Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature

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The Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual awards given by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

Winners[edit]

2000s[edit]

Year Winner Director(s) Ref
2001 Sexy Beast Jonathan Glazer [1]
Amores perros Alejandro González Iñárritu
In the Bedroom Todd Field
2002 Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner Zacharias Kunuk [2]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind George Clooney
Igby Goes Down Burr Steers
2003 American Splendor Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini [3]
2004 Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston [4]
2005 Capote Bennett Miller [5]
2006 Thank You for Smoking Jason Reitman [6]
Brick Rian Johnson
Little Miss Sunshine Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
2007 Away from Her Sarah Polley [7]
Gone Baby Gone Ben Affleck
Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy
2008 Ballast Lance Hammer [8]
The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin
Frozen River Courtney Hunt
2009 Hunger Steve McQueen [9]
500 Days of Summer Marc Webb
District 9 Neill Blomkamp

2010s[edit]

Year Winner Director(s) Ref
2010 Exit Through the Gift Shop Banksy [10]
Get Low Aaron Schneider
Monsters Gareth Edwards
2011 Attack the Block Joe Cornish [11]
Margin Call J. C. Chandor
Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin
2012 Beasts of the Southern Wild Benh Zeitlin [12]
Beyond the Black Rainbow Panos Cosmatos
The Cabin in the Woods Drew Goddard
2013 Neighboring Sounds Kleber Mendonça Filho [13]
Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler
In a World... Lake Bell
2014 The Lunchbox Ritesh Batra [14]
John Wick Chad Stahelski
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
2015 Ex Machina Alex Garland [15]
Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino
Son of Saul László Nemes
2016 The Witch Robert Eggers [16]
The Edge of Seventeen Kelly Fremon Craig
Swiss Army Man Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele [17]
Lady Macbeth William Oldroyd
Werewolf Ashley McKenzie
2018 Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley [18]
Eighth Grade Bo Burnham
Hereditary Ari Aster
2019 Booksmart Olivia Wilde [19]
Atlantics Mati Diop
Queen & Slim Melina Matsoukas

2020s[edit]

Year Winner Director(s) Ref
2020 The Forty-Year-Old Version Radha Blank [20]
The Father Florian Zeller
Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 The Lost Daughter Maggie Gyllenhall [21]
Passing Rebecca Hall
Pig Michael Sarnoski
Shiva Baby Emma Seligman
2022 Aftersun Charlotte Wells [22]
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Dean Fleischer Camp
Turning Red Domee Shi
2023 Rye Lane Raine Allen-Miller [23]
American Fiction Cord Jefferson
Past Lives Celine Song

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Memento named best picture". Calgary Herald, December 20, 2001.
  2. ^ "Toronto critics pick Adaptation as top film". Ottawa Citizen, December 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Coppola's Lost in Translation honoured by Toronto critics". Waterloo Region Record, December 18, 2003.
  4. ^ "Sideways named best film of 2004 by Toronto critics". Sault Star, December 17, 2004.
  5. ^ "Cronenberg's History of Violence tops T.O. critics' best-of list". Sudbury Star, December 22, 2005.
  6. ^ Lee-Anne Goodman, "'The Queen' named best picture by Toronto's film critics". Canadian Press, December 20, 2006.
  7. ^ Bruce Kirkland, "Old Men No. 1; Coen Brothers flick tops T.O. film critics' 2007 list". Toronto Sun, December 19, 2007.
  8. ^ Chris Knight, "Toronto critics pick Wendy and Lucy". Windsor Star, December 17, 2008.
  9. ^ "Basterds, Hunger top Toronto critics' picks". Waterloo Region Record, December 17, 2009.
  10. ^ Peter Knegt, "“Social Network” Tops San Francisco and Toronto Film Critics’ Awards". IndieWire, December 14, 2010.
  11. ^ Brian D. Johnson, "Toronto critics name 'Tree of Life' Best Picture". Maclean's, December 14, 2011.
  12. ^ Cassandra Szklarski, "'The Master' rules with Toronto film critics, named best film, screenplay". Canadian Press, December 18, 2012.
  13. ^ "Toronto Film Critics Association awards for 2013". Toronto Star, December 17, 2013.
  14. ^ Norman Wilner, "Toronto film critics champion Boyhood". Now, December 16, 2014.
  15. ^ Jeremy Kay, "Toronto critics honour 'Carol'". Screen Daily, December 14, 2015.
  16. ^ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight". Now, December 12, 2016.
  17. ^ Jim Slotek, "Toronto film critics give best picture thumbs up to The Florida Project". Original Cin, December 10, 2017.
  18. ^ Corey Atad, "Toronto Film Critics Association Names ‘Roma’ Best Picture Of 2018". ET Canada, December 10, 2018.
  19. ^ Radheyan Simonpillai, "Toronto Film Critics Association names Parasite the year’s best movie". Now, December 9, 2019.
  20. ^ Etan Vlessing, "Chloe Zhao's 'Nomadland' Named Best Picture by Toronto Film Critics Association". The Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2021.
  21. ^ Sarah Curran, "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s ‘The Lost Daughter’ Wins Big At Toronto Film Critics Association Awards". ET Canada, January 16, 2022.
  22. ^ Pat Mullen, "Toronto Film Critics Name All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Top Doc". Point of View, January 8, 2023.
  23. ^ Erik Anderson, "Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) Awards: ‘The Zone of Interest’ Wins Best Picture, Director". AwardsWatch, December 17, 2023.

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