Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film


The Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to a film judged to be the best Canadian feature film made by a first-time director.
As of 2017, the award is sponsored by the City of Toronto government and thus known as the "City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film".
As with all of TIFF's juried awards, the jury has the discretion to grant one or more honorable mentions in addition to the main award winner.

Winners

† denotes a film which also won the Best First Feature award at the Genie Awards or the Canadian Screen Awards.
YearFilmDirectorReference
1997---
1997CubeVincenzo Natali
1998---
1998Last Night †Don McKellar
1999---
1999Catherine Annau
1999Full BlastRodrigue Jean
2000---
2000The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge †Philippe Falardeau
2000Red DeerAnthony Couture
2001---
2001InertiaSean Garrity
2002---
2002Marion BridgeWiebke von Carolsfeld
2003---
2003Love, Sex and Eating the BonesSudz Sutherland
2004---
2004White Skin †Daniel Roby
2005---
2005The Life and Hard Times of Guy TerrificoMichael Mabbott
2006---
2006On the Trail of Igor Rizzi Noël Mitrani
2007---
2007Continental, a Film Without Guns Stéphane Lafleur
2008---
2008Before Tomorrow Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu
2008BorderlineLyne Charlebois
2009---
2009The Wild HuntAlexandre Franchi
2010---
2010The High Cost of LivingDeborah Chow
2011---
2011Citizen GangsterNathan Morlando
2012---
2012AntiviralBrandon Cronenberg
2012BlackbirdJason Buxton
2013---
2013Asphalt WatchesShayne Ehman, Seth Scriver
2014---
2014Bang Bang Baby †Jeffrey St. Jules
2015---
2015Sleeping GiantAndrew Cividino
2016---
2016Old Stone †Johnny Ma
2017---
2017Luk'Luk'IWayne Wapeemukwa
2018---
2018Roads in February Katherine Jerkovic
2019---
2019The Twentieth CenturyMatthew Rankin