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TIFF: "Nomadland" wins Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award!

AUDIENCE PRIZES

  • PEOPLE'S CHOICE: Nomadland (dir. Chloé Zhao)  / First runner up: One Night in Miami (dir. Regina King); Second runner up: Beans (dir. Tracey Deer.)
  • PEOPLE'S CHOICE, DOCUMENTARY: Inconvenient Indian (dir. Michelle Latimer) 
  • PEOPLE'S CHOICE, MIDNIGHT MADNESS: Shadow in the Cloud (dir.  Roseanne Liang) 

WHY IS IT SUCH A BIG DEAL? Great news for Nomadland - it now takes the clear frontrunner position in the Best Picture race (and in the Oscar race overall). I think it is the first movie ever to win both Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and TIFF's People Choice Award (but I've to do some research before really state that). Also good news for Regina King's One Night in Miami, which went from Venice's critical darling (out of competition) to one of the audiences favorites in Toronto.
The People's Choice Award has a direct correlation with the Best Picture category at the Oscars, since 90% of its winners in the last 10 years have landed an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, with 40% of the first runner ups also getting Best Picture noms!

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