Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri takes home TIFF's top honour

Martin McDonagh'sThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri took home the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday.

The darkdramedymanaged tobeatout other favourites like The Shape of Water, and I, Tonya for this year'scoveted Grolsch People's Choice Award.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouristarsFrances McDormand as a mother who becomes frustrated bythe police's lack ofprogress in solving her daughter's murderthat sherents out three billboards and poststhem with a message for the town's chief of police.

Also starringWoody HarrelsonandSam Rockwell, the film has already received significantOscar buzz since its North American premiere at TIFF.

The People's Choice Award is often considered a wind vaneforOscar buzz.Past recipients include12 Years a Slave, Slumdog MillionaireandThe King's Speech.Last year's prize went toLa La Land.

Other People's Choice winners this year includeBodied, which won the Midnight Madness Award and Faces Places, which snagged the Documentary Award.

Bodied is based on a script by Toronto rapper Alex Larsen, a.k.a. Kid Twist, and is also based on his life.The movie has been described a "satirical exploration" of battle rapping and was directed bydirector Joseph Kahn.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouriwill be screened for free Sunday night at Roy Thomson Hall. The film's general release is set for Nov. 10.

TIFF has drawn470,000 visitors so far this year. The festival wraps up tonight.

There will be change in the windcome next year's festival. Piers Handling, TIFF's director and CEO, hasalready announced that 2018 will be his last yearas head. He has been at the helm for 23 years. The 2018 festival will run from Sept. 6-18.

This year's full awards ceremony along with a full list of the winnersis available below.

Announced winners

IWC Short Cuts Award for Best Canadian Short Film: Pre-Drink, directed by Marc-Antoine Lemire

IWC Short Cuts Award forBest International Short Film: Min Brda (The Burden), directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr

City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film: Luk' Luk'l, directed by Wayne Wapeemukwa

Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film: Les Affams, directed by Robin Aubert

The International Federation of Film Critics Discovery prize: Ava, directed by Sadaf Foroughi

The International Federation of Film Critics Special Presentations: The Motive (El Autor), directed by Manuel Martn Cuenca

NETPAC Award for World or International Asian Film Premiere: The Great Buddha+, directed byHuang Hsin-Yao

Toronto Platform Prize:Sweet Country, directed byWarwick Thornton

Grolsch People's Choice Midnight Madness Award: Bodied, directed by Joseph Kahn

Grolsch People's Choice Documentary Award: Faces Places, directed by Agns Varda

Grolsch People's Choice Award: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, directed by Martin McDonagh