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Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet\u201d captured the Toronto International Film Festival\u2019s highly coveted people\u2019s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances.<\/p>\n
Since the Academy expanded the best picture field in 2009, TIFF Audience Award winners have become reliable Oscar barometers. Films such as \u201cGreen Book\u201d (2018) and \u201cNomadland\u201d (2020) went on to claim the top prize, while others like \u201cThe Fabelmans\u201d (2022) factored heavily into awards season. Only one winner, \u201cWhere Do We Go Now?\u201d (2011), failed to secure a best picture nom.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Every other winner has claimed at least one Oscar. Last year\u2019s winner, \u201cThe Life of Chuck,\u201d which Neon delayed to 2025, faces an uphill battle this year to maintain that streak given its June release date, but it could show up in adapted screenplay.<\/p>\n The people\u2019s choice category was created in 1978. Seven recipients won best picture at the Oscars, with five of those victories coming in the past two decades.<\/p>\n Guillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d was the first runner-up for the Canadian prize, which was followed by Rian Johnson\u2019s \u201cWake Up Dead Man\u201d landing in the third place spot. The audience prize for documentary went to \u201cThe Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue\u201d from Barry Avrich.<\/p>\n The International People\u2019s Choice winner was Park Chan-wook\u2019s South Korean \u201cNo Other Choice,\u201d ahead of runner-up \u201cSentimental Value\u201d from Norwegian director Joachim Trier.<\/p>\n The Toronto Film Festival\u2019s 50th edition may not have reached previous heights in terms of buzz and awards contenders but it was one of its starriest in years. And even though there may not have been the splashy sales that TIFF had been known for, several films could still land distribution, including Steven Soderbergh\u2019s \u201cThe Christophers,\u201d Mona Fastvold\u2019s \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d and Daniel Roher\u2019s \u201cTuner,\u201d which garnered raves from critics.<\/p>\n More to come\u2026<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet\u201d captured the Toronto International Film Festival\u2019s highly coveted people\u2019s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances. Since the Academy expanded the best picture field in 2009, TIFF Audience Award winners have become reliable Oscar barometers. Films such as \u201cGreen Book\u201d (2018) and \u201cNomadland\u201d (2020) went on to claim the top prize, while others […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1992369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[371509,313218],"class_list":["post-2021230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-tiff-audience-award","tag-toronto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jesse-Plemons-Jessie-Buckley-and-Emma-Stone-Won-Telluride-for.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}