‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Voted Best Picture By Toronto Critics; Oscar Isaac Wins Best Actor

The Coen brothers’ folk singer and a ginger cat in early-’60s Greenwich Village won two of the top prizes tonight from the Toronto Film Critics Association. Inside Llewyn Davis was named picture, and its star Oscar Isaac claimed Best Actor. Cate Blanchett claimed the Best Actress prize for Blue Jasmine, Gravity helmer Alfonso Cuarón took Best Director, and Spike Jonze won Best Screenplay for Her. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) were named Best Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor, respectively. The 2013 TFCA Awards will be presented at a gala dinner hosted by Cameron Bailey on January 7 at Toronto’s Carlu. Here is the full list of winners and runners-up:

BEST PICTURE
“Inside Llewyn Davis” (Mongrel Media)
Runners-up: “Her” (Warner Bros.), “12 Years a Slave” (Fox Searchlight)

BEST ACTOR
Oscar Isaac, “Inside Llewyn Davis”
Runners-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave”, Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club”

BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine”
Runners-up: Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”, Greta Gerwig, “Frances Ha”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club”
Runners-up: Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave”, James Franco, “Spring Breakers”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle”
Runners-up: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”, June Squibb, “Nebraska”

BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity”
Runners-up: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”, Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave”

BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL
Spike Jonze, “Her”
Runners-up: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight”, Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, “Inside Llewyn Davis”

BEST FIRST FEATURE
“Neighboring Sounds”, directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho
Runners-up: “Fruitvale Station”, directed by Ryan Coogler, “In a World …”, directed by Lake Bell

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“The Wind Rises” (Touchstone Pictures)
Runners-up: “The Croods” (20th Century Fox), “Frozen” (Walt Disney Pictures)

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“A Touch of Sin” (Films We Like)
Runners-up: “Blue Is the Warmest Color” (Mongrel Media), “The Hunt” (Mongrel Media)

BMO ALLAN KING DOCUMENTARY AWARD
“The Act of Killing” (Films We Like)
Runners-up: “Leviathan” (Films We Like), “Tim’s Vermeer” (Mongrel Media)

ROGERS BEST CANADIAN FILM AWARD FINALISTS
“The Dirties” (Phase 4 Films)
“Gabrielle” (Entertainment One)
“Watermark” (Mongrel Media)