2018 Toronto International Film Festival


The 43rd annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 6 to 16, 2018. In June 2018, the TIFF organizers announced a program to ensure that at least 20 percent of all film critics and journalists given press accreditation to the festival were members of underrepresented groups, such as women and people of color. The People's Choice Award was won by Green Book, directed by Peter Farrelly.
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Awards

AwardFilmDirector
People's Choice AwardGreen BookPeter Farrelly
People's Choice Award, First Runner UpIf Beale Street Could TalkBarry Jenkins
People's Choice Award, Second Runner UpRomaAlfonso Cuarón
People's Choice Award: DocumentaryFree SoloE. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
People's Choice Award: Documentary, First Runner UpThis Changes EverythingTom Donahue
People's Choice Award: Documentary, Second Runner UpThe Biggest Little FarmJohn Chester
People's Choice Award: Midnight MadnessThe Man Who Feels No Pain Vasan Bala
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, First Runner UpHalloweenDavid Gordon Green
People's Choice Award: Midnight Madness, Second Runner UpAssassination NationSam Levinson
Platform PrizeCities of Last ThingsHo Wi Ding
Platform Prize, Honourable MentionThe RiverEmir Baigazin
Best Canadian Feature FilmThe Fireflies Are Gone Sébastien Pilote
Best Canadian Short FilmBrotherhood Meryam Joobeur
Best Canadian Short Film, Honourable MentionFauveJérémy Comte
Best Canadian First Feature FilmRoads in February Katherine Jerkovic
FIPRESCI Discovery PrizeFloat Like a ButterflyCarmel Winters
FIPRESCI Discovery Prize, Honourable MentionTwin FlowerLaura Luchetti
FIPRESCI Special PresentationsSkinGuy Nattiv
FIPRESCI Special Presentations, Honourable MentionA Faithful ManLouis Garrel
Best International Short FilmThe FieldSandhya Suri
Best International Short Film, Honourable MentionFuck YouAnette Sidor
Best International Short Film, Honourable MentionThis Magnificent Cake! Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels
Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film PremiereThe Third WifeAsh Mayfair
Netpac Award, Honourable MentionThe CrossingBai Xue
Eurimages Audentia AwardFig TreeAlamork Davidian
Eurimages Audentia Award, Honourable MentionPhoenixCamilla Strøm Henriksen

Juries

Platform Jury

Canadian Feature Film Jury

Short Cuts Film Jury

Programme

The first slate of galas and special presentations was announced on July 24, 2018. The festival's lineup of Canadian films was announced on August 1, and the lineup for the Platform program was announced on August 8. Two days later, the Documentaries lineup was announced, with additional films added to the Midnight Madness programme. Additional films were added to respective lineups on August 14.

Midnight Madness

Canada's Top Ten

TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list, of the films selected by festival programmers as the year's ten best Canadian feature and short films, was released on December 5.
Unlike in prior years, the films selected for the Top Ten list were not screened at a dedicated festival in January 2019, but instead each received its own standalone theatrical run at the TIFF Bell Lightbox throughout the year.