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TORONTO \u2013 The Forbidden Room<\/em>, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson\u2019s giddy mash-up of Golden Age adventure serials, has won the Toronto Film Critics Association\u2019s 2015 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The award was presented to the filmmakers by fellow director Don McKellar \u2013 whose Last Night <\/em>was named the TFCA\u2019s Best Canadian Film in 1998 \u2013 at a gala dinner held January 5, 2016 at the historic The Carlu in downtown Toronto.\u00a0 Also nominated for the award were Philippe Falardeau\u2019s My Internship In Canada <\/em>and Andrew Cividino\u2019s Sleeping Giant<\/em>. In attendance were prominent members of the film industry, including actors Vinay Virmani (Breakaway, Dr. Cabbie<\/em>) and Tara Spencer-Nairn (Corner Gas<\/em>), directors Michael Dowse (The F Word<\/em>) and Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo, The Husband<\/em>), producers Nick de Pencier, Roger Frappier and F\u00e9lize Frappier, David Hamilton, Martin Katz, David Miller, Ajay Virmani, and Robert and Ari Lantos.<\/p>\n

The Honourable Michael Coteau, Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, and Drew Fagan, Ontario Deputy Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, were also present, as well as Ellis Jacob, President & CEO, Cineplex Entertainment; Jeffrey Remedios, president of Universal Music Canada; Tara Ellis, Head of Scripted Content at CBC; Hussain Amarshi, President of Mongrel Media; Patrick Roy, President of eOne Films Canada; Karen Thorne-Stone, President and CEO, OMDC, and Michelle Maheux, TIFF Executive Director and CEO.<\/p>\n

The $100,000 value of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award<\/strong> makes it the richest annual film prize in Canada.\u00a0 As runners-up, Falardeau and Cividino each received $5,000 from Rogers Communications.<\/p>\n

This marks Maddin\u2019s second win of the TFCA\u2019s top Canadian prize. His puckish memoir My Winnipeg<\/em> received the award in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt its best, Canadian cinema is notorious for stunning the world with outlandish originality,\u201d said TFCA President Brian D. Johnson. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson have done with The Forbidden Room<\/em>. Their film is a tour de force. The stellar casting, the visual wit, the narrative gymnastics\u2014this is a cinematic cirque that leaves us amazed that it could even exist.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGuy Maddin won our inaugural Rogers Best Canadian Film Award with\u00a0My Winnipeg<\/em>,\u201d said Phil Lind, Vice-Chair of Rogers Communications. \u201cSince then, the prize has grown and so has his cinema.\u00a0The Forbidden Room<\/em>\u00a0is a spectacular marriage of high art and entertainment. And I\u2019m delighted to reward the unique genius of its creators, Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n

Actor\/producer Katie Boland introduced a series of acceptance speeches from winners Todd Haynes <\/strong>(named Best Director for Carol<\/em>, this year\u2019s Best Picture); Phoenix <\/em>star Nina Hoss <\/strong>(Best Actress) and director Christian Petzold (accepting that film\u2019s Best Foreign-Language Film award); Mark Rylance (Best Supporting Actor, Bridge Of Spies<\/em>); Alicia Vikander <\/strong>(Best Supporting Actress for Ex Machina<\/em>, which was also named Best First Feature); Joshua Oppenheimer <\/strong>(director of The Look of Silence<\/em>, which won this year\u2019s Allan King Documentary Award) and Aardman Animations\u2019 Mark Burton and Richard Stark<\/strong>, directors of this year\u2019s Best Animated Feature, Shaun the Sheep Movie<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As previously announced, Deepa Mehta is the winner of the Technicolor Clyde Gilmour Award<\/strong>, which was presented at the event by 2014 Gilmour winner Piers Handling. Under the pay-it-forward terms of the award, Technicolor donated $50,000 in services to a filmmaker of Mehta\u2019s choosing\u2014documentarian Nisha Pahuja, director of The World Before Her<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Also announced, Quebecois director Anne \u00c9mond (Nuit #1, Les \u00eatres chers<\/em>) won the Stella Artois Jay Scott Prize for an emerging artist<\/strong>, which was presented by Sarah Gadon.<\/em> \u00c9mond received a cheque for $5,000 from Stella Artois.<\/p>\n

Matt Johnson presented the Manulife Student Film Award<\/strong> to Vladimir Paskaljevic (York University) for his cross-continental drama Absence Is Present. <\/em>The award carries a cash prize of $5,000, donated by Manulife to celebrate the spirit of volunteerism that is at the heart of student film-making and the power of storytelling to inspire active citizenship.<\/p>\n

The TFCA is extremely grateful to founding sponsor Rogers Communications Inc. and welcomes new accessory sponsor Birk\u2019s and Stella Artois.\u00a0 Thanks to returning sponsors Manulife Financial, Cineplex Entertainment, Technicolor Creative Services, Maclean\u2019s Magazine, the Globe and Mail, Shangri-La Hotel Toronto, MacLaren Craft and Ontario Media Development Corporation.<\/p>\n

The TFCA Awards gala will take place in the historic art-deco Round Room at The Carlu, with cuisine provided by chef Christopher Palik, Executive Chef, O&B and The Carlu.. A cocktail reception sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment will precede the dinner and awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

Established in 1997, the Toronto Film Critics Association is comprised of Toronto based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary. All major dailies, weeklies and a variety of other print and electronic outlets are represented.<\/p>\n

The TFCA is affiliated with the International Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI). Members have sat on juries at festivals in Cannes Toronto, Berlin, Venice, Miami, Palm Springs, Vienna, Chicago, Pusan, Moscow, San Francisco, Warsaw, Amsterdam and London, among others.<\/p>\n

Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Virginia Kelly, Meghan Parnell
\nV Kelly & Associates
\n416-839-9239, info@vkpr.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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