Cord Jefferson's “American Fiction,” a biting satire starring Jeffrey Wright as a disillusioned academic, has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, a much-watched bellwether in the Oscar race.
Toronto's audience award winner, voted on by festival attendees, has historically nearly always signified a best-picture contender at the Academy Awards.
Why is this the only thing we have to offer to culture?”The Toronto International Film Festival, which wraps Sunday, was diminished this year due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes.
Red-carpet premieres were mostly without movie stars, detracting from some of the buzz that the largest film festival in North American typically generates.
Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe” and the midnight madness award went to Larry Charles' “Dicks: The Musical."
Persons:
Cord Jefferson's, Jeffrey Wright, Jefferson, Percival Everett’s, “, Peter Farrelly's, Steven Spielberg's “, ”, Alexander Payne's “, Paul Giamatti, Hayao Miyazaki's, Sterling K, Brown, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Black, Yorgos, Robert McCallum’s “, Larry Charles, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar's, Meredith Hama, Jeffrey Wright’s, Jake Coyle
Organizations:
Toronto, Academy, MGM, Venice Film, Lion, FIPRESCI, Twitter
Locations:
North, Venice