{"id":143711,"date":"2025-09-14T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/143711\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T17:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T17:02:07","slug":"hamnet-wins-toronto-film-festival-2025-audience-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/143711\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamnet Wins Toronto Film Festival 2025 Audience Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tChlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet<\/a>\u201d captured the Toronto International Film Festival\u2019s highly coveted people\u2019s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances. In addition, Zhao is the first director to win the award twice, coming after her 2020 victory for \u201cNomadland.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSince the Academy expanded the best picture field in 2009, TIFF Audience Award winners have become reliable Oscar barometers. Films such as \u201cGreen Book\u201d (2018) and \u201cNomadland\u201d (2020) went on to claim the top prize, while others like \u201cThe Fabelmans\u201d (2022) factored heavily into awards season. Only one winner, \u201cWhere Do We Go Now?\u201d (2011), failed to secure a best picture nom.<\/p>\n

\n\tEvery other winner has claimed at least one Oscar. Last year\u2019s winner, \u201cThe Life of Chuck,\u201d which Neon delayed to 2025, faces an uphill battle this year to maintain that streak given its June release date, but it could show up in adapted screenplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe people\u2019s choice category was created in 1978. Seven recipients won best picture at the Oscars, with five of those victories coming in the past two decades.<\/p>\n

\n\tGuillermo del Toro\u2019s \u201cFrankenstein\u201d was the first runner-up for the Canadian prize, which was followed by Rian Johnson\u2019s \u201cWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery\u201d in the third place spot. The audience prize for documentary went to \u201cThe Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue\u201d from Barry Avrich. The film looks at a former Israeli general and his attempts to rescue his family during the\u00a0October 7 attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe International People\u2019s Choice winner was Park Chan-wook\u2019s South Korean satirical thriller \u201cNo Other Choice,\u201d ahead of runner-up \u201cSentimental Value\u201d from Norwegian director Joachim Trier.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Toronto Film Festival<\/a>\u2019s 50th edition was one of its starriest in years. And even though there may not have been the splashy sales that TIFF had been known for, several films could still land distribution, including Steven Soderbergh\u2019s \u201cThe Christophers,\u201d Mona Fastvold\u2019s \u201cThe Testament of Ann Lee\u201d and Daniel Roher\u2019s \u201cTuner,\u201d which garnered raves from critics.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe full list of winners are below.<\/p>\n

\n\tTIFF People\u2019s Choice Award: \u201cHamnet\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst runner-up: \u201cFrankenstein\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond runner-up: \u201cWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTIFF People\u2019s Choice International Award: \u201cNo Other Choice\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst runner-up: \u201cSentimental Value\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond runner-up: \u201cHomebound\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTIFF People\u2019s Choice Midnight Madness Award: \u201cNirvanna the Band the Show the Movie\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst runner-up: \u201cObsession\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond runner-up: \u201cThe Furious\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTIFF People\u2019s Choice Documentary Award: \u201cThe Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst runner-up: \u201cEPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSecond runner-up: \u201cYou Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chlo\u00e9 Zhao\u2019s \u201cHamnet\u201d captured the Toronto International Film Festival\u2019s highly coveted people\u2019s choice award, bolstering its Oscars chances.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":143712,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[57355,43,44,41,39,42,40,2559],"class_list":["post-143711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-hamnet","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-toronto-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}