Global cinema audiences have named the best film of the year at the 2023Toronto International Film Festival.

The movie is an adaptation of Percival Everett’s novelErasure.

Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction. COURTESY OF TIFF /ORION RELEASING

Jeffrey Wright in ‘American Fiction’.COURTESY OF TIFF /ORION RELEASING

Tracee Ellis Ross stars as Lisa and Leslie Uggams as her mother Agnes in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s AMERICAN FICTION An Orion Pictures Release

Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Uggams in ‘American Fiction’.

American Fiction won top prize at Toronton film fest. Sterling K. Brown star as Cliff

Sterling K. Brown in ‘American Fiction’.

Issa Rae stars as Sintara Golden and Nicole Kempskie as Sintara’s moderator in writer/director Cord Jefferson’s AMERICAN FICTION An Orion Pictures Release

Issa Rae and Nicole Kempskie in ‘American Fiction’.

HO_03095 (l-r.) Dominic Sessa stars as Angus Tully, Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb and Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham in director Alexander Payne’s THE HOLDOVERS, a Focus Features release. Credit: Seacia Pavao / © 2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Paul Giamatti in ‘The Holdovers’.Seacia Pavao/2023 FOCUS FEATURES LLC