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‘American Fiction’ wins the 2023 People’s Choice Award

RENU MEHTA • TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Midnight Madness
Award: Larry Charles’s Dicks: The Musical
Toronto
• First Runner-up: Nikhil Nagesh Bhat’s KILL
he 48 annual Toronto International Film • Second Runner-up: Finn Wolfhard and Billy
th
Festival (TIFF) that took place from Sep- Bryk’s Hell of a Summer
Ttember 7 -17, 2023 announced ‘American • The 2023 Platform Award is awarded to: direc-
Fiction’ as the TIFF 2023 People Choice Award. tor Tarsem Singh Dhandwar for Dear Jassi,.
Directed by Cord Jefferson, Jeffry Wright stars in • The 2023 NETPAC Winner is: Jayant Digambar
the film’s adaptation of Percival Everett’s Erasure, Somalkar’s A Match
a satire about marginalized voices and a portrait of • The 2023 FIPRESCI is: Director Meredith Ha-
an artist forced to re-examine his integrity. ma-Brown for Seagrass
Jefferson’s directorial debut is a wildly enter- • Short Cuts Award for Best Film: Electra, dir.
taining send-up of our hunger for so-called au- Daria Kashcheeva
thenticity. Featuring stellar supporting turns from • Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian
Issa Rae and Erika Alexander, and a string of cam- Film: Motherland, dir. Jasmin Mozaffari
eos, American Fiction is a timely reflection on the • Share Her Journey Award: Shé (Snake), dir. Re-
fictions we tell ourselves about race, progress, and nee Zhan
community. The film, directed by Cord Jefferson, • Amplify Voices Award - Best BIPOC Canadian
was showcased as a free presentation for audienc- Feature: Kanaval, dir. Henri Pardo
es on September 17. • Amplify Voices Award for Best BIPOC Canadi-
an First Feature Award: Tautuktavuk (What We
List of Award Winners • TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Documentary See), dirs. Carol Kunnuk, Lucy Tulugarjuk
• TIFF 2023 People’s Choice Award: Cord Jeffer- Award: Robert McCallum’s Mr. Dressup: The • The 2023 Amplify Voices Trailblazer Award was
Magic of Make-Believe
presented to Damon D’Oliveira, producer.
son’s American Fiction
• First Runner-up: Alexander Payne’s The Hold- • First Runner-up: Jen Markowitz›s Summer • 2023 Best Canadian Feature Film: Solo, dir. So-
phie Dupuis
Qamp
overs
• Second Runner-up: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy • Second Runner-up: Lucy Walker’s Mountain • The 2023 Changemaker Award: We Grown Now,
Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
dir. Minhal Baig.
and the Heron
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