TIFF AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
Since 1978, attendees of the Toronto International Film Festival have chosen the winner of an “audience award,” or, as it’s now called, the Cadillac People’s Choice Award. The winning films have almost always gone on to garner attention from the Academy — they have accounted for 93 nominations (including 9 for best picture for 9 for best foreign language film), 35 of which resulted in wins (including 3 for best picture and 5 for best foreign language film) — which has helped to cement TIFF’s reputation as the first major event of the awards season.
Here’s a look back at all of TIFF’s audience award winners and how they went on to fare at the Oscars…
- “Girlfriend” (1978) — none
- “Best Boy” (1979) — documentary WON
- “Bad Timing” (1980) — none
- “Chariots of Fire” (1981) — picture WON, director, supporting actor, original screenplay WON, film editing, original score WON, costume design WON
- “Tempest” (1982) — none
- “The Big Chill” (1983) — picture, actress, original screenplay
- “Places in the Heart” (1984) — picture, director, actress WON, supporting actor, supporting actress, original screenplay WON, costume design
- “The Official Story” (1985) — original screenplay, foreign language film WON
- “Le Declin de l’empire Americain” (1986) — foreign language film
- “The Princess Bride” (1987) — original song
- “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown” (1988) — foreign language film
- “Roger and Me” (1989) — none
- “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1990) — actor, foreign language film, art direction-set direction, costume design WON, makeup
- “The Fisher King” (1991) — actor, supporting actress WON, original screenplay, art direction-set direction, original score
- “Strictly Ballroom” (1992) — none
- “The Snapper” (1993) — none
- “Priest” (1994) — none
- “Antonia” (1995) — foreign language film WON
- “Shine” (1996) — picture, director, actor WON, supporting actor, original screenplay, film editing, original score
- “The Hanging Garden” (1997) — none
- “Life Is Beautiful” (1998) — picture, director, actor WON, original screenplay, foreign language film WON, film editing, original score WON
- “American Beauty” (1999) — picture WON, director WON, actor WON, actress, original screenplay WON, cinematography WON, film editing, original score
- “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” (2000) — picture, director, adapted screenplay, foreign language film WON, art direction-set direction WON, cinematography WON, costume design, film editing, original score WON, original song
- “Amelie” (2001) — original screenplay, foreign language film, cinematography, art direction-set direction, sound mixing
- “Whale Rider” (2002) — actress
- “Zatoichi” (2003) — none
- “Hotel Rwanda” (2004) — actor, supporting actress, original screenplay
- “Tsotsi” (2005) — foreign language film WON
- “Bella” (2006) — none
- “Eastern Promises” (2007) — actor
- “Slumdog Millionaire” (2008) — picture WON, director WON, adapted screenplay WON, cinematography WON, film editing WON, original score WON, original song WON, original song, sound editing, sound mixing WON
- “Precious” (2009) — picture, director, actress, supporting actress WON, adapted screenplay WON, film editing
Photo: Audrey Tautou in TIFF audience award winner “Amelie.” Credit: Miramax.
