“It’s been an unusually thrilling year for cinema,” said TFCA President Brian D. Johnson, film critic at Maclean’s. “And these awards celebrate a remarkable diversity. Among our distinctive Canadian finalists, each offers an inspired take on a compelling issue—from school bullying in The Dirties to sexual liberation among the disabled in Gabrielle to epic environmental crisis in Watermark.
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Winners and Runners-up:
BEST PICTURE
Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: Her and 12 Years a Slave
BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
Runners-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave and Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine
Runners-up: Julie Delpy, Before Midnight and Greta Gerwig, Frances Ha
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Runners-up: Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave and James Franco, Spring Breakers
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Runners-up: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave and June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Runners-up: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis and Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
Spike Jonze, Her
Runners-up: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, Before Midnight and Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Neighboring Sounds directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up: Fruitvale Station directed by Ryan Coogler and In a World … directed by Lake Bell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Wind Rises
Runners-up: The Croods and Frozen
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
A Touch of Sin
Runners-up: Blue Is the Warmest Color and The Hunt
BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD
The Act of Killing
Runners-up: Leviathan and Tim’s Vermeer
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
The Dirties
Gabrielle
Watermark
Source: Toronto Film Critics Association
-Posted by Rebecca Murray
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