed by Maxime Giroux
Best Canadian First Feature Film: Bang Bang Baby, Directed by Jeffrey St. Jules
Prizes of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations Section: Time Out of Mind, Directed by Oren Moverman
Prizes of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Discovery Section: May Allah Bless France!, Directed by Abd Al Malik
NETPAC Award For Best Asian Film: Margarita, With a Straw, Directed by Shonali Bose
Best International Short Film: A Single Body, Directed by Sotiris Dounoukos
Best Canadian Short Film: The Weatherman and the Shadowboxer, Directed by Randall Okita
