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- ↑ "TIFF lineup expands with horror, music". Telegraph-Journal , July 22, 2009.
- ↑ "Choose wisely: At the Toronto International Film Festival, how do you ensure that the people have actually spoken?". The Globe and Mail , September 7, 2017.
- ↑ "2009 Toronto International Film Festival Winners". tiff.net, October 11, 2013.
- ↑ "The King's Speech is People's Choice; Incendies voted best Canadian picture". Vancouver Sun , September 20, 2010.
- ↑ "Lebanese film wins TIFF's top prize; Starbuck is People's Choice runner-up". National Post , September 19, 2011.
- ↑ "Silver Linings Playbook writes surprise TIFF ending". Toronto Star , September 17, 2012.
- ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Slave tops TIFF winners". Toronto Sun , September 16, 2013.
- ↑ Bruce Kirkland, "Benedict Cumberbatch film takes audience prize at TIFF". Toronto Sun , September 15, 2014.
- ↑ Jim Slotek, "TIFF 2015: 'Room' wins People's Choice Award". Winnipeg Free Press , September 20, 2015.
- ↑ Chris Knight, "And the winner is ...; La La Land takes bellwether award". National Post , September 19, 2016.
- ↑ Jeremy Kay (17 September 2017). "'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri' wins Toronto audience award". Screen Daily.
In other key awards handed out on Sunday afternoon (17), Warwick Thornton's Sweet Country claimed the Toronto Platform Prize, while Joseph Kahn's Bodied won the Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award. Agnès Varda and JR's Faces Places took the Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award.
- ↑ "'Green Book' boosts awards season prospects with TIFF audience award win". Screen Daily , September 16, 2018.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Taika Waititi's 'Jojo Rabbit' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter , September 15, 2019.
- ↑ Etan Vlessing, "Toronto: Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Wins Audience Award". The Hollywood Reporter , September 20, 2020.
- ↑ Steve Pond, "‘Belfast’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award". TheWrap , September 18, 2021.
- ↑ Christian Zilko, "‘The Fabelmans’ Wins TIFF 2022 People’s Choice Award". IndieWire , September 18, 2022.
- ↑ Steve Pond, "‘American Fiction’ Wins Toronto Film Festival’s Audience Award". TheWrap , September 17, 2023.