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Toronto International Film Festival: 1998

People's Choice Award

Date:

10 September - 19 September


Winner:
	Vita è bella, La (1997) - Roberto Benigni

Metro Media Award


Winner:
	Happiness (1998) - Todd Solondz

Best Canadian Feature Film


Winner:
	Nô (1998) - Robert Lepage

Best Canadian First Feature Film


Winner:
	Last Night (1998/I) - Don McKellar

Best Canadian Short Film


Winner:
	When Ponds Freeze Over (1998) - Mary Lewis (I)

International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI)

Jury:

Dan Fainaru (Israel) (jury president); Angela Baldassare (Canada) (secretary of jury); Yasushi Kawarabata (Japan); Huib Stam (Netherlands); Dominik Slappnig (Switzerland); Andrzej Werner (Poland)


Winners:
	Praise (1998) - John Curran (II) - For its gritty honesty and its outstanding depiction of two characters rediscovering themselves against the bleakest odds. West Beyrouth (1998) - Ziad Doueiri - For its youthful, energetic and unconventional approach to human values in the midst of civil war and its tragedies.