The summer has drawn to a close bringing with it, in the film world at least, awards season. Now that the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals have wrapped up, awards pundits like me will spend the next six months discussing, theorising and predicting who will be taking home the gold at the 2023 Academy Awards.
I’ve spent the past three weeks covering two international film festivals – Venice and Toronto – and watched more than 50 films. This includes enough anticipated titles to predict the likely key players over the coming awards season.
