The coming-of-age drama Beans has won the $100,000 best Canadian feature prize from the Toronto Film Critics Association.
Director Tracey Deer was named the winner of the Rogers Best Canadian Film Award at a glitzy dinner gala Monday night, where the film’s co-writer and executive producer Meredith Vuchnich accepted on her behalf.
Previous winners and directors Jennifer Baichwal and Sarah Polley presented the award at an indoor event that restored many of the celebratory conventions of yore.
Filmmaker David Cronenberg, director Don McKellar, Never Have I Ever star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey were among the luminaries to
