This is the last major festival before the Oscars and its winners have often presaged Oscar attention, though last year’s winner was held back to this summer and managed to flop so we’ll see how this year’s selections do. Hamnet looks to be in the strongest position while Frankenstein shows it’s not just an average horror adaptation.

The Festival

People’s Choice Award

Hamnet

People’s Choice Award, First Runner Up

Frankenstein

People’s Choice Award, Second Runner Up

Wake Up Dead Man

People’s Choice Award, Documentaries

The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue

People’s Choice Award, Documentaries, First Runner Up

EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert

People’s Choice Award, Documentaries, Second Runner Up

You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…

Gala Presentation

Adulthood
The Choral
Driver’s Ed
Eleanor the Great
Eternity
Fuze
Glenrothan
Good Fortune
Hamnet
Homebound
John Candy: I Like Me
Litlith Fair: Building a Mystery
No Other Choice
Nuremberg
Palestine 36
Peak Everything
A Private Life
Roofman
She’s Got No Name
Sholay (1975)
Swiped
Two Pianos

Special Presentation

& Sons
Bad Apples
Ballad of a Small Player
California Schemin’
Calle Malaga
The Captive
Charlie Harper
Christy
Couture
The Christophers
Dead Man’s Wire
Degrassi: Whatever It Takes
Dog 51
Easy’s Waltz
EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Eternal Return
The Fence
Frankenstein
Franz
Good News
Hedda
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
It Would Be Night in Caracas
Kokuho
Ky Nam Inn
The Lost Bus
Lovely Day
Meadowlarks
Mile End Kicks
Monkey in a Cage
Nouvelle Vague
A Pale View of Hills
A Poet
Poetic License
Primavera
Project Y
Rental Family
Rose of Nevada
Sacrifice
Scarlet
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Silent Friend
Sirāt
The Smashing Machine
Sound of Falling
Steal Away
The Testament of Ann Lee
Three Goodbyes
Train Dreams
Tuner
The Ugly
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Wake Up Dead Man
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Wrong Husband
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution…

Toronto Film Festival Data

First Awards: 1976 (50)