The Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) is an organization of

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-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of the FIPRESCI.

History

The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization of

-based broadcasters and journalists who critique films and provide commentary on them. Members represent all major print and electronic outlets in the city. They have juried festivals all over the world, from

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to Toronto. The TFCA began presenting awards in 1998, and the dinner around them has grown to be a major annual event in the Canadian film calendar accompanied by a significant cash prizes, including a $100,000 purse, sponsored by

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, for the director of the best Canadian film. The founding members of the TFCA—those who attended the first meeting in August 1997 at the board room of the National Film Board of Canada—were Cameron Bailey ('' Now Magazine''), Norm Wilner (freelance), Liam Lacey (''

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''), Peter Howell (''

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''),

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''), Angie Baldarrasse (freelance), Marc Glassman ('' Take One''),

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('' Eye Weekly''), and Wyndham Wise (''Take One''). Prior to the official launch of the organization, two informal Toronto film critics' polls appeared in ''Take One'', in issues #10 (Winter 1996) and #14 (Winter 1997), organized by Wise.

Members

Current members of the TFCA: * Kelsey Adams - freelance * Nathalie Atkinson – '' The Globe and Mail, Zoomer'' * Linda Barnard – ''Freelance'' *Sarah-Tai Black - ''The Globe and Mail'', '' LA Times'' *Kelly Boutsalis - freelance * Liz Braun – ''

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'' * Anne Brodie – ''What She Said'' * Bill Chambers – ''Film Freak Central'' * Susan G. Cole – '' Now Magazine'' * Thom Ernst – ''Freelance'' * Marriska Fernandes – freelance *Alicia Fletcher - ''Cinema Scope'', ''A Year in Film'' * Eli Glasner – CBC *Marc Glassman - ''POV Magazine'', Classical FM * Jason Gorber – ''That Shelf, POV Magazine,'' CBC *

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– ''Original Cin'' *Sarah Hagi - ''Gawker'', ''The Globe and Mail'' *Rachel Ho – freelance * Peter Howell – ''

'' *Kim Hughes - ''Original Cin'' *Brian D. Johnson, ''

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Peter Knegt Peter Knegt is a Canadian writer, producer, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of four Canadian Screen Awards and his CBC Arts column Queeries received the 2019 Digital Publishing Award for best digital column in Canada. Knegt began his career as ...

– CBC * Chris Knight – ''

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'' *Liam Lacey - ''Original Cin'' * Pat Mullen - '' POV Magazine, That Shelf'' * Angelo Muredda – ''Freelance'' * Adam Nayman – ''Cinema Scope, The Ringer'' * Andrew Parker – ''Freelance'' * Jennie Punter – ''Variety, Original Cin'' * Kevin Ritchie - freelance *

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'' * Gilbert Seah – ''Afro Toronto'', ''Toronto Franco'' * Alice Shih – Fairchild Radio * Radheyan Simonpillai – '' Now Magazine'' * Jim Slotek – ''Original Cin'' *Courtney Small - freelance *Victor Stiff - freelance * Glenn Sumi – '' Now Magazine'' * Kate Taylor – ''

'' * José Teodoro – ''Cinema Scope'' * Norman Wilner – freelance Emeritus members of the TFCA: * Jason Anderson *Tina Hassania *Bruce Kirkland Source: TFCAMembers Archive
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Ceremonies

* 1997 – 1st * 1998 – 2nd * 1999 – 3rd * 2000 – 4th * 2001 – 5th * 2002 – 6th * 2003 – 7th * 2004 – 8th * 2005 – 9th * 2006 – 10th * 2007 – 11th * 2008 – 12th * 2009 – 13th * 2010 – 14th * 2011 – 15th * 2012 – 16th * 2013 – 17th * 2014 – 18th * 2015 – 19th * 2016 – 20th * 2017 – 21st * 2018 – 22nd * 2019 – 23rd * 2020 – 24th * 2021 – 25th

References

External links

Official site
{{TFCA Awards Chron * Canadian film critics associations Cinema of Toronto 1997 establishments in Ontario Film organizations in Canada

History

Members

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Ceremonies

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