Toronto's top honor to S. Africa's 'Tsotsi'
TORONTO -- Tsotsi, the British-South African drama about six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader, captured the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which closed Saturday. "That was agony", an emotional Hood told an awards gathering Saturday afternoon. He paid particular tribute to the film's star, Presley Chweneyagae, a first-time film actor. The runner-up film for the People's Choice Award was Mother of Mine, a drama about a mother and son in war-torn Finland. Other award winners included the Discovery Award, voted on by the festival's press corps, going to Look Both Ways, from Australian director Sarah Watt, and the FIPRESCI Prize being awarded to South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan for SA-KWA, which had its world premiere here.
- 9/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Toronto's top honor to S. Africa's 'Tsotsi'
TORONTO -- Tsotsi, the British-South African drama about six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader, captured the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, which closed Saturday. "That was agony", an emotional Hood told an awards gathering Saturday afternoon. He paid particular tribute to the film's star, Presley Chweneyagae, a first-time film actor. The runner-up film for the People's Choice Award was Mother of Mine, a drama about a mother and son in war-torn Finland. Other award winners included the Discovery Award, voted on by the festival's press corps, going to Look Both Ways, from Australian director Sarah Watt, and the FIPRESCI Prize being awarded to South Korean director Kang Yi-kwan for SA-KWA, which had its world premiere here.
- 9/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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