TIFF Canadian Film Awards And 2008 Jury Members

Toronto - The Toronto International Film Festival continues to recognize achievements in Canada's filmmaking community. CTV generously supports Canadian talent through their sponsorship of Canada First! and Short Cuts Canada. Citytv sponsors the Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film as well as the City of Toronto Citytv Award for Best Canadian Feature Film. Ticket Packages now on sale. Purchase online at tiff08.ca, by phone at 416-968-FILM or 1-877-968-FILM or in person at the Festival Box Office at Manulife Centre, 55 Bloor Street West (main floor, north entrance). Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Saturday. The 33rd Toronto International Film Festival runs September 4 to 13, 2008.

The City of Toronto Citytv Award for Best Canadian Feature Film, presented annually to a Canadian filmmaker, is sponsored jointly by Citytv and the City of Toronto. This year, the award includes a cash prize of $30,000. Last year’s winner was Guy Maddin for My Winnipeg.

The Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film is presented annually to a Canadian filmmaker for an exemplary first feature. The award carries a cash prize of $15,000. Last year's winner was Stéphane Lafleur for Continental, un film sans fusil.

The winner of the Award for Best Canadian Short receives a $10,000 cash prize. The 2008 award is supported by the National Film Board of Canada. Last year’s winner was Chris Chong Chan Fui for Pool.

All three awards are selected by a jury of film professionals. The feature film jury consists of actress/director Sarah Polley (Away from Her), director/producer Ann Marie Fleming (The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam), Co-Director of the World Cinema Fund Vincenzo Bugno and producer Michael Burns. The short film jury members are filmmaker/programmer Min Sook Lee (El Contrato), and filmmaker Louise Archambault (Familia) and Peter van Hoof, a programmer for the International Film Festival Rotterdam..

All three awards will be presented at the Festival's Awards Reception on Saturday, September 13, 2008.

FEATURES & SHORT FILM JURY PRIZES BY YEAR

Citytv Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film:

2007 - CONTINENTAL, UN FILM SANS FUSIL, Stéphane Lafleur
2006 - SUR LA TRACE D'IGOR RIZZI, Noël Mitrani
2005 - FAMILIA, Louise Archambault
           THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO, Michael Mabbott
2004 - LA PEAU BLANCHE, Daniel Roby
2003 - LOVE, SEX AND EATING THE BONES, Sudz Sutherland           
2002 - MARION BRIDGE, Wiebke von Carolsfeld
2001 - INERTIA, Sean Garrity
2000 - LA MOITIÉ GAUCHE DU FRIGO, Philippe Falardeau
1999 - JUST WATCH ME: TRUDEAU AND THE 70'S GENERATION, Catherine Annau
1998 - LAST NIGHT, Don McKellar
1997-CUBE, Vincenzo Natali

Toronto-City Award for Best Canadian Feature Film:

2007 - MY WINNIPEG, Guy Maddin
2006 - MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES, Jennifer Baichwal
2005 - C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean-Marc Vallée
2004 - IT'S ALL GONE PETE TONG, Michael Dowse
2003 - LES INVASIONS BARBARES, Denys Arcand
2002 - SPIDER, David Cronenberg
2001 - ATANARJUAT (THE FAST RUNNER), Zacharias Kunuk
2000 - WAYDOWNTOWN, Gary Burns
1999 - THE FIVE SENSES, Jeremy Podeswa
1998 -  NÔ, Robert Lepage
1997 - THE HANGING GARDEN, Thom Fitzgerald
            THE SWEET HEREAFTER, Atom Egoyan
1996 - LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, David Wellington
1995 - LIVE BAIT, Bruce Sweeney
1994 - EXOTICA, Atom Egoyan
1993 - KANEHSATAKE: 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE, Alanis Obomsawin
1992 - REQUIEM POUR UN BEAU SANS-COEUR, Robert Morin
1991 - THE ADJUSTER, Atom Egoyan
1990 - H, Darrell Wasyk
1989 - ROADKILL, Bruce McDonald
1988 - THE OUTSIDE CHANCE OF MAXIMILIAN GLICK, Allan E. Goldstein
1987 - FAMILY VIEWING, Atom Egoyan
1986 - LE DÉCLIN DE L'EMPIRE AMÉRICAIN, Denys Arcand
1985 - CANADA'S SWEETHEART: THE SAGA OF HAL C. BANKS, Donald Brittain
1984 - LA FEMME DE L'HÔTEL, Léa Pool
                                                                                               

Award for Best Canadian Short Film:

CANADIAN AWARD-WINNERS YEAR-BY-YEAR OVERVIEW

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