Wed 19 Dec 2007
Toronto film critics have chosen the crime thriller “No Country for Old Men” as the best film of 2007 while Sarah Polley’s “Away from Her” was named best Canadian film and its star, Julie Christie, tied for best actress of the year with Halifax’s Ellen Page.
BEST PICTURE
“No Country for Old Men” (Alliance Films)
Runners-up
“Eastern Promises” (Odeon Films)
“Zodiac” (Paramount Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Viggo Mortensen, “Eastern Promises”
Runners-up
George Clooney, “Michael Clayton”
Gordon Pinsent, “Away from Her”
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE — TIE
Julie Christie, “Away from Her”
and
Ellen Page, “Juno”
Runner-up
Laura Dern, “Inland Empire”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men”
Runners-up
Casey Affleck, “The Assassination of Jesse James
By the Coward Robert Ford”
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Charlie Wilson’s War”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
Runners-up
Amy Ryan, “Gone Baby Gone”
Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton”
BEST DIRECTOR
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”
Runners-up
David Cronenberg, “Eastern Promises”
David Fincher, “Zodiac”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men”
Runners-up
Diablo Cody, “Juno”
Tony Gilroy, “Michael Clayton”
BEST CANADIAN FILM
“Away from Her” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up
“Eastern Promises” (Odeon Films)
“Radiant City” (Odeon Films)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
“Away from Her”, directed by Sarah Polley
Runners-up
“Gone Baby Gone”, directed by Ben Affleck
“Michael Clayton”, directed by Tony Gilroy
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Ratatouille” (Disney / Pixar)
Runners-up
“Paprika” (Mongrel Media)
“The Simpsons Movie” (20th Century Fox)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Alliance Films)
“The Lives of Others” (Mongrel Media)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“No End in Sight” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up
“Iraq in Fragments” (Mongrel Media)
“My Kid Could Paint That” (Mongrel Media)
