Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature

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The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

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Winners

2000s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2001 Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer [1]
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu
In the Bedroom Todd Field
2002 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk [2]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney
Igby Goes Down Burr Steers
2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini [3]
2004 Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston [4]
2005 Capote Bennett Miller [5]
2006 Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman [6]
Brick Rian Johnson
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
2007 Away from Her Sarah Polley [7]
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
2008 Ballast Lance Hammer [8]
The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin
Frozen River Courtney Hunt
2009 Hunger Steve McQueen [9]
500 Days of Summer Marc Webb
District 9 Neill Blomkamp

2010s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2010 Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy [10]
Get Low Aaron Schneider
Monsters Gareth Edwards
2011 Attack the Block Joe Cornish [11]
Margin Call J. C. Chandor
Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin [12]
Beyond the Black Rainbow Panos Cosmatos
The Cabin in the Woods Drew Goddard
2013 Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho [13]
Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler
In a World... Lake Bell
2014 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra [14]
John Wick Chad Stahelski
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
2015 Ex Machina Alex Garland [15]
Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino
Son of Saul László Nemes
2016 The Witch Robert Eggers [16]
The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig
Swiss Army Man Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele [17]
Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd
Werewolf Ashley McKenzie
2018 Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley [18]
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Hereditary Ari Aster
2019 Booksmart Olivia Wilde [19]
Atlantics Mati Diop
Queen & Slim Melina Matsoukas

2020s

YearWinnerDirector(s)Ref
2020 The Forty-Year-Old Version Radha Blank [20]
The Father Florian Zeller
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhall [21]
Passing Rebecca Hall
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Shiva Baby Emma Seligman
2022 Aftersun Charlotte Wells [22]
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Turning Red Domee Shi
2023 Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller [23]
American Fiction Cord Jefferson
Past Lives Celine Song
2024 Woman of the Hour Anna Kendrick [24]
40 Acres R. T. Thorne
Janet Planet Annie Baker
The People's Joker Vera Drew

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