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The Irish-Canadian co-production took home nine prizes at Canada’s equivalent of the Oscars.

Irish-Canadian co-production Room dominated the Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, winning nine prizes including best film for producers David Gross and Ed Guiney.

Lead actress Brie Larson repeated her triumph at this year’s Oscars and BAFTAs by winning best actress, while breakout star Jacob Tremblay took best actor.

Accepting the award from veteran Christopher Plummer, 77 years his senior, the young actor said: “This is amazing. I can’t believe a kid like me won against a bunch of amazing talent. Christopher Plummer, you’re a legend.”

The film also took awards for director Lenny Abrahamson, Emma Donoghue’s adapted screenplay, and Joan Allen’s supporting performance, as well as prizes for editing, make-up and production design.

Elsewhere, Irish romantic drama Brooklyn took two awards, for Michael Brook’s original score and Yves Bélanger’s cinematography.

Paul Gross’ war drama...

In the nine consecutive years I’ve attended the Toronto International Film Festival, it remains an elusive monstrosity of an event. With its hundreds of offerings, it’s a gluttonous buffet for the committed cineaste, a playground of auteurs mixed with unknown quantities. Even after having attended Sundance and Cannes, navigating the selections still somehow feels like ‘catching up’ with entries from Berlin, Locarno, and the concurrent Venice. And, therefore, everyone’s Toronto experience is bound to seem a bit different, even as streamlined as the festival is as it remains one of the most press and public friendly film festivals in existence.

Of course, there’s always complaints (or questions) as to what doesn’t make an appearance at the festival, and we’re always subject to the tastes of various programmers. For instance, why exactly room could not have been made for Polish master Andrzej Zulawski’s first...

A big congrats to Lenny Abrahamson's "Room" for winning the Grolsch's People's Choice Awards at the recently concluded 40th Toronto International Film Festival! It's safe to say that "Room" will see a future at the Academy Awards. Previous winners that went on to grab the Best Picture Oscar were "Slumdog Millionaire," "The King's Speech," and "12 Years A Slave."

Here's the complete winners and press release from Tiff:

The Toronto International Film Festival® today announced award winners from the 40th Festival, which wraps up this evening. See a free screening of Room, the winner of the Grolsch People's Choice Award, Sunday, September 20 at 8pm.

The short film awards below were selected by a jury comprised of the head of the shorts program and creations unit at Canal+ France, Pascale Faure, film writer John Anderson (The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times), and actor Rizwan Manji (Outsourced, The Wolf of Wall Street...

As the Toronto International Film Festival wraps up its 40th incarnation, the winners of the festival’s 2015 event have now been announced. Previous winners at the festival have included Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, Gareth Evans’ The Raid, and Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways. Thus, many film fans have looked at the awards as an indicator of what to look out for in subsequent months when theatrical and VOD release dates get announced. The winners of Tiff 2015 are as follows.

Grolsch People’s Choice Award: Room, directed by Lenny Abrahamson.

Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award: Hardcore, directed by Ilya Naishuller.

Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award: Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky.

Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: Overpass, directed by Patrice Laliberté.

Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film: Maman(s), directed by Maïmouna Doucouré.

City of Toronto...

Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won Toronto’s People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.

In recent years, The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.

Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.

Toronto winners announced on Sunday:

Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film

Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.

Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film

Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).

Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.

City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film

Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant

Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film

Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.

Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada

The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)

Discovery...

Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.

In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.

Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in particular for Larson.

Toronto winners announced on Sunday:

Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film

Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.

Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film

Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).

Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.

City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film

Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant

Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film

Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.

Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada

The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci Prizes)

Discovery...

Toronto: Lenny Abrahamson’s acclaimed drama starring Brie Larson has won the Grolsch People’s Choice Award in what is likely to further boost its awards season prospects.

In recent years The King’s Speech and 12 Years A Slave have won the Toronto audience award en route to best picture Academy Award glory.

Room was one of the few films to emerge from this year’s festival selection with wide acclaim and awards buzz, in partocular for star Brie Larson.

Toronto winners announced on Sunday:

Shorts Cuts Award For Best Canadian Short Film

Patrice Laliberté, Overpass.

Short Cuts Award For Best Short Film

Maïmouna Doucouré, Maman(s).

Honourable mention: Fyzal Boulifa, Rate Me.

City Of Toronto Award For Best Canadian First Feature Film

Andrew Cividino, Sleeping Giant

Canada Goose Award For Best Canadian Feature Film

Stephen Dunn, Closet Monster.

Honourable mention: Philippe Falardeau, My Internship In Canada

The Prizes Of The International Federation Of Film Critics (Fipresci...

While Tiff festival programmers naturally like to boast, and some in the biz certainly consider the fest’s People’s Choice Award as a good luck charm for Best Picture Oscar winner gold, the top ticket stub collecting nod certainly augments the prospects of a given film title and the A24 folks must be feeling pretty good about the title they invested in on early. With terrific buzz coming out from Telluride, Lenny Abrahamson’s Room appears to be covered in magic fairy dust. The Brie Larson starring imprisonment family drama would have not been crowned with the top Tiff Award if it weren’t for a last minute screening addition to replace the canceled public screening of Mathew Cullen’s London Fields. That Friday night showing cemented the win over Pan Nalin’s Indian film Angry Indian Goddesses (First Runner Up) and Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight (Second Runner Up).

In other Tiff award news,...

Alan Zweig's documentary Hurt has won the Toronto International Film Festival's first Platform Prize. Jurors Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland and Jia Zhangke say the decision's unanimous. Honorable mentions go to Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull, He Ping’s The Promised Land and Pablo Trapero’s The Clan. More awards: Lenny Abrahamson's Room wins the People's Choice Award. Audiences have also voted for best documentary (Evgeny Afineevsky's Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom) and the best film in the Midnight Madness program (Ilya Naishuller's Hardcore). We've got the complete list of winners—and the trailer for Hurt. » - David Hudson...

Alan Zweig's documentary Hurt has won the Toronto International Film Festival's first Platform Prize. Jurors Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland and Jia Zhangke say the decision's unanimous. Honorable mentions go to Gabriel Mascaro’s Neon Bull, He Ping’s The Promised Land and Pablo Trapero’s The Clan. More awards: Lenny Abrahamson's Room wins the People's Choice Award. Audiences have also voted for best documentary (Evgeny Afineevsky's Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom) and the best film in the Midnight Madness program (Ilya Naishuller's Hardcore). We've got the complete list of winners—and the trailer for Hurt. » - David Hudson...

With the 40th Toronto International Film Festival concluding today, the winners have been unveiled. Earning the top prize was the Brie Larson-led drama Room, which A24 will release on October 16th. Other winners included the first-person actioner Hardcore, Stephen Dunn‘s coming-of-age drama Closet Monster, and Hurt in the first-ever Platform section.

Check out the full list of winners below, with reviews where applicable, and catch up with all of our coverage (and more to come) here.

Shorts Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film – Overpass (Patrice Laliberté)

Short Cuts Award for Best Short Film – Maman(s) (Maïmouna Doucouré)

Best Canadian First Feature Film – Sleeping Giant (Andrew Cividino)

Best Canadian Feature Film – Closet Monster (Stephen Dunn)

Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) for the Discovery programme – Eva (Marko Škop)

Prize of the International Federation of Film Critics (Fipresci) for Special Presentations – Desierto (Jonás Cuarón)

Netpac Award...