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Toronto International Film Festival: 2002

People's Choice Award

Date:	5 September - 14 September
Location:	Four Seasons Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Winner:
	Whale Rider (2002) - Niki Caro

Discovery Award


Winner:
	Magdalene Sisters, The (2002) - Peter Mullan (I)

Visions Award

Jury:

Alison Maclean; Whit Stillman; Wayne Clarkson (Canadian Film Centre)


Winner:
	Russkiy kovcheg (2002) - Aleksandr Sokurov

Visions Award - Special Citation


Winners:
	Cidade de Deus (2002) - Fernando Meirelles (I) Gerry (2002) - Gus Van Sant

Best Canadian Feature Film

Jury:

Ellen Baine (CityTV); Kyle Rae (II) (City of Toronto Councillor); Anne Thompson (IV) (Entertainment Weekly); Christoph Terhechte (Berlin Film Festival); Bruce Sweeney


Winner:
	Spider (2002) - David Cronenberg

Best Canadian First Feature Film


Winner:
	Marion Bridge (2002) - Wiebke von Carolsfeld

Best Canadian Short Film

Jury:

Elida Schogt; Sarah Polley (I); Pierre Hébert


Winner:
	Blue Skies (2002) - Ann Marie Fleming

International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI)

Jury:

Borislav Andjelic (Serbia) (head of jury); Vanz Chapman (Canada); Ronald Ockhuysen (Netherlands); Julie Rigg (Australia)


Winner:
	Chemins de l'oued, Les (2002) - Gaël Morel - For its political risk taking, for its power to disturb, for its portrait of the way protracted war destroys identity and the capacity of trust.

International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) - Special Mention


Winner:
	Elsker dig for evigt (2002) - Susanne Bier - For the fact that it proves that dogma has come of age and matured into a potent cinematic language that skillfully captures the freeing of real emotions that extreme trauma creates within the lives of the characters in her film.