The film "Silver linings playbook" by US Director David O. Russell has won the prize of the film festival of Toronto. The Director of films such as "Fighter" and "I Heart Huckabees" had reported at the beginning of the Festival that he cast the actor for his film by audition through the Internet telephone service Skype had.

The tragicomedy "Silver Linings Playbook" tells the story of a former teacher who returns to his family after several months in a psychiatric hospital and tried to get his life back. In addition to Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence stars also Robert de Niro and Julia Stiles see.

Other than in Venice or Cannes the Canadian Film Festival is not a competition. Toronto awarded only an audience award and an award by the international press. The film of the German Director Margarethe von Trotta "Hannah Arendt" on the German Jewish philosopher with Barbara Sukowa in the went away empty-handed. The winning films from Toronto considered contenders for Oscars next spring.