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{{Short description|Canadian film critics association}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox organization
| image                    = Toronto Film Critics Association logo.svg
| formation                = 1997
| language                 = English
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = Johanna Schneller
| main_organ               = Pat Mullen, Vice-President and Secretary <br /> Marc Glassman, Treasurer
| parent_organization      = <!-- if one -->
| affiliations             = <!-- if any -->[[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI]]
| name                     = Toronto Film Critics Association
| abbreviation             = TFCA
| location                 = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| region_served            = 
| membership               = 46
| website                  = {{URL|torontofilmcritics.com}}
}}

The '''Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA)''' is an organization of [[film criticism|film critics]] from [[Toronto]]-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of the [[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI]].

==History==
The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization of [[Toronto]]-based broadcasters and journalists who critique films and provide commentary on them. Members represent all major print and electronic outlets in the city. They have juried festivals all over the world, from [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] to [[Berlin International Film Festival|Berlin]], [[Venice Film Festival|Venice]] to Toronto.

The TFCA began presenting awards in 1998, and the dinner around them has grown to be a major annual event in the Canadian film calendar accompanied by a significant cash prizes, including a [[Canadian dollar|$]]100,000 purse, sponsored by [[Rogers Communications|Rogers]], for the director of the [[Rogers Best Canadian Film Award|best Canadian film]].

The founding members of the TFCA—those who attended the first meeting in August 1997 at the board room of the National Film Board of Canada—were [[Cameron Bailey]] (''[[Now (newspaper)|Now Magazine]]''), Norm Wilner (freelance), Liam Lacey (''[[The Globe and Mail]]''), Peter Howell (''[[Toronto Star]]''), [[Brian D. Johnson]] (''[[Maclean's]]''), Angie Baldarrasse (freelance), Marc Glassman (''[[Take One (Canadian magazine)|Take One]]''), [[Gemma Files]] (''[[Eye Weekly]]''), and [[Wyndham Wise]] (''Take One''). Prior to the official launch of the organization, two informal Toronto film critics' polls appeared in ''Take One'', in issues #10 (Winter 1996) and #14 (Winter 1997), organized by Wise.

==Members==
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Current members of the '''TFCA''':
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*Nathalie Atkinson – ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', [[Zoomer Media|Zoomer]]
*Sarah-Tai Black - ''The Globe and Mail'', ''[[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]]''
*Kelly Boutsalis - Freelance
* Liz Braun – ''[[Toronto Sun]], Original Cin''
* Anne Brodie – ''What She Said''
* Bill Chambers – ''Film Freak Central''
* [[Susan G. Cole]] – Freelance
* [[Thom Ernst]] – Freelance
* Marriska Fernandes – Freelance
*Alicia Fletcher - ''A Year in Film''
* Eli Glasner – [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]
*Marc Glassman - [[CFMZ-FM]], ''[[Point of View (magazine)|POV Magazine]]''
* [[Jason Gorber]] – [[Collider (website)|Collider]], CBC Metro Morning
* Karen Gordon – ''Original Cin''
* Barbara Goslawski – Freelance
*Rachel Ho – ''[[Exclaim!]]''
* Peter Howell – ''[[Toronto Star]]''
*Kim Hughes - ''Original Cin''
*[[Brian D. Johnson]], ''[[Maclean's]]'', Zoomer
*[[Peter Knegt]] – [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]
* Chris Knight – ''[[National Post]], Original Cin''
*Liam Lacey - ''Original Cin''
*Joe Lipsett - ''[[Bloody Disgusting]]'', ''Horror Queers'' (podcast)
*Saffron Maeve - Freelance
* Pat Mullen - ''[[Point of View (magazine)|POV Magazine]]'' 
* Angelo Muredda – ''Freelance''
* Adam Nayman – ''The Ringer''
* [[Kathleen Newman-Bremang]] - ''[[Refinery29]]''
* Andrew Parker – ''[[TheGATE.ca|The Gate]]''
* Jennie Punter – ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' 
* [[Johanna Schneller]] – ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''
* Gilbert Seah – ''Afro Toronto'', ''Toronto Franco''
* Alice Shih – [[Fairchild Group|Fairchild Radio]]
* [[Radheyan Simonpillai]] – CTV ''Your Morning''
* Jim Slotek – ''Original Cin''
* Courtney Small - Freelance
* Victor Stiff - Freelance
* Glenn Sumi – Freelance
* [[Kate Taylor (novelist)|Kate Taylor]] – ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''
* José Teodoro – Freelance
* Dave Voigt - ''In the Seats''
* Winnie Wang – Freelance
* Jackson Weaver – [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]
* Rachel West – ''That Shelf,'' Alliance of Women Film Journalists
* [[Norman Wilner]] – Freelance}}
Emeritus members of the '''TFCA''':
* Jason Anderson  
* Linda Barnard
*Tina Hassania
*Bruce Kirkland

Source: '''TFCA'''<ref>[http://torontofilmcritics.com/members/ Members Archive]</ref>

==Categories==
===Current categories===
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Lead Performance|Outstanding Lead Performance]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Supporting Performance|Outstanding Supporting Performance]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance|Outstanding Breakthrough Performance]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Outstanding Performance in a Canadian Film|Outstanding Performance in a Canadian Film]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film|Best Animated Film]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film|Best Documentary Film]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best First Feature|Best First Feature]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
* [[Rogers Best Canadian Film Award]]
* [[Jay Scott Prize]]
* [[Company 3 TFCA Luminary Award]]

===Discontinued categories===
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]

==Ceremonies==
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* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1997|1997 – 1st]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1998|1998 – 2nd]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1999|1999 – 3rd]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2000|2000 – 4th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001|2001 – 5th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2002|2002 – 6th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2003|2003 – 7th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2004|2004 – 8th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2005|2005 – 9th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2006|2006 – 10th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2007|2007 – 11th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2008|2008 – 12th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2009|2009 – 13th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2010|2010 – 14th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2011|2011 – 15th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2012|2012 – 16th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2013|2013 – 17th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2014|2014 – 18th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2015|2015 – 19th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016|2016 – 20th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2017|2017 – 21st]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2018|2018 – 22nd]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2019|2019 – 23rd]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2020|2020 – 24th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2021|2021 – 25th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2022|2022 – 26th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2023|2023 – 27th]]
* [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2024|2024 – 28th]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.torontofilmcritics.com Official site]

{{TFCA Awards Chron}}

[[Category:Toronto Film Critics Association Awards|*]]
[[Category:Canadian film critics associations]]
[[Category:Cinema of Toronto]]
[[Category:1997 establishments in Ontario]]