by Amos Semien
The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) was established in 1997 and is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.
The Toronto Film Critics Association announced the 2013 TFCA Awards back on Monday, December 16, 2013. Inside Llewyn Davis won two top prizes in 2013 awards of the Toronto Film Critics Association. Joel and Ethan Coen’s tale of a folk singer making his way through Greenwich Village, 1961, won “Best Picture” and “Best Actor” (Oscar Isaac).
The 2013 TFCA Awards were presented at a gala dinner at Toronto’s Carlu on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, hosted by Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director of the Toronto International Film Festival. At the dinner, the documentary, Watermark, was revealed as the winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award, which carries a record-setting $100,000 cash prize, the richest arts award in the country. The awards was presented to the Watermark’s director’s, Jennifer Baichwal and Edward Burtynsky. The runners-up will each receive $5,000.
Under the TFCA’s guidelines, contenders eligible for the 2013 awards include films released in Canada in 2013 plus films that qualify for the 2013 Oscars and have Canadian distribution scheduled by the end of February 2014.
The full list of 2013Toronto Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up:
BEST PICTURE: “Inside Llewyn Davis” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up:
“Her” (Warner Bros.)
“12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)
BEST ACTOR: Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up
Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”
Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”
BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Runners-up
Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Runners-up
Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”
James Franco, “Spring Breakers”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Runners-up
Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”
June Squibb, “Nebraska”
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Runners-up
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”
BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL: Spike Jonze, “Her”
Runners-up
Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
BEST FIRST FEATURE: “Neighboring Sounds”, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up
“Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler
“In a World …”, directed by Lake Bell
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “The Wind Rises” (Touchstone Pictures)
Runners-up
“The Croods” (20th Century Fox)
“Frozen” (Walt Disney Pictures)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “A Touch of Sin” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” (Mongrel Media)
“The Hunt” (Mongrel Media)
BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD: “The Act of Killing” (Films We Like)
Runners-up
“Leviathan” (Films We Like)
“Tim’s Vermeer” (Mongrel Media)
ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
“Watermark” (Mongrel Media) – WINNER - $100,000 przie
Runners-up ($5,000 to each):
“The Dirties” (Phase 4 Films)
“Gabrielle” (Entertainment One)
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