Congratulations to Sarah Polley for winning the Toronto Film Critics Association’s 2012 Rogers Best Canadian Film Award.
The award comes with $100,000, making it by my estimation Canada’s riches post-release prize.
The TFCA is a group of about 40 film writers. The award used to be $15,000 but Rogers Communications has recently upped the ante.
Polley won with Stories We Tell, a personal documentary, and also won in 2006 with her debut feature Away From Her.
My take: all the more reason to make excellent movies in Canada. $100K is not bad profit for any Canadian film. Second and third place get $5,000 as well.