«Twelve Years a Slave«, One of the great contenders for this year's Oscar, has won the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival.
The new director's tape Steve McQueen has won what is considered the highest prize in the Canadian competition. After the very positive reviews and the award at the Toronto Festival, it seems that «Twelve Years a Slave»Has become the rival to beat for the next edition of the Academy Awards in Hollywood.
The film is one of the favorites to win the Oscars for best film, best director and best adapted screenplay, as well as its protagonist Chiwetel Ejiofor He is one of the strongest facing the Oscar for best actor, Michael Fassbender She has a high chance in the Best Supporting Actor category, and Lupita Nyong'o has a high chance in the Best Supporting Actress category.
Two other films have been reinforced for the Oscars, «Philomena»By Stephen Frears and«Prisoners»By Dennis Villenueve, who have been a finalist for the Audience Award at this Toronto Film Festival.
Toronto Festival Honors:
Audience Award: "Twelve Years a Slave" by Steve McQueen.
Finalists: "Philomena" by Stephen Frears and "Prisoners" by Dennis Villenueve
Audience Award for the Documentary Section: "The Square" by Jehane Noujaim
Finalists: "Beyond the Edge" and "Hi-Ho Mistahey"
Audience Award for the section “Midnight Madness:« Why Don't You Play in Hell? » by Sion Sono
Best Canadian Film: "When Jews Were Funny" by Alan Zweig
Best Canadian First Feature: "Asphalt Watches" by Shayne Ehman and Seth Scriver
FIPRESCI Award in the “Special Presentations” section: «Ida» by Pawl Pawlikowski
FIPRESCI Award for the “Discovery” section: «The Amazing Catfish» by Claudia Sainte-Luce
Best Asian Film: "Qissa" by Anup Singh
Best Canadian Short: "Noah"
Grolsch Film Works Discovery Award: "All the wrong reasons", by Gia Milani
More information - Trailer for Steve McQueen's “Twelve Years a Slave”