Silver Linings Playbook wins the People’s Choice Award at TIFF (despite the lame name)
TIFF differs from Cannes and Venice in that it’s not in a glamorous European city its major awards are chosen by audiences rather than by a jury. So, while critics and industry types raved about Argo, it was David O. Russell’s romantic comedy-drama Silver Linings Playbook that took home the BlackBerry People’s Choice Award—plus $15,000, which we imagine the celebrated director doesn’t exactly need, but will certainly appreciate. Ben Affleck will have to content himself with runner-up status (according to Roger Ebert, Oscar season will likely ease Affleck’s pain). Finally, Eran Riklis’s Zaytoun was second runner-up as crowd favourite. Here are the rest of the awards handed out this year at TIFF, and the films that won them:
• The BlackBerry People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award went to Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths
• The BlackBerry People’s Choice Documentary Award went to Bartholomew Cubbins’s Artifact
• The Award for Best Canadian Short Film went to Deco Dawson’s Keep a Modest Head
• The City of Toronto and Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film went to Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways
• The SKYY Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film was a tie between Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral and Jason Buxton’s Blackbird
• The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations went to François Ozon’s Dans la maison (In the House)
• The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Discovery program was awarded to Mikael Marcimain’s Call Girl
• The NETPAC Award for the Best First or Second Feature World or International Asian Film Premiere went to Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope
• The inaugural winner of the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award was Rola Nashef for Detroit Unleaded
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• The BlackBerry People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award went to Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths
• The BlackBerry People’s Choice Documentary Award went to Bartholomew Cubbins’s Artifact
• The Award for Best Canadian Short Film went to Deco Dawson’s Keep a Modest Head
• The City of Toronto and Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film went to Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways
• The SKYY Vodka Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film was a tie between Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral and Jason Buxton’s Blackbird
• The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for Special Presentations went to François Ozon’s Dans la maison (In the House)
• The Prize of the International Critics (FIPRESCI Prize) for the Discovery program was awarded to Mikael Marcimain’s Call Girl
• The NETPAC Award for the Best First or Second Feature World or International Asian Film Premiere went to Sion Sono’s The Land of Hope
• The inaugural winner of the Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award was Rola Nashef for Detroit Unleaded){kind=link}