Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film

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The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign (Language) Film is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

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Winners

2000s

YearWinnerCountryDirector(s)Ref
2003 City of God (Cidade de Deus)Brazil Fernando Meirelles [1]
2004 Hero (Ying xiong)China/Hong Kong Zhang Yimou [2]
2005 The World (Shijie)China Jia Zhangke [3]
2006 L'Enfant Belgium Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne [4]
Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)Mexico Guillermo del Toro
Volver Spain Pedro Almodóvar
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile)Romania Cristian Mungiu [5]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le scaphandre et le papillon)France/USA Julian Schnabel
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen)Germany Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
2008 Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)Sweden Tomas Alfredson [6]
A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)France Arnaud Desplechin
The Class (Entre les murs)France Laurent Cantet
I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime)France Philippe Claudel
2009 The White Ribbon (Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte)Austria/Germany Michael Haneke [7]
Police, Adjective (Poliţist, Adjectiv)Romania Corneliu Porumboiu
Summer Hours (L'Heure d'été)France Olivier Assayas

2010s

YearWinnerCountryDirector(s)Ref
2010 Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives Thailand Apichatpong Weerasethakul [8]
Mother South Korea Bong Joon-ho
Of Gods and Men France Xavier Beauvois
2011 Mysteries of Lisbon Portugal Raúl Ruiz [9]
Attenberg Greece Athina Rachel Tsangari
Le Havre Finland/France/Germany Aki Kaurismäki
A Separation Iran Asghar Farhadi
2012 Amour Austria / France / Germany Michael Haneke [10]
Holy Motors France / Germany Leos Carax
Tabu Portugal Miguel Gomes
2013 A Touch of Sin China Jia Zhangke [11]
Blue Is the Warmest Colour France Abdellatif Kechiche
The Hunt Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
2014 Force Majeure Sweden Ruben Östlund [12]
Ida Poland / Denmark Paweł Pawlikowski
Leviathan Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev
2015 Phoenix Germany Christian Petzold [13]
The Assassin Taiwan / China / Hong Kong Hou Hsiao-hsien
Son of Saul Hungary László Nemes
2016 Toni Erdmann Germany Maren Ade [14]
The Handmaiden South Korea Park Chan-Wook
Elle France Paul Verhoeven
2017 The Square Sweden Ruben Östlund [15]
Faces Places France Agnès Varda and JR
Loveless Russia Andrey Zvyagintsev
2018 Burning South Korea Lee Chang-dong [16]
Cold War Poland Paweł Pawlikowski
Roma Mexico Alfonso Cuarón
2019 Parasite South Korea Bong Joon-ho [17]
Pain and Glory Spain Pedro Almodóvar
Portrait of a Lady on Fire France Céline Sciamma

2020s

YearWinnerCountryDirector(s)Ref
2020 Bacurau Brazil, France Kleber Mendonça Filho [18]
Another Round (Druk)Denmark Thomas Vinterberg
Beanpole Russia Kantemir Balagov
2021 Drive My Car Japan Ryusuke Hamaguchi [19]
Petite Maman France Céline Sciamma
The Worst Person in the World (Verdens verste menneske)Norway Joachim Trier
2022 Saint Omer France Alice Diop [20]
Decision to Leave South Korea Park Chan-wook
EO Poland / Italy Jerzy Skolimowski
2023 Fallen Leaves Finland Aki Kaurismäki [21] [22]
Anatomy of a Fall France Justine Triet
The Zone of Interest United Kingdom Jonathan Glazer

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