Silver Linings Playbook just got a boost in the Oscar race.

The romcom starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence & Robert De Niro has been named audience favourite at the Toronto International Film Festival.  Ben Affleck's political thriller Argo was a close 2nd.

TIFF movie goers have a pretty good knack for predicting smashes.  Past audience award winners The King's Speech, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire & Slumdog Millionaire all picked up a bunch of Academy Awards.
 
Best Canadian feature prize went to the gender-bending love story Laurence Anyways directed by Xavier Dolan.  Keep a Modest Head, a mind-bending look at surrealist Jean Benoit was named best Canadian short film.

There was a tie for best debut Canadian feature: Brandon Cronenberg's stylized Antiviral & Jason Buxton's dark drama Blackbird.

The Colin Farrell comedy Seven Psychopaths was named favourite Midnight Madness film.

Jared Leto's rock doc Artifact won favourite documentary.

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