“La Bola Negra” wins the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The award is announced as part of TIFF’s closing awards, following the festival’s conclusion.
Other winning positions are also reported. “I Play Rocky” is listed as the first runner-up, while “Being Heumann” is named as the second runner-up for the People’s Choice Award. Deadline further reports additional People’s Choice categories, including an International People’s Choice win for Simon Stone’s “Elsinore,” and a Documentary People’s Choice win for Barry Jenkins’ “Barry Jenkins…” (as referenced in the outlet’s partial award list).
Several outlets note the perceived significance of TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for later major ceremonies. The New York Times and Deadline both describe it as sometimes predictive of Oscar outcomes, while the City News Toronto and other reports focus on the result itself rather than the forecasting angle.
