Life of Chuck wins People's Choice Award

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by Mike Flanagan Chuck's Life received the People's Choice Award on Sunday at the Toronto Film Festival, whose 2024 edition ended with renewed celebrity heat but is still in the shadow of Venice and Cannes.

The adaptation of Stephen King's novella stars Mark Hamill, Karen Gillan, and Chiwetel Ejiofor in a film that breaks the boundaries of genre and is about embracing hope in the face of tragedy. Flanagan thanked Toronto for the Audience Award in a statement: “I am absolutely overwhelmed. We are so grateful that The Life of Chuck has reached audiences in such a powerful way, but I never expected this.”

The runner-up for the People's Choice Award was Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez, a queer crime musical headed to Netflix after winning the Cannes Jury Prize for Director, and the frontrunner was Sean Baker's screwball comedy about sex workers Stillwhich won him the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

TIFF’s top audience award is seen as a barometer of future Oscar nominations as Hollywood’s awards season heats up.

Previous TIFF Audience Award winners, including Room, La La Land, 12 Years a Slave AND Nomadland —got a ride from the usually celebrity-frequented Canadian festival on their way to an Oscar win.

The People's Choice Award for Best Documentary went to The Tragically Hip: No Dress Rehearsaldirected by Mike Downie, and the Audience Award for Best Midnight Madness Title at TIFF went to Coralie Fargeat The substancestarring Demi Moore as a fading Hollywood actress who clashes with the manifestation of her younger self, played by Margaret Qualley.

The People's Choice Awards are voted on by TIFF attendees. Attendees were not allowed to vote more than once online using their email address, as TIFF measured the source of each vote and compared it to the festival's ticket-buyer information and database.

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