Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2002

6th TFCA Awards

December 18, 2002

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Best Film:
Adaptation.

The 6th Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 2002, were held on 18 December 2002.

Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Nicolas Cage – Adaptation.

Runners-Up: Daniel Day-Lewis – Gangs of New York and Jack Nicholson – About Schmidt

• Best Actress:
  • Julianne Moore – Far from Heaven

Runners-Up: Maggie Gyllenhaal – Secretary and Isabelle Huppert – The Piano Teacher

• Best Canadian Film:
  • Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Runners-Up: Fubar and Soft Shell Man

• Best Director:
  • Paul Thomas Anderson – Punch-Drunk Love

Runners-Up: Alfonso Cuarón – Y Tu Mamá También and Todd Haynes – Far from Heaven

• Best Documentary Film:
  • Bowling for Columbine

Runners-Up: Gambling, Gods and LSD and Standing in the Shadows of Motown

• Best Film:
  • Adaptation.

Runners-Up: Punch-Drunk Love and Y Tu Mamá También

• Best First Feature:
  • Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Runners-Up: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Igby Goes Down

• Best Screenplay:
  • Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman

Runners-Up: The Hours – David Hare and Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson

• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chris Cooper – Adaptation.

Runners-Up: Paul Newman – Road to Perdition and Dennis Quaid – Far from Heaven

• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Emily Watson – Punch-Drunk Love

Runners-Up: Kathy Bates – About Schmidt and Toni Collette – About a Boy

Special citation to Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko as the best film not to receive a proper theatrical release in Canada.