David R. Walker

Film Reviews

2016 Toronto Film Festival

November 15th, 2016 |

Author: davidrwalker

2016 Toronto International

Film Festival Winners

Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) takes place every year in September in Toronto, Canada.

Films which premiere at Toronto are often nominated for Academy Awards the following year.

TIFF does not hand out individual prizes for Best Actor or Actress but focuses on amongst others the following awards:
People’s Choice Award & Best Canadian Feature Film

Opening Night Film: The Magnificent Seven directed by Antoine Fuqua starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke

People’s Choice Award: La La Land directed by Damien Chazelle – starring Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Finn Wittrock, J. K. Simmons & Rosemarie DeWitt

Best Canadian Film: Those who make Revolution only Dig their Graves Halfway directed by Mathieu Denis and Simon Lavoie

Posted in Antoine Fuqua, Damien Chazelle, Mathieu Denis, Simon Lavoie, Toronto |

Tags: Chris Pratt, Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, Ethan Hawke, Finn Wittrock, J. K. Simmons, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling

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