The 20th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2016, were awarded on December 11, 2016, with the exception of the award for Best Canadian Film, which was presented on January 10, 2017."Toronto Film Critics Association names The Stairs best Canadian film of 2016". National Post, January 11, 2017.
The winner of the award for Best Canadian Film was Hugh Gibson for his documentary film The Stairs. Gibson received a prize of $100,000, with runners-up Kazik Radwanski and Matt Johnson each awarded $5,000. Unusually, however, the three directors revealed that they had agreed to pool the entire $110,000 in prize money, and split it equally among all three regardless of which film won."Three Toronto filmmakers share $110,000 from local critics’ prize. Toronto Star, January 13, 2017.
Winners CategoryWinners and nomineesFilmsBest FilmBarry JenkinsMoonlightKenneth LonerganManchester by the SeaMaren AdeToni ErdmannBest Canadian FilmHugh GibsonThe Stairs Kazik RadwanskiHow Heavy This HammerMatt JohnsonOperation AvalancheBest ActorAdam DriverPatersonCasey AffleckManchester by the SeaPeter SimonischekToni ErdmannBest ActressSandra HüllerToni ErdmannRebecca HallChristineIsabelle HuppertElleNatalie PortmanJackieBest Supporting ActorMahershala Ali MoonlightRalph FiennesA Bigger SplashMichael ShannonNocturnal AnimalsBest Supporting ActressMichelle Williams Manchester by the SeaViola DavisFencesNaomie HarrisMoonlightBest DirectorMaren AdeToni ErdmannDamien ChazelleLa La LandBarry JenkinsMoonlightBest ScreenplayKenneth LonerganManchester by the SeaMaren AdeToni ErdmannBarry JenkinsMoonlightBest First FeatureRobert EggersThe WitchKelly Fremon CraigThe Edge of SeventeenDan Kwan and Daniel ScheinertSwiss Army ManBest Animated FeatureByron Howard and Rich MooreZootopiaMichaël Dudok de WitThe Red TurtleTravis KnightKubo and the Two StringsBest Foreign-Language FilmMaren AdeToni ErdmannPark Chan-wookThe HandmaidenPaul VerhoevenElleBest Documentary FilmKirsten JohnsonCamerapersonGianfranco RosiFire at SeaHugh GibsonThe Stairs
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