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'Hamnet' Wins TIFF's People's Choice Award
Chloé Zhao's 'Hamnet' winning the People's Choice Award at TIFF signals strong Oscar potential, continuing a trend where most winners secure at least one Academy Award.
- On Sunday, September 14, 2025, in Toronto, Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet received the top honor at the Toronto Film Festival, recognized as a leading contender for the Best Picture Oscar.
- Hamnet’s win followed its premiere at the festival on September 7 and builds on the award’s history since 1978 as voted by attendees.
- The film stars Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his wife Agnes in a story adapted from Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller.
- Past People’s Choice winners like Nomadland and Green Book also won Best Picture Oscars, making Hamnet a strong awards contender as Zhao accepted the prize remotely.
- TIFF’s 2025 edition, overshadowed by Venice and Cannes and lacking official press conferences, highlighted Hamnet amid a subdued market and no official competition.
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"Hamnet," a drama that fictively explores the mourning of Agnes and William Shakespeare, won the Toronto Film Festival's first prize.
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The Toronto International Film Festival's People’s Choice Award is ostensibly among the most reliable predictors for best picture nominees at the Oscars. But how earned is that reputation really? For Oscar-obsessives and TIFF tastemakers alike, we crunched the numbers.
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Total News Sources39
Leaning Left17Leaning Right3Center9Last UpdatedBias Distribution59% Left
Bias Distribution
- 59% of the sources lean Left
59% Left
L 59%
C 31%
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