The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival Awards Are Being Announced Right Now (Updating)

TIFF: This year's awards ceremony is happening now (both live and streaming); follow along for all the winners, included the much-anticipated People's Choice Award pick.

That’s a wrap on eleven days of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, as the annual event is coming to a starry close with this morning’s awards ceremony. As ever, the show is playing out both live in Toronto and on streaming for anyone not in the immediate vicinity (or, like this tired writer, already home from the festival). You can follow along in the video below as all the winners are announced.

Per tradition, most of the buzz around the ceremony is heady anticipation for the announcement of the People’s Choice Award winner. Real TIFF fans know: a win here is a big deal, especially in these early days of the 2026 – 2027 film awards season. Thirteen of the last 16 People’s Choice Award winners at TIFF went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, and four of them (“The King’s Speech,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Green Book,” and “Nomadland”) actually won the award. Last year, “Hamnet” filmmaker Chloé Zhao became the first director to win the award twice.

All feature films and series in TIFF’s Official Selection are eligible for these awards, which are (as the name implies) chosen by the audience itself. The four audience-voted awards include the People’s Choice Award, the People’s Choice Documentary Award, the People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award, and the International People’s Choice Award.

Today’s ceremony also included the presentation of various juried awards, including the Platform Award, the Best Canadian Feature Film Award, the Best Canadian Discovery Award, the NETPAC Award, and the FIPRESCI Prize, along with three short film awards (Best International Short Film, Best Canadian Short Film, and Best Animated Short Film).

Check out the full awards ceremony, which kicked off at 11 A.M. ET, below and keep reading for a complete list of award winners from the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, updating as the awards are announced.

People’s Choice Award:

People’s Choice Documentary Award:

People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award:

International People’s Choice Award:

Platform Prize:

Best Canadian Feature Film:

Best Canadian Discovery Award:

Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film:

Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film:

Short Cuts Award for Best Animated Film:

Vimeo Staff Pick:

NETPAC:

International Critics’ Prize (FIPRESCI Prize) Dedicated to Emerging Filmmaker: