‘The Life of Chuck’ Wins TIFF People’s Choice Award: Full Winners List
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. This year’s winner was Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation “The Life of Chuck,” starring Tom Hiddleston.
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 first runner up was Jacques Audiard’s musical crime comedy “Emilia Pérez,” which won the Jury Prize at Cannes, as well as the Best Actress award for all three of its main cast (Zoe Salda?a, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez). Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner “Anora” received second runner-up, making it the second film to be recognized at both Cannes and TIFF in this manner, the first being Best Picture winner “Parasite.”
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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 full awards ceremony below and keep reading for a complete list of award winners from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.
People’s Choice Award: “The Life of Chuck”
Second Runner-Up: “Anora” First Runner-Up: “Emilia Pérez”
People’s Choice Documentary Award: “The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsal”
People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award: “The Substance”
Platform Competition Award: “They Will Be Dust”
Best Canadian Feature Film: “Shepherds”
Best International Short Film: “Deck 5B”
Honorable Mention: “Quota”
Best Canadian Short: “Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?”
NETPAC Award: “The Last of the Sea Women”
FIPRESCI Jury Award: “Mother Mother”
Best Canadian Discovery Award: “Universal Language”
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