For the fourth year in a row, I’ve compiled a special edition of the CAST Awards, just based on what people saw during the Toronto International Film Festival. Here are the CAST Top 10 based on the votes of 29 submitted ballots. Voters ranked up to 10 films on their ballot from top to bottom, with first choices receiving 10 points, second choices 9, etc. The Points column lists the total score for each film, Mentions indicates how many voters included it in their Top Ten, Average is the average point score, and Firsts shows how many voters chose it as their favourite TIFF film.
In the case of points ties, the film with the higher number of first-place votes is listed first, then by highest average score. Because our sample size is quite small, these “rankings” don’t actually mean much, but I thought it would give a good idea of what this particular group of festivalgoers enjoyed this year. I’m curious to see how many of these show up in our regular year-end CAST ballot and how they do.
| FIRSTS | ||||
| 1. Anomalisa | 106 | 15 | 7.07 | 4 |
| 2. Green Room | 63 | 10 | 6.3 | 2 |
| 3. Victoria | 59 | 9 | 6.56 | 2 |
| 4. Room | 46 | 8 | 5.75 | 1 |
| 5. The Witch | 42 | 8 | 5.25 | 0 |
| 6. Men & Chicken | 37 | 5 | 7.4 | 1 |
| 7. Beasts of No Nation | 37 | 5 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 8. Louder Than Bombs | 37 | 5 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 9. Sicario | 37 | 6 | 6.17 | 0 |
| 10. Spotlight | 36 | 5 | 7.2 | 1 |
Participants:
- Donna from TOFilmFest (@TOFilmFest)
- Greg from TOFilmFest (@TOFilmFest)
- Ulkar Alakbarova (@AlakbarovaUlkar)
- Ariel Fisher (@afis8)
- Sarah Gopaul (@SarahGopaul)
- Kurt Halfyard (@triflic)
- Kirk Haviland (@MovieJunkieTO)
- Leora Heilbronn (@LeoraHeilbronn)
- Matt Hoffman (@HoffmanOnFilm)
- Richard Iwasa (@TIFFtalk)
- Sean Kelly (@SKonMovies)
- Eric Marchen (@EM6211)
- Don Marks (@CaptFuzz)
- Norman McGlashan (@McStay12)
- James McNally (@TOscreenshots)
- Ryan McNeil (@Matinee_CA)
- Heidy Morales (@HeidyMo)
- Petula Neale (@obesacantavit)
- Lindsay Ragone (@LindsayRagone)
- Mike Rot (@Mike_Rot)
- Vishnu Singh (@zombivish)
- Courtney Small (@SmallMind)
- Amir Hossein Soltani (@amiresque)
- Rob Trench (@RobTrench)
- Bob Turnbull (@TheLogicalMind)
- David Voigt (@PopCulturePoet)
- Elayne Williams (@ParticPelic)
- Andrea Wrobel (@Andrea_Was)
- Heidi Zarse (@pwnny)
And for those still reading, here is my final TIFF CAST ballot. I only saw 8 films and only 6 of those would qualify for my “Top Ten”:
My TIFF CAST Ballot
- Chevalier
- Louder Than Bombs
- The Witch
- Homesick
- Men & Chicken
- Kill Your Friends