Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical “The Fabelmans” has won the People's Choice prize at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The coming-of-age ode to cinema was announced as the winner during a TIFF awards breakfast capping off 10 days of in-person filmgoing and festivities. Canadian films also saw a strong showing at Sunday's ceremony, with “Riceboy Sleeps” winning the prestigious Platform Prize.
“The warm reception from everyone in Toronto made my first visit to TIFF so intimate and personal for me and my entire 'Fabelman' family.” Among the previous People's Choice winners that have nabbed best picture are “Nomadland,” “Green Book,” “12 Years a Slave,” “The King's Speech” and “Slumdog Millionaire.”
Vancouver writer-director Anthony Shim's breakout second feature “Riceboy Sleeps” was honoured with the Platform Prize, chosen by an international jury headed by Canadian filmmaker Patricia Rozema. As he took to the stage to accept the award, Shim choked back tears at he thanked his mother and little sister “who always believed that I could do things like this, even at my lowest points.”
Oscar-nominated Canadian filmmaker Hubert Davis's “Black Ice,” which looks at how anti-Black racism has shaped hockey, picked up the People's Choice Documentary Award.
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