Denis Villeneuve's Enemy is Toronto Film Critics' top Canadian pick

The 2014 Toronto Film Critics AssociationAwards were presented at a gala dinner on Tuesday, where Richard Linklater's Boyhood was awarded three top prizes and Denis Villeneuve's doppelganger thriller Enemy won the honour of best Canadian film of the year.

The nominees for the best Canadian film award, which carries a $100,000 cash prize, were down to three features Villeneuve's Enemy, Michael Dowse's The F Word and Xavier Dolan's Mommy.

This is the third time Villeneuve has won the award, having previously taken it for 2009s Polytechnique and 2010s Incendies.

All three Canadian finalists are Montreal directors, but their films could not be more different, said TFCApresident BrianJohnson. With Enemy, Denis Villeneuve ventured onto David Cronenbergs home turf and took no prisoners. By embracing this nervy psychodrama, our critics held it up to the light.

The Overnighters won the Allan King documentary award.

Linklater accepted the awards for best picture, best director and best supporting actress (Patricia Arquette) for Boyhood in a videotaped speech.

Established in 1997, the Toronto Film Critics Association is comprised of Toronto-based journalists and broadcasters who specialize in film criticism and commentary.

More details of the 18thannual TFCA awards:

Tom Hardy won best actor for playing a Welsh builder in crisis inLocke.

Marion Cotillard was named best actressfor her performance as a Polish woman navigating 1920s America inThe Immigrant.

J.K. Simmons was named best supporting actorfor his role as a tyrannical conductor inWhiplash.

Wes AndersonsThe Grand Budapest Hotelwon best screenplay.

Isao Takahatas delicate fableThe Tale of the Princess Kaguyawon best animated feature.

Ritesh BatrasThe Lunchboxwas named best first feature.

Ruben stlundsForce Majeurewas named best foreign-language film.

Albert Shin, director of the South Korean domestic dramaIn Her Place, was named winner of the Jay Scott Prize for an emerging artist.