The 2024 Toronto International Film Festival has finally wrapped up, closing out a two-week frenzy of world premieres and screenings of highly anticipated offerings making their way across the international festival circuit. For many, TIFF (as well as the Venice and Telluride film festivals) marks the unofficial commencement of awards season, meaning the films that receive the People’s Choice Awards typically earn an early boost for their campaigns. Last year, the top prize went to Cord Jefferson’s publishing industry satire “American Fiction,” which would later earn the writer/director an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as a nomination for Best Picture.
In fact, 12 of the last 14 People’s Choice Award winners at TIFF went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and four of them (“The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Green Book,” and “Nomadland”) actually won the award. This year’s hopefuls include Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner “Anora,” which follows an exotic dancer (Mikey Madison) whose fairly-tale dreams of the high life become reality for a brief moment, only to be snatched away by a gang of Russian goons, as well as Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist,” a nearly four-hour immigrant tale which stunned both TIFF and Venice, where Corbet received the Silver Lion for directing.
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As it did at Venice, Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller “Babygirl” starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson also heated up the Visa Screening Room at the Princess of Wales Theatre for its North American premiere. Kidman took home the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at Venice, but was unable to receive the award in person as her mother unexpectedly passed away prior to the ceremony.
Other titles of note include “All We Imagine as Light,” which won the Grand Prix at Cannes; Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here,” which is likely to be Brazil’s entry at the Oscars; Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez”; Gia Coppola’s “The Last Showgirl,” featuring Pamela Anderson in a career-defining performance; and Mike Leigh’s latest collaboration with “Secrets and Lies” star Marianne Jean-Baptiste, “Hard Truths.” Lastly, another standout premiere that played extremely well was the Tim Robinson/Paul Rudd comedy “Friendship,” which also marks the feature debut of director Andrew DeYoung, previously known for his television work on shows like “I Love That For You” and “Our Flag Means Death.”
Watch the awards ceremony live below and keep reading for a complete list of award winners from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
People’s Choice Award:
People’s Choice Documentary Award:
People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award:
Platform Competition Award:
Best Canadian Feature Film:
Best International Short Film:
Best Canadian Short:
NETPAC Award:
FIPRESCI Jury Award:
Best Canadian Discovery Award:
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