Excellent news from Toronto as the festival winds down – the early buzz surrounding Tom Hooper’s The King’s Speech has been compounded with the film being awarded the coveted Audience Award, often a sign of Oscar glory.
Colin Firth is already being tapped to go one better than his nomination for the Best Actor Oscar when next year’s Academy Awards come around, and in following up his outstanding performance in Tom Ford’s A Single Man with this role as the reluctant King George IV, Firth is fast becoming recognised as one of our finest actors.
Justin Chadwick’s The First Grader was the runner up in the category voted for by the public and both films are playing at the London Film Festival in October.
There’s a clip online here to get an idea of what to expect when the film is released.
The L.A. Times reported the list of awards which can be found below.
CADILLAC PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
“The King’s Speech” (directed by Tom Hooper)
Runner-up: “The First Grader” (directed by Justin Chadwick)CADILLAC PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY
“Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie” (directed by Sturla Gunnarsson)
Runner-up: “Nostalgia For The Light” (directed by Patricio Guzmán)
CADILLAC PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR MIDNIGHT MADNESS
“Stake Land” (directed by Jim Mickle)
Runner-up: “Fubar II” (directed by Michael Dowse)CITY OF TORONTO AND ASTRAL MEDIA’S THE MOVIE NETWORK AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FEATURE FILM
“Incendies” (directed by Denis Villeneuve)SKYY VODKA AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN FIRST FEATURE FILM
“The High Cost of Living” (directed by Deborah Chow)PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS (FIPRESCI PRIZE) FOR SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS SECTION
“L’Amour Fou” (directed by Pierre Thoretton)PRIZES OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRITICS” (FIPRESCI PRIZE) FOR DISCOVERY SECTION
“Beautiful Boy” (directed by Shawn Ku)AWARD FOR BEST CANADIAN SHORT FILM
“Les fleurs de l’âge” (Little Flowers)” (directed by Vincent Biron)
