The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film is an annual juried film award, presented by the
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film.
As with TIFF's other juried awards, the jury has the discretion to name one or more
honorable mention
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is something given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An awar ...
s in addition to the overall winner, but are normally expected to name a single winner. On only one occasion to date, in 1997, were two full winners of the award named in the same year.
Since 2020, the award has been presented as one of three
Amplify Voices awards rather than as a standalone category. The Amplify Voices awards are presented to three films overall, with one award open to all feature films made by Canadian directors and designated as the Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Film, while the other two awards are open to any feature films, regardless of nationality, directed by
BIPOC
The term "person of color" ( : people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC) is primarily used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is primarily associated with, the U ...
filmmakers; however, all three awards are selected and presented by the same jury.
Winners
Films whose titles are highlighted in yellow were the winners of the award; non-highlighted films were given honorable mentions.
See also
*
References
{{TIFF Best Canadian Film
Best Canadian Film