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| Abbreviation | TFCA |
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| Formation | 1997 |
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| Membership | 46 |
Official language | English |
President | Johanna Schneller |
Main organ | Pat Mullen, Vice-President and Secretary |
| Affiliations | FIPRESCI |
| Website | torontofilmcritics |
TheToronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) is an organization offilm critics fromToronto-based publications. As of 1999, the TFCA is a member of theFIPRESCI.
The Toronto Film Critics Association is the official organization ofToronto-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, fromCannes toBerlin,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$100,000 purse, sponsored byRogers, for the director of thebest 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—wereCameron Bailey (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),Gemma Files (Eye Weekly), andWyndham Wise (Take One). Prior to the official launch of the organization, two informal Toronto film critics' polls appeared inTake One, in issues #10 (Winter 1996) and #14 (Winter 1997), organized by Wise.
Current members of theTFCA:
Emeritus members of theTFCA:
Source:TFCA[1]