Toronto’s critics are often odd but they’ve gone fairly mainstream with this batch.

Awards Tallies

(4) One Battle After Another
(2) Blue Heron, Endless Cookie
(1) Blue Moon, Come See Me in the Good Light, Ghosts of the Sea, Hedda, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Montreal, My Beautiful, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, The Shrouds, Sinners, Sirāt, Souleymane’s Story, Sweet Angel Baby, Who Killed the Montreal Expos

The Awards

Best Picture

One Battle After Another (Runners-Up: Hamnet, Sinners)

Best Animated Feature

Endless Cookie (Runners-Up: KPop Demon Hunters, Space Cadet)

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Runners-Up: Ryan Coogler – Sinners, Oliver Laxe – Sirāt)

Best Lead Performance

Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You & Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Runners-Up: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet, Leoanrdeo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another, Michael B. Jordan – Sinners, Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent)

Best Supporting Performance

Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another & Nina Hoss – Hedda (Runners-Up: Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein, Amy Madigan – Weapons, Sean Penn – One Battle After Another, Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value)

Best Original Screenplay

Sinners (Runners-Up: Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value)

Best Adapted Screenplay

One Battle After Another (Runners-Up: Hamnet, No Other Choice)

Best International Feature

Sirāt (Runners-Up: It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent)

Allan King Best Documentary

Come See Me in the Good Light (Runners-Up: Orwell: 2+2=5, The Tale of Silyan)

Best First Feature

Blue Heron (Runners-Up: Eephus, Sorry, Baby)

Best Breakthrough Performance

Abou Sangaré – Souleymane’s Story (Runners-Up: Miles Caton – Sinners, Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another)

Best Canadian Film Finalists (To Be Announced: 2/24/25)

Blue Heron
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
The Shrouds

Best Lead Performance in a Canadian Film

Joan Chen – Montreal, My Beautiful (Runners-Up: Deragh Campbell – Measures ofor a Funeral, Vincent Cassel – The Shrouds)

Best Supporting Performance in a Canadian Film

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers – Sweet Angel Baby (Runners-Up: Charlotte Aubin – Montreal, My Beautiful, Troy Kotsur – In Cold Light)

Best Canadian Documentary (To Be Announced: 2/24/25)

Endless Cookie
Ghosts of the Sea
Who Killed the Montreal Expos

Special Citation

TBD

Toronto Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 1997 (29)