Steven Spielberg’s coming-of-age movie, ‘The Fabelmans’, gets top TIFF award

Toronto, Sep 18 : Steven Spielbergs autobiographical coming-of-age story The Fabelmans took home the Peoples Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

This is seen as a major boost to the films awards season chances, reports Variety.

TIFFs Peoples Choice Award is among the most reliable predictors of eventual Oscar success.In past years, winners such as Green Book and Nomadland went on to not only get nominated, but also capture the best picture prize at the Academy Awards, notes Variety.

Other recipients, including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, La La Land and Jojo Rabbit, were major forces during awards season.At this years festival, the first runner-up for the top audience award was Sarah Polleys drama Women Talking, while the second runner-up was Rian Johnsons whodunit starring Daniel Craig, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.All films in TIFFs official selection, notes Variety, are eligible for the Peoples Choice Award, which is voted on by the viewing public.

The prize for Midnight Madness went to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story and the Documentary Award went to Black Ice.Variety adds that after two years of virtual premieres or limited capacity screenings, the film festival, which ran from September 8 to September 18, returned in force.

The 47th annual gathering of cinema lovers concluded with Mary Harrons Daliland, a biopic about the late, great, surrealist artist Salvador Dali.Other films that premiered at TIFF include Viola Davis and director Gina Prince-Bythewoods historical epic The Woman King, the Harry Styles-led romantic drama My Policeman and Billy Eichners romantic comedy Bros.

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