Having to be the originals this year, Toronto’s critics ignored many of the frontrunners (except Ke Huy Quan and Cate Blanchett) and gave most of their love to Aftersun.

Awards Tallies

(4) Aftersun

The Awards

Best Picture

Aftersun (Runners-Up: Everything Everywhere All at Once, Women Talking)

Best Animated Feature

Turning Red (Runners-Up: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)

Best Director

Charlotte Wells – Aftersun (Runners-Up: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once, Sarah Polley – Women Talking)

Best Actor

Paul Mescal – Aftersun (Runners-Up: Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin, Brendan Fraser – The Whale)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett – Tár (Runners-Up: Danielle Deadwyler – Till, Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Supporting Actor

Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once (Runners-Up: Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin, Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin)

Best Supporting Actress

Keke Palmer – Nope (Runners-Up: Jessie Buckley – Women Talking, Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Screenplay

The Banshees of Inisherin (Runners-Up: Tár, Women Talking)

Best International Feature

Saint Omer (Runners-Up: Decision to Leave, EO)

Best Documentary

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Runners-Up: Fire of Love, Moonage Daydream)

Best First Feature

Aftersun (Runners-Up: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Turning Red)

Best Canadian Film Finalists (To Be Announced: Mar. 6, 2023)

Brother
Crimes of the Future
Riceboy Sleeps

Toronto Film Critics Association Data

First Awards: 1997 (25)