Since 2000, the Toronto International Film Festival has selected the top 10 Canadian films of the year, touring them across the country and giving Canadians another chance to see our best cinematic offerings. These are the three best feature films that were showcased at this year’s festival. Hurt Alan Zweig’s documentary about the infamous Steve Fonyo, a former national hero who has since been charged and convicted for various crimes, is a testament to the continual power of cinema vérité — the camera’s unique ability to document and engage with spur-of-the-moment reality. Hurt is an empathetic portrait of Fonyo’s mundane…
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