The 2026 Toronto International Film Festival has come to a close. From highly anticipated premieres, crowd-pleasers, and Midnight Madnesses, filmmakers and audiences from all over the globe descended on Toronto for eleven days of cinematic celebration. With TIFF serving as the launch pad for awards season, many of this year's honourees are set for the Academy Awards.

Here is the full list of winners of the Toronto International Film Festival 2026:

People's Choice Award: La Bola Negra, dirs. Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.

First runner-up: I Play Rocky, dir. Peter Farrelly

Second runner-up: Being Heumann, dir. Siân Heder

Still from La Bola Negra, Courtesy of TIFF

International People's Choice Award: Elsinore, dir. Simon Stone

First runner-up: Possible Love, dir. Lee Chang-dong

Second runner-up: The Assassin(s), dir. Hur Jin-ho

People's Choice Midnight Madness Award: Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, dir. Matthew Rankin

First runner-up: The Spiral, dir. Paolo Strippoli

Second runner-up: Arrested Memory, dir. SABU

Still from Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney, Courtesy of TIFF

People's Choice Documentary Award: Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been, dir. Barry Avrich

First runner-up: Black Sunflowers, dir. James Marcus Haney

Second runner-up: The Ultra Runner, dir. Mila Aung-Thwin

Still from Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been, Courtesy of TIFF

Platform Prize: Angh, dir. Theja Rio

Honourable mention: Brace Your Heart, dir. Amanda Kernell

Still from Angh, Courtesy of TIFF

Best Canadian Feature Film Award: Sunburn, dir. Serville Poblete

Honourable mention: Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story, dir. Adrian Buitenhuis

Best Canadian Discovery Award: Smudge the Blades, dir. Cody Lightning

Honourable mention: The Black Box is Orange, dir. Yuulia Benivolski

NETPAC Award: Thirteen in Gaza, dir. Hosam Abu Dam

Still from Thirteen in Gaza, Courtesy of TIFF

FIPRESCI Prize: Ancestors, dir. David Turpin

Still from Ancestors, Courtesy of TIFF

Short Cuts Award for Best Animated Short Film: Into the Betaverse, dirs. Varun Raman and Tom Hancock

Honourable mention: Terminal, dir. Alexandre Siqueira

Still from Into the Betaverse, Courtesy of TIFF

Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: Fight Kid, dir. Michael De Monte

Honorable mention: Almost Pink, dir. Justine Prince

Still from Fight Kid, Courtesy of TIFF

Short Cuts Award for Best International Short Film: MAMMALIA, dir. Elia Kalogianni

Honorable mention: The Spectacular Death of Prisca, dir. Kaelo Iyizoba

Still from MAMMALIA, Courtesy of TIFF
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Jill Duncan

Jill Duncan is a culture writer and critic from Toronto with a background in live performance and entertainment. Reach her at jill@leagueoffilmmakers.com