Winning At TIFF, Steven Spielberg's Film The Fabelmans Karya Enters Oscar 2023

Steven Spielberg (Photo: Reuters via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The film The Fabelmans by director Steven Spielberg won the main award at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Sunday, September 19. This victory is considered a ticket as Oscar's 'early mandate'.

The Fabelmans is a semi-autographic drama based on Spielberg's childhood, including her troubled parents' marriage, anti-Semitic intimidation, and initially directing films without a budget with her teenage friends.

The film received a standing ovation from viewers at last weekend's premiere at the Toronto festival. The film The Fabelmans is scheduled to hit theaters in November 2022.

"As I said on stage that night, above all, I am happy to take this film to Toronto. This is the most personal film I have ever made and the warm welcome of everyone in Toronto made my first visit to TIFF so intimate and personal to me and my whole family of 'Fabelman'," Spielberg said. from AFP through ANTARA.

Dipilih oleh penonton, kategori People's Choice Award di festival film terbesar di Amerika Utara itu telah menjadi pengutif langkah awal Oscar. Pada 2020, film Nomadland karya Chloé Zhao yang memenangi penghargaan ini, juga memenangkan film terbaik Academy Award.

Spielberg, considered one of Hollywood's biggest directors, has won three Academy Awards, including the best film and best director for Schindler's List and again best director for Saving Private Ryan.

He has been nominated for 19 Oscars to date. His name is back expected to add to the number of nominations at next year's Academy Award, which will be held on March 12 in Los Angeles, United States.

The last ten winners of the Toronto People's Choice Awards were all nominated for the best film at the Academy Award, with three winning Oscars, including the Green Book (2019).

Film 12 Years a Slave (2013), The King's Speech (2010), and Slumdog Millionaire (2008), all of whom also embarked on their journey to Oscar glory by winning the Toronto prize.

At its premiere last weekend, Spielberg told viewers how he had wanted to make a film that was very personal but was ultimately motivated by a "fear" of the pandemic.

"I don't think anyone knew in March or April 2020 anything would be an art, a state of life, even a year from that. I just feel that if I'm going to leave something, what do I really need to finish and disassemble about my mother, father, and sister?" said the 75-year-old director.

Meanwhile, this year's Toronto festival runner-up includes Sarah Polley's "Women Talking" and "Glas Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" by Rian Johnson.

The documentary category award went to "Black Ice" by penghina Davis, a Canadian film about racism that occurred in the world of professional ice hockey.

The Toronto festival, known by "cinephile" and top stars, was badly hit by the pandemic but this year began to recover, marked by spectators who arrived full of shortness of breath and red carpet shows.