The Toronto Film Critics Association have announced their 2021 Award Winners today. Winning top honours of Best Film is DRIVE MY CAR, a Japanese Drama written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. The Film is Japan’s official entry at the upcoming Academy Awards.
Runners-up were LICORICE PIZZA and THE POWER OF THE DOG.
The Rogers Best Canadian Film Award will award one winner $100,000 from Rogers Communications Inc., with two runners-up each receiving $5,000. Finalists in this category are Beans, directed by Tracey Deer; Night Raiders, directed by Danis Goulet; Scarborough, directed by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson. The winner will be announced at their upcoming (date TBD) Awards Gala.
List of winners below:
Best Film
DRIVE MY CAR
Runners-up: LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Director
Jane Campion (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Runners-up: Hamaguchi Ryusuke (DRIVE MY CAR)
Denis Villeneuve (DUNE)
Best Actress
Olivia Colman (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Runners-up: Penelope Cruz (PARALLEL MOTHERS)
Kristen Stewart (SPENCER)
Best Actor
Denzel Washington (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Runners-up: Benedict Cumberbatch (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Andrew Garfield (TICK, TICK…BOOM!)
Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley (THE LOST DAUGHTER)
Runners-up: Kirsten Dunst (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Ruth Negga (PASSING)
Best Supporting Actor
Bradley Cooper (LICORICE PIZZA)
Runners-up: Ciaran Hinds (BELFAST)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (THE POWER OF THE DOG)
Best Screenplay
DRIVE MY CAR
Runners-up: LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Best Animated Feature
FLEE
Runners-up: ENCANTO
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
Best Documentary
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Runners-up: FLEE
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Best Foreign Language Film
DRIVE MY CAR
Runners-up: PETITE MAMAN
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Best First Feature
THE LOST DAUGHTER
Runners-up: PASSING
PIG
SHIVA BABY
More to come here.
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