Runners up included Khyentse Norbu's The Cup and Carlos Siguion-Rewyna's Yesterday Children.
Award is voted on through lobby balloting by festival audiences.
The Five Senses, by Jeremy Podeswa. A special jury citation went to Lea Pool's Emporte-Moi. Kevin Jordan's Goat on Fire and Smiling Fish. Runners-up were Human Traffic by Brit newcomer Justin Kerrigan, and Tom Gilroy's Spring Forward. Decharge by Patrick Demers.