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TIFF 2021 Winners & Nominees

The TIFF Awards 2021 took place on September 18, 2021. Belfast won the People's Choice Award. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

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Belfast
Headline winners

TIFF 2021: The Winners

Belfast won the People's Choice Award.

Belfast (2021) movie poster People's Choice Award

People's Choice Award

Belfast

2021 · Drama · Echo Score 74 · $49.2M worldwide

With Kenneth Branagh

1 win from 1 nomination at the TIFF Awards 2021

During the Troubles in Belfast, a nine-year-old boy experiences a childhood suddenly disrupted by conflict. As violence erupts around him, he grapples with the changing landscape of his city and the potential loss of his home. Through the chaos, he finds comfort in family, friendships, and the magic of movies, offering a poignant and nostalgic look at a turbulent time.

About Belfast
Scoreboard

TIFF 2021: Which Films Won the Most

No film won more than one award: 5 films won one category each. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Scarborough (2019) movie poster
    Scarborough 1 / 3
    2019 · Drama, Romance · 1 win from 3 nominations
  2. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2022) movie poster
    Costa Brava, Lebanon 1 / 1
    2022 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  3. Belfast (2021) movie poster
    Belfast 1 / 1
    2021 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  4. The Rescue (2021) movie poster
    The Rescue 1 / 1
    2021 · Drama, Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  5. Titane (2021) movie poster
    Titane 1 / 1
    2021 · Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  6. Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over (2023) movie poster
    Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over 0 / 1
    2023 · Biography, Music · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  7. You Are Not My Mother (2022) movie poster
    You Are Not My Mother 0 / 1
    2022 · Drama, Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  8. Dashcam (2022) movie poster
    Dashcam 0 / 1
    2022 · Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  9. Good Madam (2022) movie poster
    Good Madam 0 / 1
    2022 · Horror · 0 wins from 1 nomination
  10. The Power of the Dog (2021) movie poster
    The Power of the Dog 0 / 1
    2021 · Drama · 0 wins from 1 nomination
Full results

All 13 TIFF 2021 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 13 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

13 categories · 13 nominations

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TIFF 2021 Best Canadian Feature Film, Honorable Mention

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

TIFF 2021 People's Choice Award: Documentaries

1 nominee

TIFF 2021 Midnight Madness, First Runner Up

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

TIFF 2021 Midnight Madness, Second Runner Up

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

TIFF 2021 People's Choice Award, First Runner Up

1 nominee

No winner is recorded for this category.

By genre

The Genres Behind the TIFF 2021 Winners

Drama led with 10 nominations across 8 films and won 5. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 5 wins · 10 nominations · 50%
  2. Documentary 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  3. Romance 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
  4. Horror 0 wins · 3 nominations · 0%
  5. Biography 0 wins · 2 nominations · 0%
  6. Music 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
  7. Animation 0 wins · 1 nomination · 0%
2021 season

How the Rest of the 2021 Awards Season Voted

The other 14 ceremonies of 2021, with the winner of each top prize. Nomadland won the most of them: 6.

All 2021 awards
Earlier years

Previous TIFF Editions

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The TIFF page has every year back to 1981.

Every TIFF ceremony

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TIFF 2021: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the most-nominated film and the date of the TIFF Awards 2021, answered from the results on this page.

Who won the People's Choice Award at the TIFF Awards 2021?

Belfast (2021) won the People's Choice Award.

About Belfast

Which film had the most nominations at the TIFF Awards 2021?

Scarborough (2019) led with 3 nominations and won one of them.

When was the TIFF Awards 2021?

The TIFF Awards 2021 took place on September 18, 2021. The database has 13 categories and 13 nominations for it.