Toronto Film Critics: The Stairs Is Best Canadian Film

The Toronto Film Critics Association revealed the winner of the Best Canadian Film Award in a gala held last night at The Carlu in downtown Toronto. The group had already announced the other categories on December 12. Read through for the full list.

Rogers Best Canadian Film Award Finalists

Kazik Radwanski

How Heavy This Hammer
83%

Matt Johnson

Operation Avalanche
68%

Hugh Gibson

The Stairs
100%

Best Picture

Moonlight
98%

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Toni Erdmann
93%

Best Actor

Adam Driver

Paterson

Casey Affleck

Manchester by the Sea

Peter Simonischek

Toni Erdmann

Best Actress

Sandra Hüller

Toni Erdmann

Rebecca Hall

Christine

Isabelle Huppert

Elle

Natalie Portman

Jackie

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali

Moonlight

Ralph Fiennes

A Bigger Splash

Michael Shannon

Nocturnal Animals

Best Supporting Actress

Michelle Williams

Manchester by the Sea

Viola Davis

Fences

Naomie Harris

Moonlight

Best Director

Maren Ade

Toni Erdmann
93%

Damien Chazelle

La La Land
91%

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight
98%

Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original

Kenneth Lonergan

Manchester by the Sea
96%

Barry Jenkins

Moonlight
98%

Maren Ade

Toni Erdmann
93%

Best First Feature

Robert Eggers

The Witch
90%

Kelly Fremon Craig

The Edge of Seventeen
94%

Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

Swiss Army Man
71%

Best Animated Feature

Zootopia
97%

The Red Turtle (La tortue rouge)
93%

Kubo and the Two Strings
97%

Best Foreign-Language Film

Toni Erdmann
93%

Elle
91%

The Handmaiden (Ah-ga-ssi)
95%

Canadian Tire Allan King Documentary Award

Cameraperson
99%

Fire at Sea (Fuocoammare)
94%

The Stairs
100%