Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1997

The 1st Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1997, were held on 13 January 1998.^[1]

• Best Actor:
  • Ian Holm - The Sweet Hereafter

Runner-Up: Jack Nicholson – As Good as It Gets

• Best Actress:
  • Helena Bonham Carter - The Wings of the Dove

Runner-Up: Sarah Polley – The Sweet Hereafter

• Best Canadian Film:
  • The Sweet Hereafter

Runners-Up: The Hanging Garden

• Best Director:
  • Atom Egoyan - The Sweet Hereafter

Runners-Up: Curtis Hanson – L.A. Confidential, Ang Lee – The Ice Storm, Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights and James Cameron – Titanic

• Best Film:
  • The Sweet Hereafter

Runner-Up: L.A. Confidential

• Clyde Gilmour Award:
  • Clyde Gilmour