TFCA Awards


No Country for Old Men

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.

queen.jpgStephen Frears’ royal drama The Queen has been named Best Picture for 2006 by the Toronto Film Critics Association. It beat out other nominees The Departed and United 93 for the honour.

The Toronto Film Critics Association today announced its nominees for the TFCA’s 2006 awards. Awards will be announced on Wednesday, December 20th.

A complete list of the TFCA 2006 Nominees follows:

BEST PICTURE
“The Departed” (Warner Bros.)
“The Queen” (Alliance Atlantis)
“United 93″ (Universal Pictures)

awardBest Picture
“A History of Violence” (Alliance Atlantis)

Best Performance, Male
Philip Seymour Hoffman, “Capote”

Best Performance, Female
Laura Linney, “The Squid and the Whale”

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Paul Giamatti, “Cinderella Man”

Best Supporting Performance, Female
Catherine Keener, “Capote”

Best Director
David Cronenberg, “A History of Violence”

“Sideways” has been named the Best Film of 2004 by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

“Sideways” also won two other awards from the TFCA, a group of 29 journalists which represents the four major Toronto dailies, several weeklies, various magazines and a variety of electronic media. Paul Giamatti was named Best Actor and Virginia Madsen won Best Supporting Performance for their roles in “Sideways”.

“Lost in Translation” has been named the best film of 2003 by the Toronto Film Critics Association.
“Lost in Translation” also won two other awards from the TFCA, a group of 29 journalists which represents the four major Toronto dailies, several weeklies, various magazines and a variety of electronic media. Bill Murray was named best actor for his role in “Lost in Translation”, while director & writer Sofia Coppola tied with Denys Arcand’s “Les Invasions Barbares” for best screenplay for her second feature film.

Best Picture

Adaptation (Columbia Pictures)
Directed by Spike Jonze
Runners-up:
Punch-Drunk Love
Y Tu Mama Tambien (Odeon Films)

Best Director

P.T. Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love (Columbia Pictures)
Runners-up:
Alfonso Cuaron, Y Tu Mama Tambien,
Todd Haynes, Far From Heaven

Best Screenplay

Best Picture

Memento (Newmarket)
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Runners-Up:
Amélie (Miramax)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Mulholland Dr. (Universal Focus)
Directed by David Lynch

Best Male Performance

Ed Harris, Pollock (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runners-Up:
John Cameron Mitchell, Hedwig And The Angry Inch (Fine Line)
Jack Nicholson, The Pledge (Warner Bros.)

Best Film

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Directed by Ang Lee
Runner-Up:
Traffi c (USA Films)
Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Best Male Performance

Benicio Del Toro, Traffi c (USA Films)
Runner-Up:
Mark Ruffalo, You Can Count On Me (Paramount Classics)

Best Female Performance

Best Film

Magnolia (New Line)
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Runner-Up:
Being John Malkovich (USA Films)
Directed by Spike Jonze

Best Male Performance

Kevin Spacey, American Beauty (DreamWorks)
Runner-Up:
Jim Carrey, Man On The Moon (Universal)

Best Female Performance

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