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Toronto Fest Introduces International People’s Choice Award (EXCLUSIVE)
Introduced at this year’s fest, the new prize builds on fest’s People’s Choice Award, which often anticipates Oscars voting.
Upping its ante even more as an Oscars indicator, the 2025 Toronto Film Festival will inaugurate an International People’s Choice Award, presented to the most popular international (non-Canadian, non-U.S.) film as voted by audiences throughout the festival. The new award expands the festival’s tradition of celebrating audience favorites, which often anticipate Oscar voting. Also, for the industry, it allows audience reaction to be gauged, which is crucial when sales agencies are trying to sell a film,” Anita Lee, TIFF’s chief programming officer told Variety at Cannes.
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