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Tiger
Takes Toronto's Top Prize
Ang
Lee's Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon, took the top prize, the People's
Choice Award, at this year's Toronto International Film Festival.
The awards ceremony was held over brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel
in downtown Toronto. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
(which premiered at this year's Cannes Festival), is scheduled for
US release in December and has started rumors of Oscar potential.
Toronto has long launched directors into Academy Award success;
last year's Oscar winner for Best Picture, American
Beauty, premiered at Toronto. In other awards, the second
prize was awarded to Rob Stich for The Dish and third
place was a tie between Billy
Elliot, (premiered at Cannes under the title Dancer),
and Innocence by Paul Cox, which won the grand prize
at Montreal World
Fest. The FIPRESCI prize, awarded by international critics went
to the Pang Brothers of Thailand for their debut feature Bangkok
Dangerous. The committee stated that "this fiercely assured
first feature film marks the emergence of not only its twin directors
but of their country, Thailand. Beautifully crafted, with a deft
eye on the sights and sounds of Bangkok, the film shows a love and
appreciation of the poetics of cinema, and of violence."
More
awards...
People's
Choice Awards
First place: Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Ang Lee
Second place: The Dish by Rob Sitch (second prize)
Third place: Innocence by Paul Cox and Billy
Elliot by Stephen Daldry
Toronto
City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film
Waydowntown by Gary Burns
Special Mention: Maelström
by Denis Villeneuve
Special Mention: Karen Walton, writer, Ginger
Snaps
Citytv
Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film
La Moitie Gauche Du Frigo (The Left-Hand Side of
the Fridge) by Philippe Falardeau
Special
Mention: Red Deer by Anthony Couture
National
Film Board - John Spotton Award (Short Film)
Le Chapeau by Michele Cournoyer
Special Mention: Ernest by Keith Beharman
Volkswagen
Discovery Award (tie):
George
Washington by David Gordon Green and 101
Reykjavik by Baltasar Kormakur
Second Place: (tie) The Day I Became A Woman by Marziyeh
Meshkini and The Iron Ladies by Youngyooth Thongkonthun
FIPRESCI
Foriegn Press Award
Bangkok Dangerous by Oxid and Danny Pang
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